MEET Gerrison

Gerrison is 6 years old and his birthday is July 15, 2016. My family is composed of 7 children and both parents are alive but are not well off financially to support all of us. My father depends on quarries where the income is small and he is the breadwinner. My mother suffers from mental illness and cannot work because of her health condition.

My  family used to live in a very small muddy house where we shared one room with my parents and my siblings. Our muddy house fell  apart during a heavy storm. Can Do Kids heard about the destruction of the house and they constructed a 3 room permanent house  where we even got our own room separate from my parents. My siblings and I suffered from malnutrition and were starved due to lack of enough funds for provision. This led to me frequently being sent home for school fees/tuition in which my parents were unable to cater for and this has been a challenge. We were also able to access clean water because we used to go to the river to fetch water, until piped water was supplied to our home through a partnership between MUWASCO and Can Do Kids.