Mother and father live with their three children, two daughters aged 17 and 15 and a 13 year old son, in part of their old stone family house.  In the course of time, the father has managed to renovate the rooms and add a small kitchen and bathroom. Unfortunately, the roof is in very poor [...]

A mother (68) lives with her grown children, daughter (30) and son (29), in an unfinished bare brickwork house deep in the mountains.  Their old family house was destroyed during the war and afterwards the father began to rebuild the house. Unfortunately, he died in 2008 and then a life of suffering began for the [...]

Father (1960) & Mother (1971)  Mother and Father live with their four children aged 18, 16, 12 and 5 in a simple house.  The father is retired and earns about €300 monthly. The eldest daughter (18) has been ill since she was a baby and cannot move on her own.  She lies on a couch [...]

A 78-year-old woman lived alone in a mouldy desolate room on the ground floor of her old family home.  The rest of the house is uninhabitable. She had no running water, no bathroom – just an outhouse. Her room was damp and cold and could not be heated, as the adjacent storage room had a [...]

Wife (61) & Husband (64) October 2018 This elderly couple live in an old dilapidated stone house on the mountain side not far from Medjugorje. They moved into the family house three years ago, after his brother and wife died in 2015, as conditions were a bit better than their old apartment.  They have no [...]

A family of seven live in an old stone house which had a poorly built extension added some years ago.  The roof of the house and extension has been leaking for many years. The father suffered a stroke and consequently is unable earn money to support his family. They grow and sell tobacco, which is [...]

The parents, two daughters aged 18 & 16 and a son who is 15, rent a small flat costing €150 per month.  The 16 year old girl and the 15 year old boy are mentally handicapped and attend a special needs school.  As well as that, the 16 year old and her mother suffer from [...]

A ten minute drive from Medjugorje, a mother and father live with their two sons in a tiny, dilapidated house. Their home consists of one room and a small kitchen. They have no bathroom but kind neighbours let them use their facilities. We can’t begin to image what such a life is like. This family [...]

Father (36) & Mother (26) When this man was 10 years old, his father was killed in a car accident. He and his mother (73) then lived with the grandmother, who died in 2010. During his time in secondary school, he found solace in taking drugs and ended up in rehabilitation.  Living in the community, [...]

A mother and father lived with their five children (aged 16, 15, 13, 12 and 2) in two rooms in an ancient stone, damp house.  Access to the rooms was via some wooden planks. Rarely had we seen a family live in such poor and desolate circumstances.  The father is an unskilled worker without a […]