“Joan” by Dolores Poacelli

“Joan was taken to her grandparents deep in the village of Kalungami after she was neglected by her mother and rejected by her abusive father. She was treated as a house girl with constant chores. Education became a challenge as well, because of the long distance she had to travel to attend school. Joan came to the home where she joins her siblings. She shares the same father with Peace, Frank, and Fred and the same mother as Peace. Joan witnessed and experienced much domestic violence and rejection and is still undergoing counseling to recover from the trauma.

Joan enjoys music, dance and drama. She wants to become a nurse in the future.” ~ Joan’s Story from El-Shadai, 2007