RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

Days af­ter Guardian Me­dia high­light­ed the plight of a fam­i­ly in­volv­ing two Venezue­lan cou­ples and 12 chil­dren liv­ing in an aban­doned con­tain­er in Pe­nal, the fam­i­ly has been re­lo­cat­ed.

Co-or­di­na­tor of the La Ro­maine Mi­grant Sup­port Group Ang­ie Ram­nar­ine said some fe­male Venezue­lan bene­fac­tors took the fam­i­ly away to live in a two-bed­room home in the Agua San­ta re­gion in Ari­ma. 

“A man (named with­held) has of­fered an un­fin­ished dwelling to them, that is equipped with lights and wa­ter,” Ram­nar­ine said. 

She said the fam­i­ly still has not found work.

“They have re­ceived food sup­plies, per­son­al care items and ba­by cloth­ing as well as di­a­pers which they have tak­en with them,” Ram­nar­ine said.

She not­ed that mem­bers of the San­ta Rosa RC Church will be vis­it­ing the fam­i­ly to make sure they are do­ing well.

Like mil­lions of oth­er Venezue­lans, the fam­i­ly left Venezuela in search of a bet­ter life.

Sis­ters An­na, 28 and Au­ris Mar­cano, 29, their hus­bands and 12 of their sib­lings and chil­dren had been liv­ing in­side an aban­doned 20-foot con­tain­er since they were kicked out of their rent­ed apart­ment in San Fer­nan­do.

Two weeks ago Au­ris gave birth to a ba­by on the floor of the derelict con­tain­er which leaks dur­ing rain­fall.

Mar­cano came to Trinidad two years ago. An­na left be­hind two of her sons aged 11 and 12.

She said since they lost their jobs, she has been un­able to pro­vide food and mon­ey to the chil­dren she left be­hind.