She came slowly out of the door holding some pampers and a small can of powdered milk. It was six in the morning and the neighborhood's little corner store was now open for business.
The people in the barrio (neighborhood) watched as Margarita walked home.
They knew what was going on.
Several times a week Margarita takes this early walk to the store; she has no money but the store owner cooperates by asking a sexual favor in exchange for pampers and milk.
The retail price of the pampers and milk is about $8., the wholesale price, about $5.
Margareta is a young grandmother. Her own three children turned out like most in that neighborhood, and their mistakes somehow ended up living with grandma. Five little boys; the youngest in pampers; all crowded into a small two room shack. Cupboards bare!
"Margarita, why do you do this?" We asked.
"I don't want to," she replied ... "but the children are hungry and we have no food" ... and they say one in six people in the U.S. are hungry. American's don't know what hunger is ... not until you're willing to sell your body for the sake of your hungry kids!
Mom, how far would you go to feed your kids?
How far would you go to feed Margarita's kids?
