Mauro, originally from Tucumán, Argentina, spent his days cleaning windows in a corner of the city accompanied by his daughter, who did her schoolwork outdoors.
Fortunately for both of them, a photograph in which they both appeared went viral and this changed their lives completely, giving them the opportunity to start from scratch and even get a roof in which to spend their days.
For four years, the corner of Alem and San Lorenzo in Tucumán, Argentina, was Mauro’s workplace. This was also the point at which Guadalupe, her six-year-old daughter, studied and did her homework, since she couldn’t stay home with her mother Ruth and her little brother Santiago.
According to Mauro, his children, his wife and he spent their days on the streets because they lived in the house of his father-in-law, a man addicted to alcohol and violent who did not create a good environment for any of them. Fortunately, his situation changed when Álvaro Romero, a resident of the area, shared a photograph of Mauro and his daughter working at that traffic light.
I don’t know his name, I know him because I saw him on the street working, doing odd jobs. She is his little girl, aside from his wife and a smaller child. Here he is seen working while his girl does her homework. That little girl deserves every opportunity. Let’s help, thank you.
The publication was shared more than five thousand times and reached Agustín, who approached Mauro to give him a job as a bricklayer’s assistant and a salary advance so that they could move to their own house. On her part, Ruth also received job offers and now works as a domestic worker in three houses in the area. In addition, they have managed to enroll their children in school.
We are happy, now we have to get up early every day to go to a place, we know that at night we will be under a roof again and that when the month is over, we will collect our money. I did not expect to get a permanent position, I thought it was going to be temporary and that I was going to go back to the corner. Our idea now is to grow, not slack off at work and maybe buy a motorcycle to take my children to school and my wife to work.
Source: Okchicas
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