Verónica Magdalena Mejia Perez

25 years old / Crab seller

Veronica catches crabs daily to sell them and support her family. She is a single mother and has a 9-month-old baby who is cared for by her mother so that she can work.

“When they told me they were going to build the house for me, I felt great happiness as I had never received a blessing like this before. It is a gift from God; we’ve always had wooden houses, but never like the one they will give us”