“Domingo is a lawyer and a pastor and I’m a seamstress. We carry with us the knowledge of those professions and our love for our children. A lot of families in Venezuela have looked for a way to survive and, when they migrate, they have to separate. That's very sad. We have three children. Two are in Rio Grande do Sul and the eldest, the 39-year-old, went to Bogotá, in Colombia, but he had a stroke there and died. Looking for a better life, looking for a better life, he left with his family but all he found was death. And I, his mother, couldn't be there with him. In the end, he was in bed for seven months and I couldn't go. We haven't seen our other children for two years now. Maybe if we were still all together, at home, my son would still be alive. That's not something easy to get over.”

María Helena suffers from very high blood pressure and has had two strokes in the past. She and Domingo live in Pacaraima and receive medical and psychological care from MSF.