After graduating from a private school last year, Kristina Viani Varnilan chose to leave her village on the predominantly Catholic Indonesian island of Flores to earn a living in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, to help support her family. The eldest of four children, Varnilan, 20, became the main breadwinner after her father, Siprianus Judin, 45, started showing signs of mental illness, while her 40-year-old mother, Birgita Gimbul, was already suffering from a mental condition and could not work. For her to leave, a 17-year-old brother had to quit school to look after their parents along with their two other siblings, aged 13 and 10.
Daughter’s sacrifice brings hope to Indonesian family – UCA News
Daughter’s sacrifice brings hope to Indonesian family – UCA News
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