Every policy failure has a human cost. Every missed payment, every abandoned family, every silent courtroom leaves a mark not just on paperwork, but on lives — on the mothers who carry too much alone, and the children who are forced to grow up too soon.

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These testimonies are not isolated tragedies. They are the living, breathing evidence of a systemic failure that has been normalized for far too long. These voices reveal what statistics alone cannot: the sleepless nights, the missed meals, the promises broken by both absent fathers and a government that looks the other way.

You will not find blame here.

You will find bravery.

You will find women who chose to raise their children alone without enough support, and women who, facing impossible odds, could not. You will find children who endured poverty not because their mothers failed, but because the system failed them both. You will hear the strength it takes to fight for a life you were never given freely.

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We share these testimonies not for sympathy — but for accountability.
To remind lawmakers that behind every unchecked court docket is a child waiting for help.

To remind society that survival without support is not empowerment — it is injustice disguised as resilience.

And to remind every abandoned family that they are not alone, not forgotten, and not without power.

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Change begins by listening. Justice begins by believing.
And the future begins when we finally act.