La Guaira, Venezuela —
Ten-year-old Maria keeps reliving the moment she lost her mother and her life changed forever.
After powerful twin earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela and destroyed their home in the coastal town of Caraballeda last month, Maria and her brother Damian, 13, were taken in by their aunt, Mercedes Osul.
“My mom was there,” Maria keeps telling her new caretaker.
Damian has been less vocal – processing everything that happened to his family in a different way.
“My nephew hasn’t wanted to talk about it. All he does is play, play,” Osul says. Damian spends much of his day in an…