Mama Goretti

We were happy to feel saved even though we had nothing really -- we were really tired and we were looking forward to dying. We were just tired of being in this life.

The gift I could give to my family that died was raising other children, any child that would come to me.

It is a calling. If you come here just for a job, you would simply quit, because it's very difficult to raise children who are not your own, especially when they come from traumatic circumstances. If it wasn't a calling, you would not be able to cope.

Women are heroes... men would have never been able to care for the children as we did. We took it upon our responsibility to take all the kids who had survived to bring them into us.

Outside people believe I am strong, but Mama Goretti's not true. It would be a lie if I told you I have overcome the loss of my children.