As we spoke with her mother on a small, dark sofa which she also uses as a bed, a young girl looked on shyly.

In a chair next to us, sat the girl’s teacher, Dezree Taylor, of Stephen Dillet Primary School on Wulff Road.

Taylor has long inspired us with her obvious love for and attention to the children who cross her path.

We asked her to introduce us to her student’s mother, after Taylor posted on Facebook about the girl’s commendable performance and demeanor notwithstanding very challenging living conditions.

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