Cuban mother sells her hair to buy school supplies for her son

Cuban mother Leidy González will sell her hair to buy the backpack, snack bag and shoes that her children need for the next school year.

“I work like a mule and nothing gives me anything, because when I think about gathering money for that I run out of rice or chicken or the divine component. I need you to tell me how it can be sold, more or less I have it up to my waist and I have enough,” commented this mother ina post from the popular Facebook group Cuban Mothers in Cuba and around the World, where she asked for guidance on ways to sell her hair.

In the comments to the publication, other mothers expressed their solidarity with González and pointed out the efforts that Cuban women have to make to support their children in the midst of the crisis that the island is suffering.

“It's not easy what we women have to do to support our children, good luck,” a Cuban encouraged her.

“How sad everything about this country is. Don't despair, mijita. God squeezes, but does not suffocate... Faith and calm, leave your hair for last...”, I consider another mother.

Other comments guide González about groups and places where she can list or sell her hair.

In May, the case ofanother Cuban mother who sold her hair to buy food for her children.

The woman, whose name was not revealed, lives in precarious conditions with her three children and resorted to this option as a last resort to acquire money and buy food at excessive prices.

There are many Cuban mothers who, overwhelmed by the terrible inflation in the country, suffer when they see how their meager salaries are not enough to give a decent life to their children, much less to offer them any luxury. Many of them only have bread from the bodega for their food and that of their small children.

As revealed ina video published by the comedian Limay Blanco, The children's mother lives in a “borrowed” room, without a refrigerator or basic means to survive.

In April, for her part, a Cuban mother caused commotion in the Facebook group Cambio de todoafter offering a ponytail of her hair in exchange for seven-month-old girl's clothes onwards or by culeros and wet wipes.

The young woman, identified in the aforementioned social network as Kamila Valdés, specified in the comments section of her publication that the hair offered to sell or exchange for baby items was hers and shared another photo of her ponytail.