Ms. Serwaa relies on a brother-in-law, who helps out with Alfred, bathing him and getting him ready for school, and her church community. She and the children attend services three times a week. But if I die, who can take care of the children?” she asked. “It’s one day at a time.”Just before Princess’s death, the family moved into a two-bedroom apartment in the Bronx in 2015. “They listened to my story, and they said they’d try to help,” she said.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2018 09:56 UTC