"Galleries are mines where men work. Maybe when you are inside it collapses and takes you down. I miss my dad. "I would like to tell him that I love him very much and that I will learn a lot in school." This is how Flori starts his story. He is the son of Rexhep Rushiti, 33 years old, who died a few days ago in a closed chrome gallery.
During the summer Rexhepi worked collecting medicinal plants in the mountains. He had suffered several accidents in the mines and knew their danger. A few months ago, he owed 800 thousand lekë with which he bought a horse to work, but the horse died shortly after they took it and Rexhepi was forced to return to work in the gallery to pay off the debt and support the family.
"He went to work, but I did not know what would happen. I do not know what to do now. Without work, without anything, without lights, without payment, water must be paid pag the house as you saw it [is] torn to pieces, ”said wife Irena.
Irena is 29 years old and today she is completely alone in raising 3 orphaned minor children. Suffers from some vision problems but has never been visited.
The Rushiti family receives only one economic aid and is in debt. The conditions where Irena and the children live are miserable. To help a little, click here .
