(19 Oct 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4061283
It's a long ride to the treatment center where Angelica Pereira takes her daughter Luiza.
Thousands of children in Brazil have congenital Zika syndrome.
Luiza requires frequent physical therapy to improve muscle movement and control.
Pereira also struggles to pay for her daughter's seizure medication, which the government doesn't provide.
A year into the Zika epidemic in Brazil, many mothers struggle to get the government to help with their children's medical needs.
Susana Lima depends on church donations to buy seizure medication for her son.
This little girl's parents are both out of work, yet they are not eligible for financial aid.
SOUNDBITE Ana Carla Bernardo, mother of Carla Elisabethe who has congenital Zika syndrome and suffers from seizures:
"We want the government to help us because there is no money for health care. They should put themselves in our shoes for at least one minute. We struggle a lot with these children."
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