In just three years, Arnold Mo­hammed watched his life col­lapse piece by piece. First, his home in Paray­al Trace, Rio Claro col­lapsed due to a land­slip. Then his wife left. Now, he fears he is los­ing his el­dest daugh­ter, who has start­ed self-harm­ing.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia at his rent­ed Pas­cal Road, Pi­paro home, Arnold ad­mit­ted that his strug­gles are worse be­cause he can­not read or write well.

“I do the best that I can. I am not a dead-beat fa­ther and I’m do­ing the best that I can for my chil­dren,” Mo­hammed said, with tears in his eyes.