The Children
“The way you help heal the world is to start with your own family.”
– Mother Theresa
You don’t have to dig very deep to reveal the heartbreak and tragedy these children have endured.
Many have come from dysfunctional families without any surviving or supportive relatives. Often, the children in these homes are:
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Orphaned
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Neglected due to unemployment, illness, or other causes
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Abandoned, having parents confined to prison
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Qualified for placement at the request of local government
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From dark pasts emerge stoic spirits.
Imagine a child’s plight: in their short lives, some as young as a few hours old being abandoned as their mothers have been outcast from their communities; or having to cope with family tragedy by turning to self-destructive behaviours, drugs or alcohol,;or grappling with learning difficulties such as ADHD with nowhere to turn…