MANY CHILDREN THAT THEY HAVE HELPED HAVE SUFFERED UNBELIEVABLE ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM AND EXPERIENCED THINGS THAT NO CHILD SHOULD.

"Some children have been tied up by their feet and hung upside-down and then beaten with poles or cables. Some have been burnt with cigarettes, with one, two year old who arrived with scars all over his little body from cigarettes and knives. His face is scarred terribly."

"A fourteen year old was the sole survivor of his family after his uncle went crazy and shot ever member, including the boy. He is now deaf in one ear and has a partially paralysed face."

"By providing a home for two young girls, 12 and 13 years, we have been able to protect them from lives of prostitution."

"Every child here has a sad story to tell."

THE REFUGE RESEMBLES A FAMILY HOME RATHER THAN AN INSTITUTION, WHERE THE CHILDREN FEEL LOVED AND SECURE.

THE CHILDREN NOW ATTEND SCHOOL WHICH MOST OF THEM HAD NOT EXPERIENCED BEFORE. THEY ALSO ATTEND ADDITIONAL CLASSES IN EXERCISE, BALLET, BOWLING, ENGLISH, MUSIC, SWIMMING AND BIBLE STUDIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE DONATED.

"One of the greatest joys in doing this work is to see the children grow and develop confidence in themselves."

"Also, other than being able to provide for them all the basic needs, to give them the opportunity for an education and then see the positive results of this, is wonderful."

"The children are now engrossed in the world of books with the older children reading novels and thoroughly enjoying every adventure."

"Academically, the children are well behind other children of the same age and need all the assistence and stimulation they can get to help them on their educational journey."

THE ALBERGUE, 'MISION MEXICO' HAS ALSO BEEN HELPING MIGRANT CHILDREN FOR SOME TIME.

THESE CHILDREN ARE USUALLY FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY IMMIGRATION WHILE TRYING TO MAKE THERE WAY TO THE UNITED STATES. SOME TRAVEL ALONE ON THE TOP OF THE TRAINS AND ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE SUFFERED ABUSE OR HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF THERE BELONGINGS.

OTHERS TRAVEL WITH 'POLLEROS', PEOPLE SMUGGLERS, WITH SOME OF THE CHILDREN BEING AS YOUNG AS FOUR YEARS.

 

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