The Outreach and Intervention Project’s (OIP) second quarter was busy and successful, with many family and children helped. Activities during the second quarter:
- Intervening with 25 families at risk
- Offering 45 families outreach assistance
- Protected 20 children identified as at risk
- Helping 17 families in crisis
- Placing 36 children in a special center for care
- Visiting 12 internet cafes to identify youth who are delinquent from school or home
- Advocating for two children in trouble with the law
- Holding 44 sessions of the Council for Child’s Rights and Multidisciplinary team
- Presenting two seminars on protection for at risk children
Examples of this project:
Tatiana, less than a year old, was living with her mother in a park warmed by a bonfire and sheltered by just a plastic sheet as shelter. Her mother owns a home where they would be safe and warm, but chooses to not live there. When Anastasia needed hospital care, her mother disappeared. Both the mother and child are HIV positive. Tatiana is now in the orphanage where she is safe and cared for and will receive medical help as needed.
Victoria found safety at school and lavished in her school work. One afternoon, she could not face the thought of going home and approached the principal for help. She stated that she was afraid of her mother and did not want to go home. Immediately a social worker was contacted and necessary protective measures have been taken. Another child helped by the OIP.
A 25 year old woman and her 2 year old are on the streets begging. Her three other children are at home with a neighbor. Yet another case of a family in need is of a 14 year old mother and her one year old son begging in the city streets. Intervention in both cases has been ongoing and now long term strategies will be put in place to help solve the issues these families face.
Night time visits to internet cafés have resulted in finding youth who are not attending school, not going home and are at high risk for further delinquent behavior and human trafficking. Reconnection with their family and community is vital.
These are examples of how your donations can and will make difference.
This family was in critical need and was living in dreadful conditions.
This little boy was found at an internet cafe.
Two children were living in this room.
More children in need found at an internet cafe.