Children are the fuel of life, without them there is no future.
A society that does not take care of its children will be left in a state of suffering, of social decay, which can only be reversed the moment we start taking care of our future.
During my visit to the Orphanage in Jinja, Uganda this little boy asked me to spend time with him. All he wanted was to have someone's attention and a big hug. He was lovely ... so gentle. It was heartbreaking to leave him there at the end of the day and know that all he wanted was to be part of a family again.
Photo by Lucy, London - UK.
posted by CARF Brazil at 9:04 am
CARF Brazil, was established by Gregory J. Smith in São Paulo in 1993. Gregory had already established The Children At Risk Foundation – CARF Norway in 1992, to benefit the street children of Brazil by defending their rights and offering them a dignified solution so that they could live and grow within a family-oriented context and healthy social environment. The knowledge gained during the last decade guided Gregory to create a Street Migration Prevention Programme. Due to its success, CARF had to seek new solutions to cope with growing demands and in 2001 The Hummingbird Arts & Cultural Activity Centre became a reality, allowing CARF to expand its capacity from 80 children and young people to more than 2000 today. An important development in 2007 was the establishing of a new Brazilian NGO, The Hummingbird Cultural Network (RCBF - Rede Cultural Beija-Flor), to cater for a network of community prevention centres implemented during the next few years and led by youth entrepreneurs trained at Hummingbird. By the end of 2012 we will have four community prevention centres up and running...
CARF is working to increase local, national and global awareness of Street Children and other Children At Risk. Please help us to achieve our goals by making your contribution at the bottom of this page »»»»
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1 Comments:
Heartbreaking picture :-(
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