By Caroline Emlyn Jones | Fundraiser
Thank you for donating to GlobalGiving Little by Little Campaign supporting our Escaping Abuse in Nepal project. We would like to share with you a case study about a particular girl called Cithara (not her real name), who has had her life turned around by our shelter.
Cithara is only 11 years old and has been living in our shelter for the last 6 months. She comes from an extremely poor family. Her father was a rubbish collector and her mother was a daily labourer. Cithara and her brother witnessed a lot of fighting at home and eventually the marriage broke down. Her mother remarried and Cithara's step father began sexually abusing her. Even though it was witnessed by her brother, her mother chose not to believe her, but sent her to live with her father and her step mother, where things still didn't improve.
Cithara had access to one of our drop in centres and it was here she told a member of our staff what was happening and for the first time in her life she was listened to and believed. She was refered to our shelter, where she is now at last safe. With counselling and medical help, Cithara is slowing healing. She is enjoying being back in school and is working hard to catch up wth what she has missed.
Without your support we wouldn't be able to continue to run this shelter, so on behalf of the girls a big thank you.
With Best Wishes
The Kidasha Team
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