By Beverly Gilbert Stone | Director
Entering the supermarket to purchase snacks and drinking water for our visitors, we are approached by four street children. A couple of them we had encountered a few times prior. “Give me 5 shillings”, “buy me bread”,... Knowing them, there are a few that have parents. We can only wonder if they know where their children are and if they approve or even sent them. Exiting the shop, I stop for a short discussion but we have only water this time. Driving off a hand quickly grabs the sunglasses from one of our visitors. ICK!! What a message to give visitors. Please, stop the vehicle and let us find that child. Eventually our driver found the boy and returned the sunglasses. Another day I will deal with this budding thief.
As we work with children on the street, we become more convinced that intensive work is necessary to prevent the inevitable progression from hunger, glue addiction, theft, incarceration and worse. Supervision, consistency, relationship and education are the tools to effect change. A meal long enough to communicate and establish relationship is the first step.
It is through the wonderful generosity of donors like you that we can change the lives of children. On the street, in the hands of the children’s department, abandoned or in other vulnerable situations, Expanding Opportunities works individually with children to provide what we can of what is best for that child. Thank you for your assistance.
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By Beverly Gilbert Stone | Director
By Beverly Gilbert Stone | Director
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