By Joan Townsend | Executive Director, Retrak America
Rose is seven years old and has had more hardship in these years than most people have in a lifetime. Her father abandoned the family not long after her mother died. Rose and her baby brother, Thomas, were helped by neighbors in their village until Thomas began showing signs of serious illness. Rose had no other options. She and Thomas were hungry, so she took him to the nearby town of Kitale in search of something to eat. A woman saw the young child and her baby brother, and brought them to Child Rescue Kenya. Sadly, Thomas died of AIDS, but Rose is doing well, and says "I'm ok now and am now in school. Nobody shuns me here."
Retrak has been a longtime partner of Child Rescue Kenya. We are committed to helping them help street children in Kenya. On behalf of Rose and the hundreds of children whose lives have been changed by CRK, thank you for your past support of this very worthwhile project.
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