By Joan Townsend | Executive Director, Retrak America
At this time of year, getting through the daily struggle for survival and feeling of isolation becomes even tougher for children living on the streets. While the festive season for many of us is a special time to be shared at home with our loved ones, for homeless children, it is a reminder of two of the greatest gaps missing in their lives – home and family.
Fortunately Retrak is present on the streets of Kampala, providing homeless children with their basic needs and helping them return to a loving family.
One mother said this when she came to pick up her daughter from our center:
"This is a great miracle!! Four years minus seeing my daughter, I did not know that I could get her alive, I thought we were to meet in heaven; thanks be to Retrak. May God bless you with abundant resources to save more lives."
Thank you for your past support of Retrak's project in Uganda. We hope that you'll decide to support us again with an end-of-year donation - a donation that will help a homeless child receive safe shelter, nourishing food, medical attention and care and support. In many cases it will return a street child to a loving family home. Please help us return more children home in 2016.
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