Gati* and Chacha’s father has a hard time providing for his family, since half of his body is paralyzed. After a few years, his wife left, leaving the family in even worse shape. Gati and Chacha kept eating small meals, skipping meals, and finally dropped out of school because they couldn’t afford the uniforms. After several months of this, they decided to try their luck on the streets.
Things turned out to be worse on the streets. They didn’t get much more food, but lost the shelter that they had had at home, and had to steal scrap metal in exchange for the little food they got. Forming a habit of stealing at this young age would have set them on this path for their whole lives, which would have led to routine imprisonment.
They knew that if they returned home their father would beat them badly, as punishment for running away from home. They were stuck.
Good news; you donated enough in 2018 to enable us to hire Moses Nyamhanga full-time as the Our Father’s House coordinator. He has been devoting more and more time to his job as a result, and met Gati and Chacha after they had been on the streets for only a few weeks. He earned their trust and got to know their story. Finally, they agreed to let Moses take them back to their father. Moses held a family counseling meeting with the whole family, and explained to their father that he should not beat them for running to the streets. He learned about the challenges that had driven the children to the streets in the first place, and talked with the family about how Our Father’s House could help the family to overcome these challenges and stay together. One concrete action they decided on was that Our Father’s House would provide school uniforms to help Gati and Chacha return to school this coming January.
Thank you, friends, for doing so much to help Gati and Chacha. Let’s keep this up in 2019. You can give at: https://secure3.convio.net/gbgm/site/SPageNavigator/gbgm_donate.html?eeetype=1001&project=3022420
Thank you,
Davis Rhodes
Our Father’s House Volunteer
*all child names have been changed
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