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Here's what's happening with The Refuge Project:
Does Rescue and Restore Mean a New Home?
Friday, April 29, 2011
The Refuge Project's goal is to rescue and restore, a lot of times we think of rescue only as removing a child from their situation and bringing them to a new home. Here at The Refuge Project we know that that's not always the case. We rejoice that not every child needs a new home, and we recognize that that doesn't mean that they don't need to be rescued and restored. Many of the abuse and mis-treatment situations that we have seen here in Nicaragua fortunately don't need The Refuge Project Home, but they still need a lot of love, hope and help. We see situations where a mother has several children and a boyfriend or husband that lives with them who is not the father of those children. In many of these situations the mother will work, and the man will not. While the mother is at work the kids go to school and come home to a step-father who does not love them nor care for them. This leaves them free to roam the streets, or subject to abuse by the step-father or a stranger in the street. Imagine how their lives could be different if these kids had a place to go while the mother was at work. A lot of this abuse could be avoided!
 Many children in are in charge of taking care of the younger siblings
While we continue to put the finishing touches on the house and meeting with the Government, we are going to begin a program to provide that refuge. On May 11th we will be starting an after school program and bringing in some of the kids who we've been working with through One by One at their Saturday morning kids services. Not only will this program provide a refuge, but we will also be focused on restoration. The Refuge Project's psychologist will be working with the after school program to provide emotional restoration to these kids. At this point we will only be able to provide the program one afternoon a week, but with continued support this program can grow to various neighborhoods and become a daily refuge for hundreds of mis-treated and abused innocent!!
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