It's late in the night, and you hear a child screaming. The father
seems to have returned home, and is apparently not in a good mood; as he
has been for the past few weeks now. Every other night, you hear the
tearful pleas of a woman begging for him to stop, but the screams of
pain from the child continues. The next day, you see that same child,
coming out from the house next door, boarding the school bus with a
noticeable strange limp in her walk, while her face remains emotionally
dazed and grim.
Child abuse can happen any day, anywhere,
and at any time. What makes it worse is that often, the abuser is one
whom the child trusts to give them love, and shelter. It is our duty as
a neighbour, a citizen, and as a person, to report such incidents
should we realise what is happening.
Shelter was established in
1981 for such a purpose. We receive children of such cases from the
Welfare Department and from brave parents who want to rescue their
children from such situations. These children come to us, broken and
abused. In time, we help to nurture and care for them and raise them to
confront their past, and move on to seek a brighter future.
It
doesn't matter from what age and race you come from; for the some 450
children that we care for and support in our homes and refugee schools,
it means a brighter future for them all.
Help us, to give them a chance at a future they deserve to have.
Shelter them with your LOVE
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