These beautiful little girls are the lucky ones ... the ones who have a roof over their head and a place to call home. Sadly, this is not the case for so many little girls in Haiti.A July 2006 article from Haiti Innovation shared the following. Pray for Haiti's little girls!
Little girls on the street of Port Au Prince are suffering quietly. They walk through thick traffic begging for food and/or money. These precious little blessings, some as young as four or five years old, weave in and out of traffic, dodging cars, hoping that someone will throw them a few coins. They must beg to survive.Many of these little girls are restevecs (slaves) that are collecting money for an "aunt" or "uncle" standing off on the side of the road. If they don't bring in the amount of money they should, they are beaten. We know many of these little girls already through our outreach feeding program. We have also heard numerous stories of how they have been hit by cars or abused by cruel people on the street.
In many ways the girls plight on the street is far worse than the boys. They would rather become a slave in a home where they are brutally abused, than to subject themselves to the uncertainty and more intense abuse found living on the streets ...
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This absolutely breaks my heart. What beautiful little girls. To think they are still smiling despite what they may have been through. I will keep these precious children in my prayers.
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