As Salesian Father Jorge Crisafulli , director of the center explained, it offers the young women medical and psychological assistance oriented towards social reintegration, as well as accommodation, food, clothing, non-formal education, vocational training, and especially.. Father Crisafulli said he had been working in the streets of Freetown trying to reach out to impoverished street children when he realized there was a real need for a specific programme for young girls as so many of them found themselves embroiled in the prostitution network.
That is why, he continued, we created a shelter especially for them, a home that welcomes them and where they can find medical assistance and the possibility of going back to school or doing vocational training and resuming normal lives.
In particular, Crisafulli said, it is important for them to hear that they are not guilty or bad, and that there is a huge potential for good in their hearts. Thank you for reading our article. You can keep up-to-date by subscribing to our daily newsletter. Just click here. Thanks to the love and dedication of Salesian Missionary Fathers in Sierra Leone, young girls are rescued from the streets of Freetown, given a shelter, training and medical and psychological assistance, and then helped to reintegrate into society.
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