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I’m a merchant of hope, that’s what I sell. I sell hope; that’s why you see people coming. There is a difference between charity, where you dehumanize the receiver. Everybody that came here has the choice of what they wanted.

— Yolanda George-David

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Every child deserves a safe space to grow and thrive.

Because the head of the femur needs the acetabulum in the pelvic bone to articulate to form the hip joint; surround yourself with people who will hold you up when you feel like giving up.

The work we do is all about the journey, not just the rescue.

Rescue is just the beginning. Safety gives survivors breathing space, but rehabilitation through counselling, empowerment, and skills training gives them back their future.

It was easier to feed 500 people for me than it was for me to say to someone, ‘God loves you’. So I had to devise ways and means to show people the love I knew they desperately needed.

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