Our Attention Turns To Street Girls
SGU has started a new program to rescue girls that are living on the streets.
into force labor and sexual exploitation. Fred & Quinto search the streets at night to rescue
young girls that may be selling their bodies to earn money. These girls are required to give the
money to men who control street children to make a living. In return for their earnings, the
men provide the girls with a "safe" place to sleep but the girls are then also sexually exploited
by these men and the street boys. Fred & Quinto located one little girl in January who had been
sent away from home by her grandmother. After learning that her mother had died, Fred and
Quinto were able to find her father. After speaking with the father about the situation, Fred
placed her back in her father's care.
Fred wrote:
"On the streets, we have been able to identify four more girls. One we have placed back with her family.
Nancy, Esther and Miriam are at Uncle Fred's House while a home investigation is going on. Two of the
girls were working at a small hotel in town and were both sexually abused. We had them tested and both
are cleared for HIV and AIDS. Esther however suffers from malaria often. Miriam was placed in our care
after being notified by local police that a very young girl was spotted on the streets. All the girls have
started school this week. Esther is going in primary five and Nancy and Miriam is in primary one."
