Homeless: A Girl Named R »
Posted By outreach417 2 months, 2 weeks ago in FamilyA Girl Named “ R” - because it is an example of the terrible circumstances that lead many young girls to end up homeless, living on the street:
" I met her on the first afternoon we were there. I looked down and realized she had prominent scars all over her arms… "
I’ve known “R” for years. I first met “R” out on the street panhandling with several other homeless youth. I soon got to know her better at a local Out of the Cold program for street youth. “R” has been street involved and homeless since she was thirteen, heading to Toronto to escape the tragedies that befell her in her hometown. She has endured a youth no one should have to face, and she bears scars in deeper places than just her arms.
I’ve celebrated birthdays and Christmas holidays with “R”, but she has no home to host her celebrations. She often conceals the scars on her arms beneath long sleeves, but even then, once she gets to know you, she will push up the sleeves to reveal her pain....more
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An outreach worker on the streets with the homeless in Toronto and a disaster relief worker for Project417, most recently after Hurricane Ike in Galveston ...
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