Favour’s Story Sunday, December 18th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
In this post, we’ll be taking a realistic look at the lives of a couple of children in Ilaje village, one of our partner communities.
Good things are happening in Ilaje. The moral of the volunteers is very high right now which is encouraging. We are currently working with Hands at Work to implement an income generating activity to support these workers in the care-giving they provide for the orphans and vulnerable children in Ilaje.
Favour Afamuefune is 8 years old and lives in the Ilaje community. Favour lost her father at the age of four and has since been living with her mother in the community. Her mother has little time for the girl or her younger brother. Favour, being a very young girl, has faced a lot of challenges including neglect by her mother and attempted rape by rogues in the community.
Favour has been exposed to these things because her mother does not fully care for her or her 3 year old brother Abraham; she sometimes isn’t home until very late in the night. Favour is always afraid to talk to people because she does not feel safe. Favour and Abraham were discovered in the community wandering about without any parental care and were later brought to the Ilaje community school where they have been benefiting from the 3 essential services and receiving care their mother has denied them. Favour and her brother look after themselves since their mother is not always available to care for them.
Favour in Ilaje Community
The community school is really the only safe haven they have. After finishing at the school, Favour and her brother stay with one of their mother’s friends where strong and harmful drinks are sold to men in the community which makes these children vulnerable in the presence of these drunken men. Favour and her brother regularly stay in the midst of these dangerous people until late in the night when their mother comes around to take them home.
Favour now receives care and love when she is in school with her friends and plays with them. The little girl is happy at school and is able to relate well and face her academic work at school. Since she has been adopted at the community school, Favour has been doing well academically and is taught about the love of God, as well as receiving one hot meal per day. The community school is a place where she builds good relationships and it is hoped she will continue to receive care and support through home visits. Favour is presently in Primary 3 while her younger brother, Abraham is in the Kindergarten class.
She still faces many challenges but, with your help, we are helping to provide an atmosphere of love and care that will give her and others like her an opportunity to flourish.
Thanks for your help. To find out more about our projects please check out our Impact page.
The PSH Team
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