You may have recently read about the Ban
Ton Ruk project that we are helping to support.
One of the aims of the project is to offer
help to kids that have recently been released from Youth Prison. ‘A’, not his
real nickname, is an example of how important this type of project is.
‘A’ is now fifteen years of age and Suky
from MERCY met him recently when she was visiting another boy in the prison.
‘A’ has no family, no Identification Card and no means of supporting himself,
he has spent two years in Youth Prison, his first offence at the age of
thirteen-years was pick- pocketing and he received a six-month sentence and on
his release not having any way to buy food or anywhere to live reoffended and
received a further eighteen-months in prison.
As ‘A’ was due for release a few days after
Suky met him and as all he had on his release were the clothes he was wearing
and 100Baht (£2.10) given to him by someone in prison and would have been
living back on the streets Suky arranged for him to stay at Ban Ton Ruk where
they would help him try to get his life back together.
Fortunately MERCY were able to find some
second-hand clothes for him and they were also able to give Ban Ton Ruk 500Baht
(£10) to but him some bedding and extra clothes.
‘A’ is now living at Ban Ton Ruk and
hopefully his time there will give him some training to be able to find work
when he decides he wants to leave.
100 Years From Today
It will not matter how big your bank account
was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove. But the
world may be a little better because your help touched the life of one child.
www.slum-kids.org
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