Bambejja Project information
The Bambejja project is
a day centre that offers the girls
·
love, friendship
·
personal, emotional and spiritual
development.
It
provides
·
bathing and washing facilities,
·
food, counselling,
·
job skills, education
·
healthcare
To prevent the girls living on the streets, the project would like to obtain a
hostel so that they can provide night-time shelter and 24 hour care.
Here are the stories of two of the girls who attend the day centre
Sandra aged
15.
"My life on the street
is not good because I am beaten here. I survive by begging for money. I use
solvents as they help me to relax and sleep. I sleep next to a petrol garage. No
one has ever tried to help me. My dream would to be go to school as I’ve never
been to school before and I would like to learn some handiwork (crafts). I would
like to have a home and a family. I don’t go to church because I don’t have
the clothes to wear. I feel very sad on the street."
Faridah Mwende is 16 and has been on the streets for one year now. She originally came to the street because robbers killed her father and her stepmother started abusing her. Faridah travelled to see her mother recently but she found out that she had died.
"At first life on the
streets was ok, but now I get severely beaten and the street boys steal our
money. I get money by begging. I also take glue. When I talk to God, I pray that
he will get someone to take me from the street".