This is a beautiful project that my friend at “Bridging Worlds” is involved with in Africa. Please take the time to read hear heartwarming message as she helps the children that have been so horribly treated…it will touch your heart.
In my work as a pastor and counselor at Emmanuel Church Louis Trichardt and headmistress of Emmanuel Kinderland preschool I have come to work with many people who themselves were survivors of abuse or came on behalf of a close friend or relative who had suffered through sexual abuse and rape.
As you are well aware of South Africa has a devastatingly high rate of rape, wikipedia talks about the highest rape rate in the world.
The SAPS statistics report that
There were 64,514 sexual offenses reported to the police in South Africa in 2012 alone of which over 45% percent where child rapes.
However, variable reports claim that only 1 in 9 or 1 in 25 rapes actually get reported
This means that the numbers could actually run up to 1,548,336 rapes every year
This means that someone is raped as often as every 4 minutes
Interpol has named…
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