Youth Street stories

Hi everybody
Yesterday we went to the Farm, were youths from the streets are brought. They go to school there and live there. We went to a field and had to remove grass and plant Mango Trees. It was hard work but each youth in my group told me their story and how they got to the Farm.
Mary is a 17 year old girl, who ran away from home after her mother beat her. She was on the streets for 3 years. She said that it was very hard for her and girls in general. She could only spend 5 schillings for food everyday, which she usually spent on little fried bread treats , sort of like dounuts. And she said that evening were the hardest for girls because you'd have to get a good sleeping place away from men. Because men would try to rape the girls. But one of her friends told her about the Farm and she went there. She has lived there for a few years now and she is a Christian. She lives at the farm where she goes to school.
Another youth I met was Kent who is 16 years old. He also ran away from home because he was beaten by his mother. On the streets he stole to get money for food and mostly for drugs. At night he would sleep in front of store entrances. One evening he heard lots of screaming and saw one guy running and others following him. So he folloed and saw them tie the man down. He heard that the man had stolen a purse from a woman and tried to run away after being caught. So the men tried him down and burned him alive. After Kent saw this he stopped stealing, but it was hard to find food. One of his friends told him about the Farm, so he went there, and now he is a christian and wants to be a Mechanic when he grows up.
Evans is a 16 year old boy who ran away from home because his mom made him sell illegal drugs to others and he got addicted to those drugs. when she found out she would beat him. On the streets he slept on street corners where other men would beat him up and he was always bruised and bleeding. He went to an organization where they helped him, but after a few months he ran away because he was scared and wanted to get more drugs. But then the farm welcomed him in and he became a Christian.
I think it is amazing how God Brought all these youth to the Farm where they became Christians and have good schooling to prepare them for the future. So that they can ahve a better future than living on the streets.
-Dakota-