Sunday, November 30, 2008

Project Hope

I REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO THE STORIES ABOUT PROJECT HOPE. THEY WERE REALLY STORIES ABOUT STRONG WOMEN THAT NEEDED HELP THAT IS HARD TO FIND. NILAYA AND MICHELLE WERE BOTH MOTHERS THAT WERE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. NILAYA WENT STRAIGHT INTO A SHELTER AND MICHELLE GOT A ROOMATE. MICHELLE'S ROOMMATE ENDED UP GETTING LAID OFF AND BOTH OF THESE WOMEN FOUND THEMSELVES AT PROJECT HOPE. BECAUSE THEY HAD TO LEAVE THERE ABUSIVE HUSBANDS THEY WERE FINANCIALLY NOT ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING. THEY WERE LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO MOVE THEMSELVES AND THERE CHILDREN INTO PROJECT HOPE.
WHEN THEY GOT TO PROJECT HOPE THEY FOUND HOUSING THROUGH THEM. NILAYA BECAME A LEADER FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD HOUSING TO FIND WAYS TO PROVIDE TO THOSE THAT HAVE FALLEN ON HARD TIMES. THESE WOMEN, TO ME, WERE VERY INSPIRATIONAL. THEY NEW THAT HAD TO GET OUT OF THE SITUATION THEY WERE IN AND TRY TO MAKE THERE LIVES BETTER. THESE WOMEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN, SHOULD GET BETTER ASSISTANT.

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