Jamilliah Halley
September 26, 2008/4:58
Step-Up project educates youth
Step-up is a program that was set up by the Share-A-Child Movement inc. to help children that are at risk of being trafficked. This program was started by Lawyer Esperanza Valenzona in 1987.
Programs like these are set up to help children on the verge of being trafficked. One such child was Martin Gotardo. Martin could not attended school because his mother was out making money to support the family and he was left home to take care of his ailing father. Martin is the youngest of six children all of his other siblings were able to go to school but the eldest ones were grown and out of the house.
Martin’s fifteen year old niece heard about the start-up program and suggested that he join it. For one month Monday –Thursday he went to class were he lernt basic skills such as reading and writing.
I think that places like these for at risk trafficable children are good it gives them and their parents an alternative motive in life.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/community/view/20080926-163070/Step-Up-project-educates-youth
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