Austin Samaritans is privileged to provide health services, medical attention, and educational opportunities to people in need. Yet as we have served in areas around the globe, we have witnessed a need even more basic than health and education.
Many are caught in a cycle of despair and depravity. These people need programs to lift them from their destitute lives and offer hope and promote self-worth.
Consider the young girls at La Chureca, the Managua City Dump. Families desperate to live off the refuse of the city dwellers will offer their daughters' sexual favors to the dump truck drivers in exchange for better access to trash. Girls as young as 10 are at risk and need rescue from their circumstances.
Other young women who are already caught in the web of prostitution need rescue and reassurance.
Austin Samaritans is associated with several rescue programs that can break the cycle of depravity and offer a new start to these children of God. With your kind donations, you are bringing hope and renewed spirit to those most in need of rescue.
