Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Make Freedom Reign It only takes one life to change one life, this is demonstrated below. I know for every child who feels I have helped them, I can assure you it has been the other way around in that the touch of their life to mine was the real reward. In the course of every single day we are presented opportunities to be the salvation. There are too many to count, and there are more than grains of sand, or stars in the sky. These are children who honestly need us. We can see need all around, and freedom is found by filling these needs for those we love, or total strangers, and even children a half a world away. Real freedom can be given as a gift. Make Freedom Reign, " let the white dove sail, let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning, let the weak be strong.... " from your heart and from your soul Make Freedom Reign. Update from Bruce on Jimmy July 2nd 2004 (*Bruce told me that they are having problems with the website and getting Jimmy's picture up, but that it should be up shortly, so please check back.) THE GOOD NEWS is that little Jimmy is free! If you recall, I met the “pint sized†14-year-old Jimmy in the depressing “Renaciendo†juvenile detention facility close to the capital of Tegucigalpa where he had been condemned to one year’s jail for having stolen food. He was mixed with juveniles condemned for murder… (For a full report on my first meeting with Jimmy and his photo, please visit: http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/noticias/lmn/noticia915 ) After the intervention of Casa Alianza’s Legal Aid Office, Jimmy was released to his mother and is now at home in Danli. Casa Alianza’s Family Reintegration program will provide follow-up support. It was clear that had Jimmy been forced to stay in the juvenile detention center, he would have ended up with a life of crime. Being a hungry child should not be a crime… original release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 7th, 2004 A typical day in the frustrating life of Casa Alianza Honduras…. By Bruce , Executive Director, Latin American Programs, Casa Alianza -------------------------------- “So what are you here for?â€, I asked Jimmy, one of the smallest and dirtiest of the 205 children crammed into the depressing juvenile detention center in Tamara, close to Tegucigalpa, the capital Honduras. I was paying a regular visit with Casa Alianza’s lawyer, concerned about the fact that several children have been killed inside the center in the past year. The official capacity of the “rehabilitation†center – by name only – is 110. Even that is an exaggeration. “Robo†– theft – he mumbled, ashamedly, as he looked down, twiddling with the torn sleeve of his grubby oversized grey tee shirt, made for a 16 year old, not the minute frame of an 11-year-old-sized 14 year old. It covered most of his scarred legs all the way down to his shoeless calloused feet. “And what did you steal?â€. I painfully continued with a conversation that illustrated the plight of more than 60% of the children in the center. “A neck chainâ€, followed by an immediate sigh, was the limited response from a child who had probably answered the same question dozens of times. He continued fidgeting nervously. “Porque?†– why – I insisted, realizing how stupid my question was when he responded, “Pa’ comer†– to eat. Jimmy reminded me so much of my own son when he was about six years old, going through the growing pains of testing limits. I cupped his round face in my hands and we looked each other in the eyes. “Tenia hambre†- I was hungry…. Jimmy’s dad left his mother before he was born. His mother “is a drunk†and he had been living on the streets for a year in La Ceiba, a costal town in the north of this, the poorest country in Central America, where more than 80% of the people live in poverty. Jimmy used to beg but people scowled at him. He wanted to work, but was physically too little. So he was forced to steal. And the Juvenile Judge sentenced him to this hellhole called – Renaciendo (Rebirth) – for a year. It is the society, not Jimmy, who needed to be condemned. Nothing is being “reborn†here. The only thing that grows in this center is anger and hate as children who have long lost their innocence search for ways to overcome their boredom. More than 70% of the children here have not been formally accused of any crime. Many have been there for more than the maximum of 60 days that the repressive laws allow them to be held. The only pathetic budget that the center has is for limited food and staff salaries. Nothing else. Not for light bulbs, not for toilet paper, not for medicine. Not for teddy bears or storybooks. Jimmy should never have been sent to this depositary for children who were hungry and who turned into a survival mode in order to eat. He has no future here. I have asked Casa Alianza’s lawyers to meet with the judge to see if we can get little Jimmy out of here and into a Casa Alianza program where, thanks to many people, he will have food, clothing, a safe place to sleep and, more than anything, love… The State condemned Jimmy to far more than one year of lock up. They condemned him for life… visit the absolutely incredible work of <A HREF= " www.Casa-Alianza.org " >www.Casa-Alianza.org</A> with love and support. It only takes one life to change one life. Feeding one child is simple and 100% of your gift goes directly to these children. See link below $3 food for one child per month/ $20 for education/ consider adopting a child such a Jimmy through this continous gift of life for one or both. <A HREF= " http://www.miracles-of-hope.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18 & sid=703102583aaf5\ cc57941287e6dd2626c " >Click here: miracles-of-hope.com :: View topic - Diet Program Guarantees You Will Gain -- Not Lose</A> Marhoefer Miracles Of Hope Network® New York City~Chicago~Los Angeles~Paris <A HREF= " www.miracles-of-hope.com " >www.miracles-of-hope.com</A> The Defense Foundation for children USA ~Changing The Destiny Of A Child ~ Obstruction-Of-Injustice Radio~Media & Bring It Productions® Touch the Thunder Publishing & Recording Company <A HREF= " www.on-air-live-radio.tv " >www.on-air-live-radio.tv</A> ::justice in media:: " Sometimes instead of leveling the playing field, you just have to buy the field " DM2004® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Make Freedom Reign It only takes one life to change one life, this is demonstrated below. I know for every child who feels I have helped them, I can assure you it has been the other way around in that the touch of their life to mine was the real reward. In the course of every single day we are presented opportunities to be the salvation. There are too many to count, and there are more than grains of sand, or stars in the sky. These are children who honestly need us. We can see need all around, and freedom is found by filling these needs for those we love, or total strangers, and even children a half a world away. Real freedom can be given as a gift. Make Freedom Reign, " let the white dove sail, let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning, let the weak be strong.... " from your heart and from your soul Make Freedom Reign. Update from Bruce on Jimmy July 2nd 2004 (*Bruce told me that they are having problems with the website and getting Jimmy's picture up, but that it should be up shortly, so please check back.) THE GOOD NEWS is that little Jimmy is free! If you recall, I met the “pint sized†14-year-old Jimmy in the depressing “Renaciendo†juvenile detention facility close to the capital of Tegucigalpa where he had been condemned to one year’s jail for having stolen food. He was mixed with juveniles condemned for murder… (For a full report on my first meeting with Jimmy and his photo, please visit: http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/noticias/lmn/noticia915 ) After the intervention of Casa Alianza’s Legal Aid Office, Jimmy was released to his mother and is now at home in Danli. Casa Alianza’s Family Reintegration program will provide follow-up support. It was clear that had Jimmy been forced to stay in the juvenile detention center, he would have ended up with a life of crime. Being a hungry child should not be a crime… original release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 7th, 2004 A typical day in the frustrating life of Casa Alianza Honduras…. By Bruce , Executive Director, Latin American Programs, Casa Alianza -------------------------------- “So what are you here for?â€, I asked Jimmy, one of the smallest and dirtiest of the 205 children crammed into the depressing juvenile detention center in Tamara, close to Tegucigalpa, the capital Honduras. I was paying a regular visit with Casa Alianza’s lawyer, concerned about the fact that several children have been killed inside the center in the past year. The official capacity of the “rehabilitation†center – by name only – is 110. Even that is an exaggeration. “Robo†– theft – he mumbled, ashamedly, as he looked down, twiddling with the torn sleeve of his grubby oversized grey tee shirt, made for a 16 year old, not the minute frame of an 11-year-old-sized 14 year old. It covered most of his scarred legs all the way down to his shoeless calloused feet. “And what did you steal?â€. I painfully continued with a conversation that illustrated the plight of more than 60% of the children in the center. “A neck chainâ€, followed by an immediate sigh, was the limited response from a child who had probably answered the same question dozens of times. He continued fidgeting nervously. “Porque?†– why – I insisted, realizing how stupid my question was when he responded, “Pa’ comer†– to eat. Jimmy reminded me so much of my own son when he was about six years old, going through the growing pains of testing limits. I cupped his round face in my hands and we looked each other in the eyes. “Tenia hambre†- I was hungry…. Jimmy’s dad left his mother before he was born. His mother “is a drunk†and he had been living on the streets for a year in La Ceiba, a costal town in the north of this, the poorest country in Central America, where more than 80% of the people live in poverty. Jimmy used to beg but people scowled at him. He wanted to work, but was physically too little. So he was forced to steal. And the Juvenile Judge sentenced him to this hellhole called – Renaciendo (Rebirth) – for a year. It is the society, not Jimmy, who needed to be condemned. Nothing is being “reborn†here. The only thing that grows in this center is anger and hate as children who have long lost their innocence search for ways to overcome their boredom. More than 70% of the children here have not been formally accused of any crime. Many have been there for more than the maximum of 60 days that the repressive laws allow them to be held. The only pathetic budget that the center has is for limited food and staff salaries. Nothing else. Not for light bulbs, not for toilet paper, not for medicine. Not for teddy bears or storybooks. Jimmy should never have been sent to this depositary for children who were hungry and who turned into a survival mode in order to eat. He has no future here. I have asked Casa Alianza’s lawyers to meet with the judge to see if we can get little Jimmy out of here and into a Casa Alianza program where, thanks to many people, he will have food, clothing, a safe place to sleep and, more than anything, love… The State condemned Jimmy to far more than one year of lock up. They condemned him for life… visit the absolutely incredible work of <A HREF= " www.Casa-Alianza.org " >www.Casa-Alianza.org</A> with love and support. It only takes one life to change one life. Feeding one child is simple and 100% of your gift goes directly to these children. See link below $3 food for one child per month/ $20 for education/ consider adopting a child such a Jimmy through this continous gift of life for one or both. <A HREF= " http://www.miracles-of-hope.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18 & sid=703102583aaf5\ cc57941287e6dd2626c " >Click here: miracles-of-hope.com :: View topic - Diet Program Guarantees You Will Gain -- Not Lose</A> Marhoefer Miracles Of Hope Network® New York City~Chicago~Los Angeles~Paris <A HREF= " www.miracles-of-hope.com " >www.miracles-of-hope.com</A> The Defense Foundation for children USA ~Changing The Destiny Of A Child ~ Obstruction-Of-Injustice Radio~Media & Bring It Productions® Touch the Thunder Publishing & Recording Company <A HREF= " www.on-air-live-radio.tv " >www.on-air-live-radio.tv</A> ::justice in media:: " Sometimes instead of leveling the playing field, you just have to buy the field " DM2004® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Make Freedom Reign It only takes one life to change one life, this is demonstrated below. I know for every child who feels I have helped them, I can assure you it has been the other way around in that the touch of their life to mine was the real reward. In the course of every single day we are presented opportunities to be the salvation. There are too many to count, and there are more than grains of sand, or stars in the sky. These are children who honestly need us. We can see need all around, and freedom is found by filling these needs for those we love, or total strangers, and even children a half a world away. Real freedom can be given as a gift. Make Freedom Reign, " let the white dove sail, let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning, let the weak be strong.... " from your heart and from your soul Make Freedom Reign. Update from Bruce on Jimmy July 2nd 2004 (*Bruce told me that they are having problems with the website and getting Jimmy's picture up, but that it should be up shortly, so please check back.) THE GOOD NEWS is that little Jimmy is free! If you recall, I met the “pint sized†14-year-old Jimmy in the depressing “Renaciendo†juvenile detention facility close to the capital of Tegucigalpa where he had been condemned to one year’s jail for having stolen food. He was mixed with juveniles condemned for murder… (For a full report on my first meeting with Jimmy and his photo, please visit: http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/noticias/lmn/noticia915 ) After the intervention of Casa Alianza’s Legal Aid Office, Jimmy was released to his mother and is now at home in Danli. Casa Alianza’s Family Reintegration program will provide follow-up support. It was clear that had Jimmy been forced to stay in the juvenile detention center, he would have ended up with a life of crime. Being a hungry child should not be a crime… original release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 7th, 2004 A typical day in the frustrating life of Casa Alianza Honduras…. By Bruce , Executive Director, Latin American Programs, Casa Alianza -------------------------------- “So what are you here for?â€, I asked Jimmy, one of the smallest and dirtiest of the 205 children crammed into the depressing juvenile detention center in Tamara, close to Tegucigalpa, the capital Honduras. I was paying a regular visit with Casa Alianza’s lawyer, concerned about the fact that several children have been killed inside the center in the past year. The official capacity of the “rehabilitation†center – by name only – is 110. Even that is an exaggeration. “Robo†– theft – he mumbled, ashamedly, as he looked down, twiddling with the torn sleeve of his grubby oversized grey tee shirt, made for a 16 year old, not the minute frame of an 11-year-old-sized 14 year old. It covered most of his scarred legs all the way down to his shoeless calloused feet. “And what did you steal?â€. I painfully continued with a conversation that illustrated the plight of more than 60% of the children in the center. “A neck chainâ€, followed by an immediate sigh, was the limited response from a child who had probably answered the same question dozens of times. He continued fidgeting nervously. “Porque?†– why – I insisted, realizing how stupid my question was when he responded, “Pa’ comer†– to eat. Jimmy reminded me so much of my own son when he was about six years old, going through the growing pains of testing limits. I cupped his round face in my hands and we looked each other in the eyes. “Tenia hambre†- I was hungry…. Jimmy’s dad left his mother before he was born. His mother “is a drunk†and he had been living on the streets for a year in La Ceiba, a costal town in the north of this, the poorest country in Central America, where more than 80% of the people live in poverty. Jimmy used to beg but people scowled at him. He wanted to work, but was physically too little. So he was forced to steal. And the Juvenile Judge sentenced him to this hellhole called – Renaciendo (Rebirth) – for a year. It is the society, not Jimmy, who needed to be condemned. Nothing is being “reborn†here. The only thing that grows in this center is anger and hate as children who have long lost their innocence search for ways to overcome their boredom. More than 70% of the children here have not been formally accused of any crime. Many have been there for more than the maximum of 60 days that the repressive laws allow them to be held. The only pathetic budget that the center has is for limited food and staff salaries. Nothing else. Not for light bulbs, not for toilet paper, not for medicine. Not for teddy bears or storybooks. Jimmy should never have been sent to this depositary for children who were hungry and who turned into a survival mode in order to eat. He has no future here. I have asked Casa Alianza’s lawyers to meet with the judge to see if we can get little Jimmy out of here and into a Casa Alianza program where, thanks to many people, he will have food, clothing, a safe place to sleep and, more than anything, love… The State condemned Jimmy to far more than one year of lock up. They condemned him for life… visit the absolutely incredible work of <A HREF= " www.Casa-Alianza.org " >www.Casa-Alianza.org</A> with love and support. It only takes one life to change one life. Feeding one child is simple and 100% of your gift goes directly to these children. See link below $3 food for one child per month/ $20 for education/ consider adopting a child such a Jimmy through this continous gift of life for one or both. <A HREF= " http://www.miracles-of-hope.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18 & sid=703102583aaf5\ cc57941287e6dd2626c " >Click here: miracles-of-hope.com :: View topic - Diet Program Guarantees You Will Gain -- Not Lose</A> Marhoefer Miracles Of Hope Network® New York City~Chicago~Los Angeles~Paris <A HREF= " www.miracles-of-hope.com " >www.miracles-of-hope.com</A> The Defense Foundation for children USA ~Changing The Destiny Of A Child ~ Obstruction-Of-Injustice Radio~Media & Bring It Productions® Touch the Thunder Publishing & Recording Company <A HREF= " www.on-air-live-radio.tv " >www.on-air-live-radio.tv</A> ::justice in media:: " Sometimes instead of leveling the playing field, you just have to buy the field " DM2004® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Make Freedom Reign It only takes one life to change one life, this is demonstrated below. I know for every child who feels I have helped them, I can assure you it has been the other way around in that the touch of their life to mine was the real reward. In the course of every single day we are presented opportunities to be the salvation. There are too many to count, and there are more than grains of sand, or stars in the sky. These are children who honestly need us. We can see need all around, and freedom is found by filling these needs for those we love, or total strangers, and even children a half a world away. Real freedom can be given as a gift. Make Freedom Reign, " let the white dove sail, let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning, let the weak be strong.... " from your heart and from your soul Make Freedom Reign. Update from Bruce on Jimmy July 2nd 2004 (*Bruce told me that they are having problems with the website and getting Jimmy's picture up, but that it should be up shortly, so please check back.) THE GOOD NEWS is that little Jimmy is free! If you recall, I met the “pint sized†14-year-old Jimmy in the depressing “Renaciendo†juvenile detention facility close to the capital of Tegucigalpa where he had been condemned to one year’s jail for having stolen food. He was mixed with juveniles condemned for murder… (For a full report on my first meeting with Jimmy and his photo, please visit: http://www.casa-alianza.org/EN/noticias/lmn/noticia915 ) After the intervention of Casa Alianza’s Legal Aid Office, Jimmy was released to his mother and is now at home in Danli. Casa Alianza’s Family Reintegration program will provide follow-up support. It was clear that had Jimmy been forced to stay in the juvenile detention center, he would have ended up with a life of crime. Being a hungry child should not be a crime… original release: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 7th, 2004 A typical day in the frustrating life of Casa Alianza Honduras…. By Bruce , Executive Director, Latin American Programs, Casa Alianza -------------------------------- “So what are you here for?â€, I asked Jimmy, one of the smallest and dirtiest of the 205 children crammed into the depressing juvenile detention center in Tamara, close to Tegucigalpa, the capital Honduras. I was paying a regular visit with Casa Alianza’s lawyer, concerned about the fact that several children have been killed inside the center in the past year. The official capacity of the “rehabilitation†center – by name only – is 110. Even that is an exaggeration. “Robo†– theft – he mumbled, ashamedly, as he looked down, twiddling with the torn sleeve of his grubby oversized grey tee shirt, made for a 16 year old, not the minute frame of an 11-year-old-sized 14 year old. It covered most of his scarred legs all the way down to his shoeless calloused feet. “And what did you steal?â€. I painfully continued with a conversation that illustrated the plight of more than 60% of the children in the center. “A neck chainâ€, followed by an immediate sigh, was the limited response from a child who had probably answered the same question dozens of times. He continued fidgeting nervously. “Porque?†– why – I insisted, realizing how stupid my question was when he responded, “Pa’ comer†– to eat. Jimmy reminded me so much of my own son when he was about six years old, going through the growing pains of testing limits. I cupped his round face in my hands and we looked each other in the eyes. “Tenia hambre†- I was hungry…. Jimmy’s dad left his mother before he was born. His mother “is a drunk†and he had been living on the streets for a year in La Ceiba, a costal town in the north of this, the poorest country in Central America, where more than 80% of the people live in poverty. Jimmy used to beg but people scowled at him. He wanted to work, but was physically too little. So he was forced to steal. And the Juvenile Judge sentenced him to this hellhole called – Renaciendo (Rebirth) – for a year. It is the society, not Jimmy, who needed to be condemned. Nothing is being “reborn†here. The only thing that grows in this center is anger and hate as children who have long lost their innocence search for ways to overcome their boredom. More than 70% of the children here have not been formally accused of any crime. Many have been there for more than the maximum of 60 days that the repressive laws allow them to be held. The only pathetic budget that the center has is for limited food and staff salaries. Nothing else. Not for light bulbs, not for toilet paper, not for medicine. Not for teddy bears or storybooks. Jimmy should never have been sent to this depositary for children who were hungry and who turned into a survival mode in order to eat. He has no future here. I have asked Casa Alianza’s lawyers to meet with the judge to see if we can get little Jimmy out of here and into a Casa Alianza program where, thanks to many people, he will have food, clothing, a safe place to sleep and, more than anything, love… The State condemned Jimmy to far more than one year of lock up. They condemned him for life… visit the absolutely incredible work of <A HREF= " www.Casa-Alianza.org " >www.Casa-Alianza.org</A> with love and support. It only takes one life to change one life. Feeding one child is simple and 100% of your gift goes directly to these children. See link below $3 food for one child per month/ $20 for education/ consider adopting a child such a Jimmy through this continous gift of life for one or both. <A HREF= " http://www.miracles-of-hope.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18 & sid=703102583aaf5\ cc57941287e6dd2626c " >Click here: miracles-of-hope.com :: View topic - Diet Program Guarantees You Will Gain -- Not Lose</A> Marhoefer Miracles Of Hope Network® New York City~Chicago~Los Angeles~Paris <A HREF= " www.miracles-of-hope.com " >www.miracles-of-hope.com</A> The Defense Foundation for children USA ~Changing The Destiny Of A Child ~ Obstruction-Of-Injustice Radio~Media & Bring It Productions® Touch the Thunder Publishing & Recording Company <A HREF= " www.on-air-live-radio.tv " >www.on-air-live-radio.tv</A> ::justice in media:: " Sometimes instead of leveling the playing field, you just have to buy the field " DM2004® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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