Damascus-Sana
Randa's dream is similar to the dream of many girls of her age as she wants to become a nanny, but behind her desire is a different story that began when she found herself in the street after being exposed to domestic violence, losing her right to protection, safety and education, to find all that she lacks in a nursing home for girls without family care, who embraced her and made Her dream about the future is possible.
Randa, 13 years old, spoke to Sana about the real family atmosphere that she found in the Dafa Center for the Care of Girls Without Family Care, who took her in custody more than two years ago and helped her to return to study with her peers in addition to teaching sewing skills and receiving psychological support to erase the effects of the violence she was subjected to, and she said .. I can now Today I dream of a better future, become a nanny, and forget all the pain I previously experienced.
Like Randa, Hala is living a new life for 12 years in the Dafa center, with different details of the story that ended with her presence in the center, which provided her with treatment for addiction to smelling the smell of tape, provided great psychological support and behavioral treatment to reintegrate her into society, and today she returned to school and takes part in crochet courses.
The Dafa Center, which was established in 2019, as its director, Fatima Al-Mohammed explains, embraces 36 girls between 4 and 21 years of age, and provides them with all kinds of care, especially psychological support, education and vocational training activities, indicating that 22 girls are returned to school, indicating that the girl remains in the center until the presence of A healthy and appropriate environment in her home and not being forced to beg and others.
In the House of Mercy for Orphans, stories are similar to the efforts of the civil society to create a family atmosphere that helps girls lead a normal life, learn, acquire skills and obtain their rights.
Since she was four years old, Sima has lived in the House of Mercy, and as she puts it, she receives all the care and attention of surrogate mothers who help her in education and academic achievement. She is now in the third secondary school and aspires to enter the College of Education and does not see any objection to working in the home in the future as a surrogate mother.
Sima is one of 360 girls who live in the home in which she found an alternative family place after the death of her father, her mother's marriage, and the travel of the rest of her family, indicating that it gave her self-confidence, personal strength, patience and many positive values and that she will work to be active in society and a model for the success of care homes and break the stereotype that Some say it is about it, it is not a shelter so much as it is a large family.
Zahraa also found in the house to which she came ten years ago after the death of her mother and her father’s travel, safety, protection, and family atmosphere with a surrogate mother and sisters. International Relations.
The Al-Rahma House of the Ansar Charitable Association was opened according to its director Baraa Al-Ayoubi in 2007 and included girls from the age of one year to university age and provides care services through surrogate mothers according to a family home system that specializes each surrogate mother to take care of a certain number of children from residence, study, health and psychological support for different educational stages in addition to To recreational, cultural and sports activities, and nurturing talents.
For her part, the Director of Social Affairs and Labor in Damascus, Nazik Rahma, praised the role of civil societies as a companion to the work of the Ministry of Affairs, noting that the Syrian Family Days campaign launched by the ministry at the beginning of the month of March bears partly highlighting the services provided to vulnerable groups in society, which have increased in number in society due to the conditions of the terrorist war on Syria and the economic blockade.
Enas Al-Svan
