Sierra Leone - "Don Bosco Mobil" returns to the streets

21 March 2018

Freetown, Sierra Leone - March 2018 – On 23 February, after being stopped for a time due to mechanical problems, the "Don Bosco Mobil", a bus of the Salesian center "Don Bosco Fambul", directed by Fr Jorge Crisafulli, SDB, resumed its program to help young girls involved in prostitution in the areas of Congo Water and Grafton in Freetown. The program offers the young women medical and psychological assistance oriented towards social reintegration, as well as accommodation, food, clothing, non-formal education and vocational training. Since the opening of the "Girl Shelter", 126 girls have left the streets and many of them have reunited with their families, returning to school or vocational training.

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