Emertha's Mission.

Through a friend, I met Emertha. She works for the City of Kigali, but has a deep passion to reach out to children who live on the street. She started her mission in 2005 through radio broadcast. She gathered up a group of girls, some who go to school, some who do not, some who have homes, and some who do not. Since 2005 she has been working to find most of these girls homes. Along with finding them homes she has held counseling sessions with them where she asks them about their home situations, trauma, and life. Also during the time she helps to teach them about sex and how to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy. There are currently four girls who have either had children or who are currently pregnant. She also teaches them soccer, which gives them an outlet and a sense of hope. Like I said, I met her through a friend just by random chance. In my time here I will partnering with her on her mission. She currently has three proposals for finding ways to provide schooling, school lunches, and soccer shoes for these girls. Many of the girls cannot afford the public school fees that every student has to pay in order to learn. For those who actually can afford school fees they sacrifice their lunch and often do not eat but maybe one meal a day. We will be meeting with the girls twice a week both on Tuesday and Sunday afternoons.