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@rehomingcarlos
Jul 20 • 10 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
We again need some assistance from you this morning. I mentioned yesterday that we would be attempting the rescue of a young girl caught in a vice and drugs scam in Cape town.
The police did not view it as having been against her will as she willingly responded to their ad and accepted the ticket to Cape town. The ad however mentions nothing about prostitution and if she was willing, why would she have asked for assistance from us?
A 16 year old desperate for a better life after her mom's passing taking a chance on an ad that guaranteed work in the "beauty and modelling industry in Cape town"... and what did she get 8 months of sheer hell. Living in a dump with 16 other girls where she was put on drugs and
then forced into sex work in clubs such as Exclusive in the CBD with all proceeds being taken by the pimp!
But to get back to our need. The social worker has contacted family members and the grandmother is prepared to take her in and agreed to have a social worker in Pretoria,
which we have already contacted, guide them through the process and provide support for the girl's re-integration into a healthier lifestyle. The young girl was taken by our team, again with the assistance of on of our lodge partners acting as a client who booked her for an
out appointment. She has had a few hours sleep and we desperately need to get her to her grandmother today. We would like to send one of our staff with her as the granny cannot travel here to take her back. Although the HEF vetting committee had decided not to fund these
interventions as it is not part of our core function, the fund approved funding for her sleep over and is prepared to pay a return ticket for our staff member to accompany the young girl to Pretoria. We, however need to come up with the funds for the young girl's one way ticket.
The best price we have been able to find is on the Intercape budget liner:
Bellville to Pretoria depart 19:45pm Sun 20 Jul, arrive 15:15pm Mon 21 Jul @ R780 Total Cost: R 780.00
If anyone can assist us with this amount or 2 people can donate R390 or 3 people can assist with R260
we will be set to get this young girl back to safety.
Please donate and share.
CM HOMELESS SOLUTIONS
TYMEBANK 678910
ACC: 5300 1069 559
REF: LETTIE RETURN TICKET PTA
Please mark payments for immediate clearance in order for us to access today.
Thank you
Carlos
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Jun 6
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I have never seen a situation go from a negative to a positive in such a short space of time. I can't thank the donors that got us to the R15 000.00 BONUS. We not only made it, we surpassed it by R 4200.00. The donor alongside two well known businessmen in the motor industry
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Good morning all. I admitted this weekend that I had made a mistake and in a few of my posts, said that I would repay those who assisted me and the staff of CM Homeless Solutions during USAID crisis this month back on Monday, the 15th of April. I explained that I had realised
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