Drug Addicted Orphans Helped

The latest information, which is not verified, and is probably impossible to verify, is that there are tens of millions of homeless children wandering the streets of cities across the world. These children, whether in Latin America, Pakistan, or Indonesia, have no food, no shelter, no family. Abandoned by their parents, they wander the streets, begging, stealing, becoming victims of abuse.

One way to stave off hunger pains, and help them forget where they are, is to take drugs. While many children, who can be as young as 5 years old, may drink alcohol, smoke weed, or do other hard drugs, the majority prefer to “fly,” huffing glue. Yes, glue.  Glue made to repair shoes is the drug of choice for these homeless children. For a few pennies, which they can always beg, or steal (borrowing is not in their vocabulary), the pain brought on by hunger, heat, cold, or the simple fact that they were abandoned, can be alleviated by huffing. Give them an empty soda bottle, or a plastic bag, a few pennies worth of shoe glue, called “Resistol” (trademark) in Latin America, and they can forget. Be happy. Sleep.
 
Never mind that the glue will destroy their brain cells and stunt their growth. They don’t know any better; who will teach them? As they get older, wiser in the ways of hustling the streets, they become hardened. Street kids. Shunned by society. Gangs members. Their life expectancy on the street is 5 years.

A counselor from Narconon Drug Rehab in Georgia visiting an orphanage in Honduras was told by one of these kids, “I’ve been in that hotel,” pointing to a swank hotel nearby. On questioning, he said a nice couple of “gringos” took him there and fed him. Took a few pictures of him in their hotel room. He said this in a matter of fact way. Survival.

Social workers worldwide have a hard time dealing with these children, and understandably so. Having to answer to no one, having no education or formal training, these children become hardened; the effect the glue, malnutrition, social stigma, and their own self worth makes it so.

However, all is not lost. An orphanage in Honduras has been getting kids off the streets and into a safe environment through dedication of their staff and with the help of Narconon Drug Rehab and other Atlanta charity groups.  Narconon of Georgia (www.drugsno.com) helped a Honduran medical doctor establish the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program in this orphanage to aid in the growing epidemic of addicted street orphans in their country. The sauna program had astounding results with the children and has been praised by the Dr. Vega as being beneficial to the children in their drug rehab efforts.

"The children arrive here and behave like little animals," stated a counselor at the orphanage. "They have no moral code, won't listen to anyone, run wild. However, the Narconon Sauna Program removes the toxins from their bodies and they become happier, more social, like little children again. They become social people."

“Narconon of Georgia staff have a special place in their heart for children,” commented Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon of Georgia. “It is one thing to admit a full grown adult  into drug rehab, but to see a young child passed out in the streets because they are drunk or high is very sad. These children have no hope unless we do something about it.”
 
For more information on drug rehab or helping these orphans, contact us at 1-877-413-3073.

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