When Poverty
Is More
Than Material
Bolivia is the poorest and least developed country in Latin America.
If the sexual abuse doesn’t stop, mixed with poverty, these opens the door to a host of issues and forms of abuse. A chain of sad events Will most likely follow, which include teenage pregnancy, abuse of substances, prostitution, sexual exploitation and more.
For many girls in Bolivia abuse, instability, fear and absence is what shapes reality everyday life. Large populations of girls currently are living in very unsafe environments, being abused and exploited by the families that should be taking care of them. Plus the resources currently available to help these at-high risk girls are really small. Reasons why the horrible events keep on repeating from one generation to the next one
Without intervention, the result is often:
- Repeated cycles of neglect
- Limited access to very basic needsÂ
- Future? Defined by survival, no hope
- Vulnerability to abuse and exploitation
- Poverty is about broken relationships because
of sin and abuse is an extreme form of it.
Spiritual Dimension
But poverty is not only about lack of resources. And we should worry not only
about present horror but also eternal damnation. Beneath all of these is an even
deeper need. Spiritual separation from God and eternal death.
This is where
By the grace of God
Amparo steps in
Not only with solid pr grams and strategies
but with the Go pel of Jesus Christ.
