Discussion 1: Risks that children find themselves in.
1. Abuse: I’ve seen many children and young people being abused physically, emotionally and sexually by their families. uncles at home they sleep with their nieces who are still young. parents get drunk and beats their children and calling them names.
2. Neglect: Many parents take their children’s social grand and drink alcohol with it. They don’t. buy food for these children. Some children sleep at streets; they don’t have shelter to sleep.
3 Bullying: Children at homes and at schools are being bullied by their peers and this led to emotional distress and depression.
Interventions that a faith community can do to limit those risks
1. Faith community can provide shelters for kids who are sleeping on streets such as emergency housing. They can provide food parcels.
2. Faith community can provide counselling to the children who are physically, emotionally and sexually abused. They can also pray with them and share the gospel with them, to show love and care.