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Children living on the streets spend their childhood learning how to survive. Because of this, they have never learned how to swim or ride a bike and have never had the opportunity to attend camps or participate in special activities.
LIVINGHOPE tries to run four camps annually for children living on the street (depending on available finances).
Often this is the first experience they have had with discipline, security and routine. The children initially find it hard to adjust, but by the end the kids are thriving on the regulations and structure.
Children at these camps regularly make decisions to give up drugs, return to school, or go back to their families.
To send a child to camp, Living Hope has to raise sponsorship of $200 NZD per child
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