The Gamines
They are called 'the disposable ones', the children who live - and sometimes die - in the streets and the rubbish dumps of the cities of Colombia in South America. These 'gamines' range from six-year-olds to teenagers, and they are unloved, unwanted, beaten, robbed, abused, raped and murdered.
   
Let The Children Live! is a UK Registered Charity (no. 1013634) through which people can respond to the needs of the street-children in Colombia. The Charity sometimes also supports projects for street-children in other countries, but because of the appalling level of violence in Colombia it is currently concentrating its resources there. It aims both to safeguard the lives of children from the violence and poverty of the streets, and to make their lives worth living by giving them love, education and a future.
The Charity was founded by Father Peter Walters who became involved with the street-children in 1982 when they helped him after he became temporarily stranded in Colombia. Since then, he has gained first-hand knowledge of the problems of the Gamines and of the work that is being done to help them.
This year, Let The Children Live was the charity chosen by Notre Dame Sixth Form to receive a proportion of the money raised by the sponsored walk. To learn more about the charity, please click on the link below:
SIXTH FORM STUDENTS AND STAFF, PLEASE COLLECT AND HAND IN YOUR SPONSORSHIP MONEY TO SUPPORT THIS CHARITY.
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