LILLIANS STORY

Before Lillian was born, her father abandoned his wife and three children. 

His wife was six months pregnant with Lillian when he left.  Lillian’s mother tried to trace him, but in vain.   Left alone with three school-aged children, Lillian’s mother started selling vegetables from her small garden on the streets of her hometown.   When Lillian was about one year old, policemen came and arrested her mother on the spot. 

She was charged and convicted for illegal hawking, and sentenced to six months in prison.

   

Devastated, Lillian’s mother wondered how her children would survive.  She was allowed to take Lillian to prison with her, but Lillian got very sick after only three weeks.  At this point, The Nest was able to intervene and Lillian was committed into their care.  Their social workers also traced Lillian’s abandoned siblings, who were found malnourished and traumatized after the sudden separation from their mother. It took a lot of loving care for Lillian to recover, but when she was reunited with her mother six months later, her mother wept with joy. Since then, The Nest has helped the mother set up a small kiosk which generates enough income to care for her four children.

The Nest

It’s main goal is to rescue, rehabilitate and then re-integrate children in conflict with the law and children of imprisoned mothers together again.

This was a success story and hopefully I get to see many more of these.