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THIS SECTION WILL UNDERGO A MAJOR UPDATE IN LATE 2017 – Apologies for the lack of current information. All our past and present Case Studies are available using the menu in the left column.

Ruth

Updated on: 3rd June 2011

A few years ago four teenage girls were brought to us to ask if we would sponsor a tailoring course for them. They were so sullen and disinterested we sent them away telling them we were not going to sponsor them with their ungrateful attitude. A few hours later they crept back looking very shame-faced, […]
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David

Updated on: 3rd June 2011

David was always a popular, helpful boy when he was growing up at New Hope so we were very happy to sponsor him to sponsor him through his chosen welding course. He did well and got a job with a welder in the local town but he didn’t earn enough money to support all his […]
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Esther

Updated on: 3rd June 2011

Esther weighed only 13lbs when she was rescued from a pit latrine. Her mother was mentally unstable and when she could no longer feed Esther, she thought she would just dispose of her. The person who found Esther thought she was a young baby and took her to the police who in turn took her […]
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Agnes and Jeremiah

Updated on: 3rd June 2011

Agnes and Jeremiah’s mother was desperate and planned to first kill her three children and then herself. Before doing so she decided to knock on one last door. That door was New Hope. At first Anne refused to see her but somehow felt compelled to do so. On hearing their story and realising the desperate […]
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Leah, Susan, Theresa and Jane

Updated on: 3rd June 2011

Leah, Susan, Theresa, and Jane were all very unhappy ladies who brewed liquor for a living. They were well known by the police who often raided their houses. The police knew they couldn’t pay the fines but these corrupt police were only too willing to take the only form of payment the ladies could give […]
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