What does a girl do when she has no place to go?

Hundreds of girls are thrown out of their homes every year, and Social Services
doesn’t have the means to deal with all of them.
“How can you tell a girl, ‘I don’t have room for you’ and let her sleep on the street?”
The “Being There for Them” organization, under the direction of a couple, both of
them educators, provides these girls with housing and emotional support, along with
a mother figure, counselors, and educational activities.

“Sometimes I get a call in the middle of the night from an unidentified number from
someone who saw us on the Internet. Even if there’s no room in the apartment, it’s
clear to me that I have to help her. Because what can you say – ‘Sorry, you’ll have to
continue sleeping on the park bench’? I don’t have the heart to do that.”

“It was only when I started going to Gan that I understood it’s not like that by other
kids. Their fathers drive them to Gan and drop them off with smiles and kisses. From
my father, all I knew was anger and threats. The first time I came to school with signs
of abuse, I was very ashamed. I didn’t want to go out for recess. With time, I learned
to cover up the marks with made-up stories.