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It was 1991 when
we saw for the first time youngster who were less than 10-years-old or somewhere
in their teens, but already bearing a burden of life expirence that not many
adults would menage counter. It was an astonishing discovery. For the fiirst
time in our lives we saw an utterly different world : girls selling their bodies
on the streets, thieves –pickpockets, people living in channels, vice dens and
glue sniffing children with no future.
In the begining,
we met on the streets. We spent hours on a railway station, talking to people
randomly met about everything and nothing, we helped them with their
problems.
In 1994 we found
a ruined house in front of railway station in Katowice. After crossing the
threshold, we lit a candle and say a prayer to Guardian Angels. They have
remainded our patrons till today
In 1995 a House
called the “House of Guardian Angels” was estabilished, in which we conducted a
project called “TO BE”
In 1999 we
opened a street worker’s point in Katowice Załęże
In 2001 two
community rooms were opened in Katowice Śródmieście and Katowice
Załęże
In 2004 the authorities of
the City of Katowice granted us a new building, and apart from two community
rooms, a care centre form preschool-aged children was opened.
The history has not yet been closed...
Adrian Kowalski
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