Be a Guardian Angel- the bigma's home

A Charitable Non-For-Profit Organization Founded Upon Strong Ideals and Passion

The River Flows Foundation (TRFF) was founded on a vision, strong ideals and great passion of its leader to help girls living in abusive situations in the Penal/Siparia Region, Trinidad, West Indies. After engaging in a broad and detail thought process and discussion with law enforcement personnel, educators and residents in the Penal/Siparia community, it was determined that the most vulnerable population in this community was girls that are abused and neglected. Currently, children who have become victims of incest relationships and other abuse in most cases have no choice but to stay in the homes they are being abused in. The effects and impact of abuse on children affect their psychological, emotional, social development and stability in life and society at large. Given the current situation there is a need for additional resources and facilities to help this vulnerable population.

 
To assist in the daunting tasks of addressing this social problem and immediate need to help this vulnerable population, TRFF progressive founders saw the need for a community and partnership centered organization to work with the community to bring change and improve the social fabric of their community. TRFF has embarked on a journey with the vision of building and managing a home that will initially take care of approximately 16 abused and neglected girls at a time in the Penal/Siparia Region. The land for the home has been acquried.

Central to helping this vulnerable population is a holistic approach focused on the broad needs of the girls in its charge. The broad needs include a safe, loving and stable home, building the girls in its care: self-esteem and confidence; a sense of spiritual perseverance; a foundation to be self-reliant; and a sense of service to others and their community. This approach is based on the ideals and passion of the leader for modeling and multiplying excellence in the organization and across the community, with the ultimate goal of building a community driven by purpose and service to others.

To achieve the goal of taking care of abused girls through a holistic approach, TRFF desire is to develop and implement a model that focuses on the following programs:

• · Psychological
• · Spiritual
• · All-round Educational 
• · Career Development 
• · Growth and Development 
• · Nutritional and Dietary 
• · Medical and Physical Education