title: Sixty Girls, Three Nuns, One Home.
abstract: This article describes the experience of a nurse volunteer working with girls in India who had been trafficked and/or were children of mothers who were (are) prostitutes. The article describes how nuns who care, provide values and a safe home give the girls opportunities. The article illustrates how, with little recourse, three nuns care for 60 girls living in one home. The girls range in age from 4 to 18 years. The girls are motivated to live happily, work hard, study often, and play together. Lessons learned from the nurse volunteer who worked and lived with the girls are described. This article illustrates how nurses in retirement can still fulfill their passion of helping others.
authors.affiliation: Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Nazareth, KY.
authors.forename: Carolyn Hope
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Smeltzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D064410:Human Trafficking / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008016:Life Change Events; D065831:Nuns; D014838:Volunteers / Q000523:psychology*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology*