Being alone, to having a home.

Friday, 20 February 2015

Last month two sisters were kicked out of their homes by their parents and the reason is still unrevealed. But the story is amazing on how they got back on their feet. Well that is only if they actually did get back on their feet.

Friday the 9th of January two sisters were kicked out of their home by their parents and the girls Roo and Katness had nowhere else to go so they started living on the streets. They lived on the field behind a golf course on a blanket that they took from home. But one day the 10th of January the girls went shopping with $5.00 each as that was all they had left. They were waiting to see what the price of their items was and it turned out to be $13.80 and the girls said "I'm sorry but we don't have enough money as we are homeless" and a boy behind them his name is Peter and he said to the girls that he has an older sister that works at a youth centre so he paid for their things and the girls went to the youth centre with Peter.

Dr Daisy (Peter's sister) greeted the girls respectfully and she gave them a key to a room but when they opened the door they were as shocked as anyone could get. The room had two nice big beds with lots of blankets and there was a big bathroom with showers, baths and a toilet. Then they went for a tour around the centre and discovered a job centre with lots of jobs and they get paid a good amount of money for what they do and they have responsible hours. There was a kitchen with lots of food, oh and by the way it was ALL FOR FREE! The girls started crying in excitement and they were so thankful.

The next day it is 11th January the girls had a nice sleep and a nice dinner and then when they woke up they were greeted with a shower and clean clothes. They went to the job centre and applied for a job. They got two jobs each so they could get lots of money to buy their own place but then again they are only 14 years old and not old enough to live alone. But when they got the jobs they overheard that there is an opening apartment for young people aged 13-17 years old.

Roo said "we ended up going to the apartment and is was a bit pricey but we told them to leave it for us and we ended up getting the apartment 3 days later as we worked really hard and we ended up getting more money to spend on the things we need."

The girls are now living separately with their boyfriends and they have good pay jobs and the parents are going to be getting questioned for kicking the children out of their homes at a young age and with nowhere else to go. The girls are fine now that they have their own money and the job though is paying good money but they were only doing some cleaning because they were under age but now they are 15 and have a proper job.

Reported by Mollie Tickner