In Memory of April

April stayed with us last summer, looking for sanctuary from the streets that were killing her. Like so many of our kids, she was dealing with tremendous emotional pain. The voices of street villains did not rest until they lured her away from us, and killed her. They threw her naked body in a blanket and dumped her, of all places, the back of the church two blocks from our shelter. Two blocks.

Enough is enough. We are tired of burying our kids. Help us grow the April Fund today.

http://www.covenanthouse.org/the-april-fund

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[qualqui]

God bless April,....what a world we live in, God help us all,..great job ya all are doin',...thumbs up to ya CovenantHouse!! = )

[mardizone]

god bless her soul

[femmedange]

Very tragic. One thing comes to mind .... "birth control." Some people should not be procreating, to bring young people into a world where they are unwanted and will live in misery, and where life could end in tragedy. To bring a human being into existence when you will only throw them to the wolves after they are born, is inhumane. I am glad someone is caring for these children.

[Eddix4u]

why didnt god save her?

[HardkohrJD]

I will say on here the same thing I sent in a message as a reply. This: A homeless youth shouldn't be getting herself mixed in with the local thugs then. She should be applying for all the aid she could get through both government and private legit people online at her local library.

[blondie9177]

i feel bad for the kids but what am i supposed to do? i live in the uk where we have so many of our own kids out on the streets facing the same problems every day, no doubt everyone who was sent this video see's homeless people every day too, whether they're young or old they're just as much at risk of violence, drugs and possibly murder whether they're homeless or not. no ones ever really safe it's a sign of bad times.

[funtastik1985]

this is not right

[itsadeadmansparty]

@itsadeadmansparty Please do provide people with places to get by Covenanthouse, i dont think placing another dollar into this issue is the solution! Because the central bankers are not gona be so helpful to your present situation.I mean never give up hope, you will always defeat these scum bags doing bad things to our precious government system. some executive orders to me sound a little deconstructive of our inalienable rights(in my opinion). April may you RIP

[itsadeadmansparty]

I feel bad our system did this to your children. So when everyone is poor your saying we are all gona stab each other to survive? or if things get tough and there is no equality then one party will be punished? Sad the whole thing has been running clockwork for some time. I hope we can help adopt and remove jails and give Americans meaningful jobs with a directive of national pride! Since John F Kennedy was president nothing has changed. They are like a Mafia, creating cells for innocent people