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Yolanda George-David
9 quotes
“It was easier to feed 500 people for me than it was for me to say to someone, ‘God loves you’. So I had to devise ways and means to show people the love I knew they desperately needed.”
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“Because the head of the femur needs the acetabulum in the pelvic bone to articulate to form the hip joint; surround yourself with people who will hold you up when you feel like giving up.”
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“Rescue is just the beginning. Safety gives survivors breathing space, but rehabilitation through counselling, empowerment, and skills training gives them back their future.”
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“I have double certification; I am a gynecologist and a neurosurgeon, a marine, and with our training comes the fact that once you are a soldier, you are able to know what is important and what is not important.”
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“There is no day we don’t get up to one, two three rescues; we have ‘Okadas’ that go pick people that have been sexually abused, of course, there should be ambulances, but I tell my ambulances to make bikes to do all of that. The work is endless.”
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“I’m a merchant of hope, that’s what I sell. I sell hope; that’s why you see people coming. There is a difference between charity, where you dehumanize the receiver. Everybody that came here has the choice of what they wanted.”
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“Life has not been a bed of roses for me... To some people, when they are at their lowest moment they buy dresses for themselves, but for me, I look for people to help. I had 18 miscarriages before I eventually took in.”
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“The work we do is all about the journey, not just the rescue.”
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“Every child deserves a safe space to grow and thrive.”
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