Founder's Blog
Blue Dragon's founder, Michael Brosowski, shares the lessons he has learned from the children and young people he meets from day to day.
From Michael’s blog lifeisalongstory.com
Building trust
A new wave of COVID is leading to a new spike in kids sleeping on the streets of the city.
Impossible
At the height of the 2020 lockdown, a young woman called for help. Trapped in slavery since the age of 21, this was her first chance to escape. But it was not to be.
Different paths
Working with street kids, we hope for “happy ever after” endings. But real life is always more complex than that.
Then Who?
“If not us, then who?
If not now, then when?”
Up and Up
When you’re in pain
When you think you’ve had enough
Don’t ever give up
– Up and up, Coldplay
Access is all
Street kids live in constant fear and danger. And for a child like Panh, returning home is not always a lasting solution.
Reform
Sold into a forced marriage far from home, Na never expected to be a victim of human trafficking. But in this case, she wasn’t the only victim…
The pinky friend
Mai and her little brother and sister have suffered violence at the hands of those who should have protected them. Now they have new friends to look over them wherever they go.
Back on the streets
Vi Do left home at age 15 and became a ‘street kid.’ Now he has devoted his life to helping other homeless teens to turn their lives around.
Mother
A life of hardship and tragedy could not stop Vy from dreaming that she would one day have a family of her own.
Not just a day
Ending equality between women and men is not about “giving” power to women. International Women’s Day gives us an opportunity to reconsider the misconceptions and stereotypes that abound.
Be
Sometimes it’s hard to see
Who you’re gonna be
So be the young, the brave, the powerful
– James Blunt, “The Greatest”
