Dear Santa, please can I live by Bobbi Bear forever please also make all my pain go away before Christmas.
This heartbreaking plea from an eight-year-old girl in KwaZulu-Natal captures the reality facing dozens of children who turn to Operation Bobbi Bear for safety every year.
The child penned her letter shortly after she was removed from her home, where her father allegedly raped her. She is now in the care of Operation Bobbi Bear, a human rights organisation in Amanzimtoti that runs a rapid-response service for sexually-abused children.
