Yolanda George-David

"“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.”"

"“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.”"

"“Rescue is just the beginning. Safety gives survivors breathing space, but rehabilitation through counselling, empowerment, and skills training gives them back their future.”"

"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."

"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."

"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."

""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”"

"“The work we do is all about the journey, not just the rescue.”"

"“Every child deserves a safe space to grow and thrive.”"