Prostitution If you are reading this and you are currently surviving as
a sex worker, chances are you came to this site for help. We want to help you.
There is a way out of this lifestyle for you. You may be scared and you may feel
alone but we want to help you through this. Now is the time to act.
You are risking your physical health as well as your emotional health. There 25
common sexually transmitted diseases not including HIV/AIDS. You may have already
been exposed and may need medical assistance or maybe you are the fortunate few
who are not infected yet. Women are more vulnerable than men to these diseases
and the group most affected is teen 15 years old to 19 years old. For example,
young women have lower levels of antibodies than older men. It is time to stop
playing Russian roulette with your life.
March 3, 2006 '10-year-olds are selling their bodies' The following is a news article written by Barbara Cole, in the Daily News, referring to DFL's work in helping prostitutes in Durban: "..Boys as well as girls are selling their bodies, according to Albu van Eeden, the chief executive of Doctors for Life (DFL), which runs a centre in the heart of the city's notorious Point area to rescue and help prostitutes rehabilitate themselves..." ...[more]
June 4, 2005 Some Life Place Testimonies These are the words of one of the girls who have left the ‘sex business’ : “I will never go back to that evil life!” (For confidentiality purposes, I will address this person as Ms. P). Ms. P is a twenty-one year old female born and raised in South Africa. She is of English descent, mother of two children and is the second of three siblings. From the age of five to ten, she was raised in a foster home and has a history of being raped by four men. Ms. P is a carrier of the HIV virus. According to her report, she started prostitution at the age of seventeen and was in the business for four years. “Following my mothers footsteps I became a prostitute.” ..[more]
March 3, 2005
Life Place Update A Life Place care center has recently been opened in the inner city of Durban to help prostitutes and street children. ..[more]
January 18, 2005 Life-Place: Starting a new year and a new chapter for DFL The beginning of 2005 is also the beginning of a new chapter for Doctors For Life International (DFL). On Friday, 7 January 2005 the opening of a new coffee shop in Pickering Street, Durban was celebrated. ..[more]
