After hearing her heartbroken cry, addict knew he could no longer waste his life away and has now become an advocate of drug prevention. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Looking at Francis How now, one would never have imagined that he has a checkered past.
"Honestly, I did not know why but I just kept doing it again and again,” Francis shares. “Drugs were like a huge magnet, sucking me in after my first encounter.” He was stunned speechless when she told him that she felt he was safer being in jail than on the streets, far away from the temptations that had wrecked his life. Her words were the wake-up call that he needed.
For 14 years, he has been volunteering with the Boys’ Brigade Share-a-Gift programme during Christmas, providing weekly counselling with Prison Fellowships Singapore and giving motivational talks with CNB once every two months. He also finds time to conduct sharing sessions with the residents of House of Anatole, a non-profit rehabilitation organisation.
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