“I see her come out the office in a flood of tears and is like me heart just go out to her and I had to stop she and ask she wah happen. Is like she couldn’t even talk and after a long time she try to tell me wah happen. I still didn’t understand all she been telling me but I know she wanted somewhere to sleep the night and I couldn’t just like say no. I know is a stranger but I just had to help.”
This was how Susan (not her real name) told it. A security guard at a government ministry, she observed the stranger in distress and intervened. She does not have much but said she could not see another in need and not help.
“I live alone… and is not like I get plenty money but I tell she to come and
