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Saturday 16 June 2018

Mr. Rafael De Cuba new Director at rehabilitation center:

Cas Speransa Nobo

ALTO VISTA ─ It has been a
year ago that rehabilitation
center Cas Speransa Nobo
– an initiative of Hope Aru-
ba Foundation Restoration
in collaboration with Global
Teen Challenge – opened
their doors in Aruba direct-
ed by Executive Directors
Mr. Shawn & Mrs. Shanon
Blankenship. The Blanken-
ship couple from Global
Teen Challenge USA had
the initial task to found the
center that operates under
the Global Teen Challenge
curriculum, as well as, to
equip local citizens to take lenge program, together Mrs. Malmberg.
the management over dur- with 23 other leaders from 7
ing the appointed period. different nations. The desire and the dream
Global Teen Challenge to come up with solutions
Now as of June 01, 2018, is on a mission mobilizing regarding drug addiction,
Cas Speransa Nobo in- people and resources to has always been there.
stalled their first local Direc- put hope within reach of Adding our efforts to those
tor, Mr. Rafael de Cuba. A every addict, being pres- already laboring in this
well-known business man in ent in 120 countries with field for many years, as the
our community and owner 1300 centers. known proverb says: “Unity
of Heaven’s Hair Studio will is strength.”
take direct of the rehab “We are happy with the concepts and ideas, so we addict. I lived addicted to
center. “We are very hap- collaboration between From the beginning we decided to go where they drugs for over 16 years. But
py that the center now has Hope Aruba Foundation initiated a framework to are. today, I can say that after
a local director. We have Restoration and Global come up with solutions for having submitted myself
great confidence in Mr. De Teen Challenge and im- the wandering addicts on For 15 years we have been to discipline and educa-
Cuba’s capacity to direct mensely thankful with the street. Those that the feeding and carrying hope tion, I am living a life free
the center to it’s next lev- Shawn & Shanon Blanken- community see as a bur- to those addicted to sub- of addiction for already 12
el. Rafael has been work- ship, who left their home, den. We had to enter in stances and now we have years. I live a completely
ing in the field for the past family and place of com- a different manner as the an institution - Cas Speran- transformed life and I am
3 years and does this with fort for an entire year to in- challenge grew and at the sa Nobo - where we can restored in my identity.”
great passion,” says Mrs. Li- vest their expertise to make measurement that it devel- now offer more than food
sette Malmberg, President a difference in our nation, oped and brought oppres- and hope but now also a He adds by saying that the
of Hope Aruba Foundation our people and upcom- sion in our society and our roof with a holistic rehabili- problem is great on the is-
Restoration. ing generations who will, in nation, Aruba - because it
one way or another, bene- is a severe one - we also tation program and oppor- land, “I can say that there
Since the beginning of the fit from their sacrifice,” says need to come up with new tunity for a new start in life,” are mothers and fathers
De Cuba says.
that are battling for years
rehab center Mr. De Cuba with a child but maybe
has been a board member To have such passion to due to shame and fear do
and also leads the Out- make a difference in the not seek a solution. If that
reach program. A program lives of those addicted to is you, you know or you’ve
that has been in operation substances today and take discovered that your child
for the past 15 years where the lead of the rehab cen- is in addiction of any sub-
there is a complete team ter is not just a common stance, it doesn’t matter
that takes care to seek for opportunity that came De which, seek to know more
funds, do the shopping, Cuba’s way but one that and help your child.”
cook and feed the street rather came at a high cost.
addicts food, care and With a visual interview pres-
hope in the area of Ran- “This passion comes from ently in production, soon
cho. experience; it is a different De Cuba will share his en-

thing to say I am going to tire testimony with the com-
Mr. De Cuba was recently help somebody, then to munity. To find out more
in Honduras, Central Amer- know the situation because about the center visit their
ica where he was certified of having experienced it website www.cassperansa.
for the Global Teen Chal-
for yourself. I used to be an org.q