'Room Redux,' a nonprofit that just launched in Cleveland, works to provide a safe space for children in the foster care system by renovating their bedrooms with a design specifically for each child.
"It's an adjustment period because nothing is your own. You only come usually with the clothes on your back and next to no belongings, if any," Carmago said.
Whether it’s sexual, physical or neglect, when a survivor of child abuse lays their head down, Charisse Guenther doesn't want them to worry. "It's new furniture, it's new flooring, new lighting fixtures. It's an entire renovation of a room," Guenther said."It tells us favorite color, what things do they like, what's their favorite sport," said Guenther.
"We are putting things that make them feel happy and safe in a space that may not have been that at one point in time," said Guenther."This is something, a little something we can do to help in their recovery," said Guenther.In a full-circle moment, Carmago is now an advocate for abused and neglected children through her work as an attorney.
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