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Heart and Soul: Redemption in recycling

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Redemption in recycling

19/06/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Redemption in recycling

How a Philadelphia husband and wife are helping ex-offenders reintegrate into society

Colm Flynn meets George and Mimi Limbach, a couple from Philadelphia whose Christian faith has driven them to set up a programme to help ex-offenders reintegrate into society.

In Philadelphia, husband and wife George and Mimi Limbach sit down in an old warehouse with 15 men who have recently been released from prison. Surrounding them are hundreds of old computers, which these former inmates will soon recycle as part of a rehabilitation programme underpinned by the couples Christian faith. They feel by offering these former offenders work they are keeping true to values such as forgiveness, love and second chances. “No one is here to judge. We are all on the same level,” George tells the young men.

In this programme, Colm Flynn travels to the computer recycling centre in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Philadelphia to meet some of the former inmates who are building a better future "one computer tower at a time." We hear their raw stories, and hear why George and Mimi feel these people deserve a chance despite their past crimes. 

Presenter: Colm Flynn

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