In Missouri, a Shared Hope partner provides care for young teen girls who have been sexually trafficked or exploited in a residential setting and counseling, educational and support services for youth and adults in the community. The organization recently brought its prevention and intervention program to youth at a juvenile detention center. Teens at the […]
Space, Time, and the Covid-19 Continuum: Effects on the Exploited
By Kathy Bryan This pandemic that has turned our world upside down is having particular impact on vulnerable and at-risk populations. As the Director of Elevate Academy, I work with a client base of over 600 trafficking survivors. We are receiving daily, desperate communications with the most prevalent issue being significant financial problems due to […]
Hope for a New Life in the New Year
Terry’s House, a partnership between Shared Hope and The Coffee Oasis, is a transitional living home for young women who have survived sexual exploitation and seek a supportive path to self sufficiency. There is room for you or your client with us! Hope for a New Life in the New Year She is calling. Hope […]
2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report – Our International Reflection
By Nancy Winston, Vice President, Shared Hope International Each year at this time the TIP report lands with a thud. The huge undertaking by the U.S. Department of State to define the state of human trafficking world wide used to represent a couple pounds of paper on my desk and now is a virtual thud […]
Empower their dreams this #GivingTuesday
Giving Tuesday is here! We hope you’ll take part in this tremendous day of global giving on behalf of children like Ajay. As a little boy, he had no hope. Dreams of a future? Not for this little Nepalese child. School wasn’t an option … and he had to keep his mind focused on merely surviving. […]
