Shamere McKenzie once believed her hopes of becoming an attorney were shattered. However, as the Policy Assistant at Shared Hope International she is now empowered to pick up the broken pieces and is determined to be an attorney. Have you ever had something fall from your hands and shatter to pieces? You loved this thing; […]
Ari’s Story of Hope
Ari’s story begins in Secundrabad, Andhra Pradesh. As an infant, her mother ran from her unfaithful husband and took Ari to live on the streets of Pune, surviving only by begging at the railway station. When Ari was five years old, tragedy struck as the hard street life claimed her mother, leaving Ari alone and […]
Caroline’s Story of Hope
A Survivor’s Journey I cannot even remember a time in my life when I received attention from an adult that was not abusive in nature. I grew up with both physical and sexual abuse from the age of five when I was first molested. It never felt right, but it felt normal to me. At […]
Kristy’s Story
The Courage to Speak Out My life turned upside down when my stepfather came into it, bringing abuse with him. Neither my mother nor my real father protected me or intervened on my behalf, and I tried repeatedly to run away. The juvenile system just labeled me as incorrigible after I was returned home so […]
Kelly’s Story of Hope
Violence and cruelty were part of my daily life I was only 2 weeks old when my mother abandoned me. I was raised by a family who treated me more like a slave than a child. I kind of compared myself to Cinderella, but the charming prince was not part of my story… I couldn’t […]