Nobody was there for me I grew up without being accountable to anyone. I never knew my father, and my mom was an alcoholic; she was around, but not there…all I know, I have learned from my own experiences. I wish there had been an adult in my life to teach me what is right […]
Nadine’s Story of Hope, Jamaica
The desire of my heart is to stop the cycle of violence I never knew who my father was, and my mother lived with a man who was very abusive to all of us. In my country Jamaica, the family structure as you know is almost non-existent. 85% of children born do not have a […]
Renu’s Story of Hope
It was my own family member, my adoptive brother, who took me from my house and sold me into prostitution. He talked to me about a place in Bombay where I could earn money knitting sweaters but when I was reluctant to go, he drugged me with some juice. I awoke far from home and […]
Anna’s Story of Hope
Leading the next generation of survivors Anna chooses to believe that the one person who loved her more than life died in the fire that left her, at three years old, badly injured and without a home. The next seven years, and many placements in Chicago’s foster care system, convinced her that the pillowcase stuffed […]