Oct 1, 2019 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Children's Outreach, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women
What does Anika see? You can’t help but be drawn deeply into her eyes. What has Anika* already seen at her tender age? What has she experienced? She was born into a hostile environment. Into a village notorious for abusing and selling girls. In her village,...
Aug 7, 2019 | Advocacy, Anti-trafficking, Children's Outreach, Education, Gender-based violence, Indonesia, Issues Affecting Women, She Is Safe, Transformation
“I prayed that my parents would love me and care for me.” This is Luci’s* heart cry. It’s the cry of every child. To be seen. Loved. To be safe. Luci, like so many other little girls, is living in a community that’s increasing her odds of becoming a target of sexual...
May 25, 2017 | Advocacy, Africa, Anti-trafficking, Celebration, Child Marriage, Children's Outreach, Education, Empowerment, Gender-based violence, Get Involved, India, Indonesia, Issues Affecting Women, Mali, Malnutrition, Middle East, Nepal, She Is Safe, South Sudan, Syria, War
Dear Praying Friend, You have been such an important part of what God is doing to make girls safe and free that I wanted to share a brief update with you. Since our last report to you, our co-workers rescued 4 little girls, ages 4-8, from growing up in a brothel...
Sep 29, 2016 | Anti-trafficking, Children's Outreach, Empowerment, Indonesia, Issues Affecting Women, She Is Safe, Transformation
Dear Praying Friend, When I arrived on the island of Sumatra, people were demonstrating for YuYun, a bright girl who was raped and murdered by seven men and seven boys on her way home from school. People were furious about yet another horrific incident of sexual...
Aug 15, 2016 | Africa, Anti-trafficking, Celebration, Child Marriage, Children's Outreach, Education, Empowerment, Gender-based violence, Get Involved, India, Indonesia, Issues Affecting Women, Mali, Malnutrition, Middle East, Nepal, She Is Safe, South Sudan, Transformation, War
Dear Praying Friend, Is a girl safe if she is born to a teen sex slave? Is she safe if she lives in a trafficker’s village, a slum or a war zone? Girls born in high risk communities – red light districts, refugee camps, border towns and garbage dumps – live in the...
Jun 1, 2016 | Children's Outreach, Indonesia, She Is Safe
Yuyun was a 14-year-old schoolgirl from a poor rural village in Indonesia. She was a bright student, ranked 3rd in her class. Her family was proud of her accomplishments, and her future looked promising. On April 2, as she was walking home school, she was attacked and...
