Jun 8, 2015 | Africa, Empowerment, South Sudan, Transformation, War
Dear praying friend, Media may have moved on from South Sudan, but war continues. She Is Safe remains despite the challenges, knowing that during conflict women and children bear even greater hardships. We also keep the work going because they are key to helping to...
Feb 24, 2015 | Africa, Anti-trafficking, Celebration, Children's Outreach, Get Involved, Issues Affecting Women, Nepal, She Is Safe, South Sudan, Transformation
Dear Praying Friend, Bindiya’s* captors tried to move her from Nepal to India, where brothels are eager to pay for girls who will be used as sex slaves. They did not count on our border station co-workers, who recognized that her papers were forgeries, worked...
Jan 21, 2015 | Africa, Anti-trafficking, Child Marriage, Gender-based violence, Issues Affecting Women, Malnutrition, South Sudan, Sudan, War
Part 3 of a 4-part series on Trafficking Prevention as part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Nafia* is one of hundreds of orphans in her village who daily forage the streets for something to eat. With no one to protect her or care for her,...
Jan 13, 2015 | Africa, Anti-trafficking, Gender-based violence, Issues Affecting Women, Mali, Middle East, War
Part 2 of a 4-part series on Trafficking Prevention as part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Amina* grew up in poverty, like most girls in her slum. Many mornings, she woke up to gunfire in the streets. The electricity rarely worked and food...
Oct 16, 2014 | Africa, Education, Empowerment, Issues Affecting Women
While her children attend school across the village, Grace happily works in her shop by the Nile River, frying sambozas (dumplings) for hungry travelers. It was only one year ago that Grace was abandoned by her husband and desperately struggling to support her 6...
Aug 20, 2014 | Africa, Emergency Response, Empowerment, Mali
Mali has slowly begun to recover from the violent Islamic militant takeover in 2012. Restoration is never easy, but despite sporadic attacks, stability has been increasing. Recently, many of the shops in Timbuktu which were destroyed or closed due to the...
