What does it mean to be a sponsor?

This month, we are sending out our quarterly updates to sponsors on their sponsored girls.

Have you considered becoming a sponsor for a survivor of human trafficking?

In our care, each girl has her own caregiver for emotional needs, in-house schooling with a private teacher, and a counsellor & social worker who, as a team, work towards seeing her fully restored & reintegrated safely back into her immediate or extended family.

Sponsoring a girl meets these financial needs so the girls can receive comprehensive care. It also expands our capacity to support more survivors and extend further support to families of the survivors.

How does it work?

How much you give each month is up to you. Most sponsors tend to give $20 a month, however, we leave it to you to decide what you are capable of consistently giving.

You can find the profiles of our girls on our website, choose to sponsor one and fill out your details.

Each girl has her own unique journey and you can be a part of caring for her and hearing regular updates on how she is doing. The goal is always for girls to be in a position where she can be reintegrated to her family. This becomes a special moment for sponsors as they get to celebrate with their sponsored girl.

Through sponsoring a girl, you are directly changing her life.

You may never know her name or see her face,
but SHE MATTERS.

To give you an idea of the updates sponsors receive, here is Sreymoa’s* update from February this year!

Her successes: 

Sreymoa* is loving being at the SHE Rescue Home and enjoys everything about life at the home. She is very helpful to the house mothers and is kind to the other girls in the home. During her time with us we have seen her grow to become more resilient and begin to heal from her trauma. 

Her mother works in Phnom Penh and we have been able to arrange visits regularly. Her mother has been really encouraging in her studies and bravely in testifying. She has also been sincerely supported by her lawyer, teacher and government authorities in her ongoing legal case. 

Her struggles:

Her family does not own a home and her siblings are living with different friends. Her mother has not been able to secure consistent work and often works in different jobs. However she has just started at a new job that she is hopeful will be permanent. 

It is also unsafe for Sreymoa* to visit her home village as the perpetrator of her exploitation has not been arrested. She will need to stay at the SHE Rescue Home on a long-term basis until her court case is finished. 

Her future plans:

We will support Sreymoa’s* mother and explain what the family needs in order to be safe for reintegration. Her social workers will explore options for land and housing for her family so that they have a safe place to live in the future.

Her counsellor will continue to help her develop healthy coping skills and utilise play therapy to help her heal from her trauma. She is also going to be enrolled in school so that she can study and have vocational or University pathways opened for her.