Sokhim’s* story is an amazing, heartbreaking, exciting and hopeful journey that beautifully encapsulates the heart of IT'S NOT OK Projects. There is nothing like seeing restoration brought to a girl’s life that was once filled with shame and hurt. Watching their eyes widen as they understand the beauty of their identity and their possibilities never gets old, and it’s a whole new and different journey with every girl.
Read MoreWe’ve had an exciting month in the SHE Rescue Home, meeting new beautiful healthy babies!
Read MoreMaking the most of the school holidays and having some time for relaxation and recreation, the girls and staff in the SHE Rescue Home went on holiday!
Read MoreCase closures and reintegrations don't always look the same. For Makara* and Kumpak* reintegration means finding a new place to call home.
Read MoreSokhim’s case will be closing soon. After coming to the SHE Rescue Home in 2014 she spent two years in our care before reintegrating. She is now thriving! Recently married, she is living in a house she and her husband paid for together, on a plot of land gifted to them by her Mother. She is also a mother to a beautiful 6-month-old baby boy.
Read MoreThis week we thought we'd share with you a few of our favourite moments that have brought us joy from reintegration parties in the SHE Rescue Home.
Read MoreEleven-year-old Sokhorn* was at risk of being withdrawn from school and sold to help provide for her family. With a lack of stable jobs in their community, four children to provide for and the desperate need for financial assistance, Sokhorn’s* parents were considering selling her. She was at risk of child labour exploitation and losing the change at an education.
Read MoreThe SHE Sewing Centre equips survivors and those at risk with vocational training and safe employment. Providing a place to employ girls from the SHE Rescue Home to produce products for our marketplace and custom orders for businesses around the globe.
Read MoreWhile we can physically bring the girls in the SHE Rescue Home into a safe environment, free from those who seek to exploit them, the trauma they suffer is often far more complicated to bring them through. Trauma is a silent captor.
Read More*Yara, a young girl, arrived into our care after experiencing sexual exploitation in her own community. At the time of her exploitation her two younger sisters, herself, and her father were living in a dilapidated home that had collapsed and had no proper walls remaining. This proved to be a massive threat to Yara and her sisters safety and very devastatingly ended in the exploitation she experienced.
Read MoreChaya’s* case has officially been closed, which is the goal for every girl who has been through our care and reintegrated.
To close a case means that she has reached full sustainability and no longer needs our services— this is incredible, and exactly what we spend years working towards.
Read MoreOur Founder, Leigh Ramsey, is leading a group through New Zealand on the gorgeous and picturesque Otago Rail Trail March 24-29, 2019. This will be a 5 day bike ride fit for all skill levels (electric bikes available to make it nice & easy!) in order to raise funds and awareness on behalf of our work coming against the injustice of human trafficking in our world today.
Read MoreJust recently we welcomed 11 year old Nalen* into our care— a survivor of sexual exploitation who was rescued and brought into safety in June, and was just recently referred to us— as our SHE Rescue Home has the ability to offer her the services and resources she needs to reach full healing and build a future of freedom and hope.
Read MoreMalis* arrived into our care at just 11 years old after being sexually exploited in her own community. Prior to her arrival she never had true safety, as her parents lived far away in order to find work, and she was born without proper documentation preventing her from ever attending school and receiving a proper education.
Read MoreOur newest project has launched! One of the greatest risks to being trafficked is lack of education, or having a safe place to live while obtaining an education. Our newest project, SHE Transition Home, is a semi-independent safe haven for girls 16+ who are in need of greater opportunities to build for their future.
Read MoreSokha* arrived into the care of the SHE Rescue Home pregnant as a result of sexual exploitation. Her perpetrator lived near to her family, and often threatened them to drop the court case. She arrived timid, unable to read or write, possessed little education, and was filled with hopelessness as an all too young, single mother-to-be.
Read MoreAbout ten years ago, not long after the SHE Rescue Home opened, our team in Cambodia learned of two young girls who were being repeatedly exploited while their mother was away at work. Thankfully, our team was able to intervene and these sisters, who were just 10 and 12 years old at the time, were able to enter the care of our home to find safety and every restorative service necessary to see them fully healed and provided real hope for their future.
Read MoreIt was 10 years ago our co-founders learned of the reality of human trafficking in our world today and decided to do something about it. They took it upon themselves to venture to Southeast Asia, where they knew it was prevalent. Each day as they prepared to head out into the city and face the many scenes of heartache, injustice, and hopelessness they would pause to do one thing— take a marker, and across their forearms, they’d write: To succumb to the enormity of the problem is to fail the one.
Read MoreThe SHE Rescue Home exists as a safe haven for girls up to 16 years of age who have survived trafficking, rape, prostitution, sexual exploitation, or are at risk.
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