Jun
24
2010
The highlight of our visit was definitely Wednesday afternoon. We spent the afternoon at the Women’s Recovery Shelter making jewelry with many survivors of trafficking and other domestic abuse! (Although visiting House of Smiles was a close second.) The women were absolutely beautiful and had such a great time making some fun, beaded jewelry. They were absolutely beaming and so was I. It was great to see how happy they were and how much fun they were having. Hagar is definitely making a difference in their lives! I definitely recommend reading the hopeful stories they have posted on their website.
Hagar has several types of recovery centers. The first is a women’s shelter for survivors of trafficking, rape or other violent, domestic abuse. The second is a girls recovery center for girls 4-16 rescued from sex trafficking, the third is a children’s recovery center for both boys and girls who have suffered abuse, and the last is for children with mental and physical disabilities. The recovery centers include constant care with a house mother, education, counseling and medical care.
However, their ultimate goal is to reintegrate all of their clients into society so they can create sustainable, independent and fulfilling lives. After they have recovered sufficiently in the shelters they are moved to foster families and then given training to enable them to be fully independent. Hagar wants everyone to be confident and resilient on their own!
Speaking of reintegration – I’ll cover their career training and reintegration programs in the next blog post!
About Emily
Jun 25, 2010 12:38 am
Sounds completely A.mazing. Can’t wait to hear more!!
Jun 25, 2010 5:55 pm
AMAZING!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!
Psalms 1
Jun 26, 2010 4:51 am
Hopefully I will have a picture to post soon!