Shared Hope International

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSShared Hope International (SHI) has worked around the world since 1998 to prevent, restore, and bring justice for victims of sex trafficking. Recognizing the intense trauma experienced by victims through the commercial sex industry, SHI has formed lasting partnerships with local organizations in three countries to fund five programs that offer holistic, long-term care to women and children. Each of these programs offers a survivor-informed model of care that focuses on counseling, empowerment, and healing. SHI's restoration programs known as Villages of Hope are developed and operated by local partners and address both immediate and long-term needs of each victim of trauma, exploitation, or trafficking. Restoration services include a holistic approach with residential facilities, medical and mental health care, education, job training, and economic development programs. Villages of Hope are safe communities that offer refuge and restoration to rescued victims of sexual slavery and their children. During FY2024, SHI funded partners in Nepal, India, and Jamaica.In India, SHI partners with an organization to run both a stationary and mobile HIV/Aids clinic in the heart of Mumbai's red-light district. Both clinics provide contact to more than 3,000 women and children in the infamous district every month, offering compassion, counseling, and life-saving medications to those who need help or who wish to flee the sex industry. The stationary clinic provides a haven for those women infected with HIV to receive proper testing, medicine, and nutrition. It is the only area clinic offering free assistance for treatment. The mobile clinic brings supplies and food into remote parts of the city, reaching those who may not be bold enough to visit the stationary clinic.The Women's Investment Network (WIN) program focuses on developing small businesses around the world that provide training and employment for the women in SHI's Villages of Hope. Studies show that providing victims with the skills and means of creating their own economic sustainability helps remove the risk of re-victimization found in areas of extreme poverty and exploitation. The residents receive leadership development and financial independence. During 2024, SHI's successful WIN program was active in India, Jamaica and Nepal. Training programs include sewing, jewelry, leather-making, bag-weaving, painting, henna designing, and embroidery.

DOMESTIC PARTNERSShared Hope International (SHI) partners with organizations providing services to domestic trafficking victims across the country. Guided by principles garnered from over a decade of research and partnerships with international and local partners, SHI provides small grants to support emerging trends in service delivery and build an array of service options to provide tailored, trauma - informed services to survivors. During FY2024, SHI provided grants to five domestic nonprofit organizations. The following are descriptions for the programs receiving support:ARKANSAS The nonprofit, The Genesis Project, provides individualized services to survivors of human trafficking and equipping the organizations who serve them. SHIs grant funds provided salary support for the Founder/CEO, provided survivor scholarships for the JuST Conference and provided funds to cover travel costs to the conference and grantee site visits. ARKANSAS The nonprofit, Into the Light, provides refuge and restoration for minor survivors of sexual exploitation and provides awareness and education on the issue of human trafficking. SHIs grant funds enabled Into the Light to add a bilingual case manager to their team to provide case management services to more efficiently help victims. SHIs funding also assisted in the hiring of a bilingual caseworker. OHIO The nonprofit, STARS, offers survivors a chance to connect with Christian faith-based organizations; three of the four locations that STARS operates from are based out of churches. This provides survivors with opportunities for spiritual growth if they choose it along with other resources to help in their healing. OREGON The nonprofit Trafficking Law Center's mission is to provide free legal assistance and resource connections to human trafficking victims and survivors. Through direct services, advocacy, and education, SHI works to eliminate systemic and legal barriers so that sex and labor trafficking survivors can access care, housing, employment, and personal and familial stability.CALIFORNIA - Saving Innocence is a nonprofit organization that serves, empowers and advocates for child victims of sex trafficking in Los Angeles. Their programs include individualized case management, mentorship, emotional support, and connections to vital resources. SHIs grant funds provided support for a bilingual case manager for Saving Innocence and scholarships to attend SHI's JuST conference.