Via (name changed) was only a few months old when her mother died of cancer. She grew up with her father and his relatives. Her father had no stable job and when he remarried, he had 7 more children.
Via longed to study but because of poverty and lack of guidance from parents, she wasn’t able to go to school. In 2019, she was offered free tutorial classes by an NGO. She would go there 3 times a week to study. Not very long, when Via was able to finally find people she could trust, she shared that starting earlier that year, her father would take naked pictures of her while taking a bath. She wasn’t sure for what purpose the pictures were, but it went on for a couple of months.
Help from the police and government social workers was arranged to help Via. During the initial investigations, Via’s father and the rest of the family left town to escape further investigation. Via was left in social welfare care. She was recently referred to The Blessed Project, where she is now adjusting well and on her way to rebuilding a dignified life.
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One of our projects in the Philippines is the Blessed House project wherein we rescue and journey with women and children who have been victims of human trafficking and cybersex crimes. As we close this project this year, we are transitioning these girls to a life of hope and restoration.
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After the court’s decision on the OSEC case of Rachel, May and Kat (names changed for their privacy), our field partner in the Philippines, HONOR 1000, immediately worked on the final procedures of their reintegration from the Blessed House to the community.
We made sure to coordinate with local...
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We just received reports that after Rachel, May, Kat (names changed for privacy) testified against their mother in court, the judge convicted the accused guilty of trafficking her own children. This is such a roller coaster of emotions for our Blessed trainees: the anticipation, the relief that finally their legal case is moving forward, the nervousness,...
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One of our reintegrated young women from the Blessed House in the Philippines, has won her case against her perpetrator! The judge convicted the accused guilty of trafficking and child pornography. He will be imprisoned for 15 years, as well as required to pay for moral damages to her. When Ria (name changed for privacy) was reintegrated, she received threats and...
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One of the many ways we help Blessed Project Trainees in their reintegration is through family therapy. With the assistance of our social worker, we let the children and parents talk about their issues in the family that might have contributed to the children’s victimization.
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When a young woman is rescued from human trafficking, the road to recovery is a long and challenging one for many – emotionally scared and broken from un-imaginable abuse. This is where the “Blessed” program steps in to fill a...
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