Help Provide Access to Education for Survivors

March 16, 2020

Dear Partner,

As always, we are grateful for your continued support and commitment to helping us carry out our programs in our Restoration Project Resource Center. We are impacting the lives of women because of your generosity, THANK YOU!

Here is how we spend your dollar: Awareness Education, (panel, workshops) gives community tools for anti-trafficking, Presentation to tertiary institutions, high school students and educators keep them informed and educated about trafficking, Training and Workshops give providers skills for identifying and protecting vulnerable persons, and Skills Development Education gives survivor and vulnerable persons economic resources for self-sustenance. Your partnership sustains our progress, our impacts are not restrained nor diminished, and lives are transformed. Surveys and evaluation results show the community getting increased education and information about trafficking; more are joining the anti-trafficking movement and learning how to support survivors. As a result, more survivors are receiving economic empowerment.

January 2020 to date, we have educated, informed and trained over 150 victims/survivors, community members, service providers, students, and their educators through our Awareness Education– workshop, panel, presentation, and training. We saw 16 graduates from our intro to computer/Microsoft, financial literacy and business coaching classes. See the transformation:

• A Program Participant (PP) moved from housekeeping job to a bank teller job
• Another PP got a 2^nd job as a navigator for people from her tribe
• Another got a $2,000/year pay increase
• Another is ready to move her dormant small business to the next level.
• We now have a dedicated staff that helps our constituents navigate systems for employment, internship, and connection for services with other providers.

As we engage our community, we see more enthusiasm and empathy in supporting survivors, who are becoming more empowered. All of these are not possible without your support.

The words “there’s power in numbers” is not far from the truth! Every penny we receive from you is put to good use to change the lives of these women. We depend on you to carry out our work, to transform the lives of the hopeless and stand up for the weak. Please continue to support our work. Help us bring joy to the hearts of survivors and smiles to the faces of the down-trodden.

Share our success stories on social media, and support our Project at:
https://www.globalgiving.org/donate/27856/restoration-project-international/

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THANK YOU for your support. For questions, contact me at eookupa@restorationpi.org.

Sincerely,

Edith Okupa
Executive Director