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June 3rd, 2024
5 R’s of SA Model
Starting this month, we are re-introducing the SA Program Model in its essence.
Sexual exploitation crime is getting more organized to the extent of being considered a business-like type. It accounts for 79% of all human trafficking cases. Shockingly, 20% of the victims worldwide are children, while 7 in 10 human trafficking victims are women and girls.
One of the most significant issues is the limited access to help for women and girls. Research has shown that sexual abuse has catastrophic effects on the health and well-being of survivors. Survivors of sexual exploitation often experience severe PTSD symptoms. They are at risk of other mental health problems, including depression, suicidal thoughts and attempts, problem alcohol abuse, disordered eating behaviours, and sexual dysfunction. These symptoms are similar to those experienced by soldiers returning from war.
This highlights that rescuing women alone is insufficient. To ensure proper reintegration and better life opportunities, we must address their trauma and offer new skills development opportunities.
So, where is the SA Foundation in the context of all this? Three pillars move the SA Foundation: Education, Recovery and Social Enterprise.
Our RECOVERY program, the SA Program Model, is focused on what we call 5R:
1. Refuge
The SA Program Model offers a long-term recovery program (3 to 7 years) for young women 18 years and older, and their children who have been sexually exploited and/or trafficked, which includes increased levels of independence factored into each program phase.
2. Restore
Our unique curriculum is delivered through facilitators and an engaged community committed to walking through recovery and life with each participant.
3. Reintegrate
Our Skill Development and Education Program offers each participant a unique training platform where they get to develop transferable and practical life skills toward their economic stability and freedom. This is essential for each woman to succeed in seeing their life rewritten.
4. Rewritten
The Followcare Program is provided to all past participants and provides the follow-up and care they need to succeed in the community. Invitations to events are extended, one-on-one care is provided, and opportunities to lead classes and/or sponsor new program participants are created.
5. Replicate
Through their recovery journey, each woman has been given the tools to do life differently than what their past experiences have taught them. For generational change and to stop the cycle of enslavement, these moms must replicate all they have learned in their child’s life for there to be a new positive cycle to start. This is the way these women actually become generation changers.
The SA Program model has around 30 years of experience and an incredible 73% success rate. With those many years and this incredible success rate, the SA Foundation (SAF) served more than 6,200 women and more than 2,000 children.
At SA's heart, we replicate this model training, supporting and mentoring the project implemented worldwide. The SA Program Model network is implemented in Nepal, Greece, Italy (North Italy and Bologna), Hungary, and Canada. We are in the process of opening in the Philippines and Thailand.
Our goal is to expand and implement the SA Model everywhere there is a need. We can only do this with the help of those who value women's lives and believe in their potential for change.
Please consider joining our Liberty Collective community, which actively seeks justice. Learn more clicking in the link below.
https://www.safoundation.com/liberty-collective
March 26th, 2024
Charitable Choices: Carla S. of the SA Foundation (Vancouver Guardian)
As Vancouver Guardian's Charitable Choice of the Month, our Director of International Program Development, Carla S., recently had the opportunity to share information about our essential work in an interview.
The full article can be accessed on the Vancouver Guardian website at https://vancouverguardian.com/vancouver-charity-sa-foundation/.
We are grateful to Vancouver Guardian for allowing us to spread awareness about the HOPE we bring through our work.
Please take some time to visit their website and stay informed about what is happening in and around Vancouver.
https://vancouverguardian.com/vancouver-charity-sa-foundation/
January 1st, 2024
A New Year for SA!
What a year it has been! With your support, women, and their kids, escaping the sexual exploitation, now have a chance to live a life without fear and control and with hope.
We want to maintain transparency and express our gratitude for your support. Our fiscal year runs from April 2023 to March 2024, and during this period, we have an annual budget of $1.2 million. Our goal is to support teams starting projects globally, like those in Canada, Nepal, Italy, Budapest, Greece, Germany, and the Philippines (our latest project), and indirectly support many others.
We financially support developing and underdeveloped countries, such as Nepal and the Philippines. Additionally, we offer mentorship and consulting services and regularly assess programs in our Global Network Certified Program.
Currently, we have covered 71.3% of our budget, and we are confident that we will receive the full amount before the end of the fiscal year, all thanks to people like you. Therefore, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude and wish you a great year filled with hope and blessings. We pray that you support us and be a champion for freedom in 2024.
We want to update you on our project in the Philippines. Our team will be conducting an assessment in Baguio City in February 2024. This assessment is the next step in our process of determining the placement of leaders in our team. The assessment involves several components, including the submission of six references from mentors, peers, and trainees, a self-assessment online, and a DiSC profile online assessment. The in-person portion of the assessment involves group exercises that will be observed and assessed.
We are very excited about the year ahead and the new project. Our SAF team and the women and children we serve extend our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support. Thank you for visiting our website. You can support us financially (Donate using our Give to End Sex Trafficking Page), or following us on Instagram (@_saf.life) or Facebook (Sa Foundation). Let's end human trafficking together.
October 9th, 2023
Relaunching in Budapest
It is with great joy that we announce our program in Budapest is relaunching after a 2-year hiatus due to the death of their founder. Originally started in 2015, the program in Budapest, Hungary provided critical recovery services to young Hungarian and Roma girls who were sold and trafficked within the country and overseas. They developed a very successful program and were instrumental in educating a lot of different people and sectors in their country on the realities of the sex trade.
In 2021 their beloved founder, who had given her whole life to this mission, tragically passed away from cancer. The team was not prepared or equipped to take over the program and had to shut their doors. But they were committed to re-opening, as the women continued to knock on their door and ask for help. Over two years they rebuilt their team and underwent intensive training with the SA Foundation to take on the key leadership roles. They are now ready to open their doors! A flat has been rented, a house mom has been found, and new program participants are ready to enter.
Praise to God that this territory has not been lost ☺
