Awareness

What healing from trauma is NOT

There is a Chinese proverb that says: "Don't expect from others what you can't promise them yourself." If we were to be honest, how many...

The Power of ONE

How many of us look for the big? Big numbers, big show, big effect, big results. It is fascinating to me that Christ didn't die for the...

2022 - What a GREAT year!!!!

At Homes of Hope, we work with the hearts and lives of girls and young women. The inner work that takes place is not easily measured. But...

FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN!!!!!!

27 years is a long time to be in operation. Over the years, our learning lab has been the lives of over 1,000 children, young girls and...

PUSH/PULL FACTORS: IT'S CHRISTMAS-TIME!

We are in our festive season. Christmas is upon us. Joy to the world. We see the store fronts - all full of holiday cheer and gifts that...

WHAT are "push-pull factors"?

There are common factors that can cause a young person to be trapped in commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC) and trafficking. These...

WHAT is "grooming"?

How is it that children and adults end up being defiled, exploited, and trafficked? Couldn’t they have stopped it from happening?...

Protecting YOUR Child from Being Trafficked - Relationship!

This begins a series of blogs on how families, communities, villages, churches - can protect our own children, grandchildren, neighbors,...

The World is Listening!

“Victim’s Voices Lead the Way” is the theme for this year's global "World Day Against Trafficking in Persons". What a great theme. What...