Destiny Rescue strongly believes that prevention is better than the cure. It is for this reason that we operate a prostitution prevention program, identifying girls and young women who are at risk of being lured or forced into a life of sexual slavery. These girls receive an education and training, providing them with skills to enter the workforce and earn a living in freedom.
Step 1
Firstly, we travel to the poor villages and slums to identify “at risk” families, i.e. very poor, uneducated, in debt or those with a history of previously selling their daughters. We offer to house and care for their daughters while we put them through school and give them vocational training so they can get a well paid job, thus giving them choices other than prostitution.
Step 2
Secondly, we assist these poor families through various development programs aiding them in becoming self-supportive, which removes the need for them to sell their daughters in the future. This is done through small business loans, pig breeding, agricultural training etc. In addition to this we offer other practical assistance like addressing hygiene issues through toilet installations and if possible, the supply of running water.
Step 3
Thirdly, we offer education and awareness training to parents and village leaders, by making the parents aware of the unscrupulous practices of traffickers and the horrendous conditions the child would have to endure. Also, the risk of HIV and other diseases their daughters would be exposed to daily.
The goal of this project is to prevent children from being prostituted by giving job skills training to the child, assistance to the families and educating the parents on the dangers of prostitution and known methods of traffickers.
What better outcome could you hope for than to prevent a child from the abuse they would suffer from being prostituted?!? The children are placed in a loving, safe environment where they are given an education, trained in the vocation of their choice and then helped to find a job once the training is completed.
To view testimonials of children in the prevention program please click here.
To sponsor a child in the prevention program please click here.
