Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence

Ending Child Rape in Sierra Leone

by Haley Clark | Jul 8, 2020 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Protection, Sierra Leone

Ending Child Rape in Sierra Leone By Haley Clark and Heather Hill Last month, a five-year-old girl in Sierra Leone died after being brutally raped. Why has this happened yet again, and what will it take to finally end the epidemic of rape in the country? “This...

In Profile! Adesty Dulawan

by World Hope International | Feb 25, 2020 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, In Profile, Philippines, Protection

In Profile! Adesty Dulawan World Hope International is staffed and led by an incredible team of passionate professionals around the world. Meet Adesty Dulawan, WHI’s Clinical Supervisor who spends her days tackling the issue of online sexual exploitation of...

Sierra Leone High Court Hands Down Sentences on Two Traffickers Convicted in Landmark Anti-Trafficking Case

by World Hope International | Feb 11, 2020 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Protection, Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone High Court Hands Down Sentences on Two Traffickers Convicted in Landmark Anti-Trafficking Case In a courthouse in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Tuesday, February 11th, after being found guilty on 30 counts, two women were sentenced to prison for...

Strengthening the Capacity of Border Law Enforcement Personnel

by World Hope International | Jan 9, 2020 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Protection, Sierra Leone

Strengthening the Capacity of Border Law Enforcement Personnel In a recent breakthrough for trafficking-in-persons (TIP) incidents tied to labor migration, law enforcement officers attached to a Sierra Leone border check point identified and apprehended a major...

Healing Through Games

by World Hope International | Dec 10, 2019 | Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Philippines, Protection

Healing Through Games How do you help children affected by trauma begin to heal? What about younger children who don’t understand they have been abused? The answer to this question is vital since many of the most successful methods of trauma therapy require...

Harvesting Transformation through Mushrooms: A Story of Change

by World Hope International | Oct 2, 2019 | Cambodia, Countering Human Trafficking & Gender-Based Violence, Social Ventures

Meet CC-Mean, a woman in Cambodia who decided to invest in mushrooms through our Sister Community Development Program, better known as our Thera Metrey Mushroom Cultivation project. This is her story. “I got married when I was 19. Since we got married, our...