ServeNow has successfully been conducting six-month anti-trafficking tailoring courses for the past several years in Nepal. Just this April, all thirty participants in one program completed the training! Upon graduating, they were given a sewing machine from ServeNow so they could begin generating an income. Their stories of success are remarkable! You can read more here: https://weservenow.org/since-graduating-skill-training-class/.
This fall, two more classes of thirty young women each, are due to start. The first is in a slum with the highest rate of prostitution. This is a new center that ServeNow will begin operating, aimed at those who think prostitution is their only means of survival, as well as others at risk of human-trafficking. The other, is a six-month program set to take place (so long as funds permit) in a remote village that is at risk of many young women being lurred away by the fake promises of traffickers.
Nepal is a major hub for human trafficking. It is one of the poorest countries in the world. This combination puts many young women at risk. ServeNow’s six-month tailoring courses provide not only an income generating skill (and sewing machine upon graduating), but also awareness training. These same young women often not only start their own business, but serve as “neighborhood watchers” for others in their communities.
If you would like to help sponsor a young woman ($500 per young woman for six-month training plus sewing machine) or sponsor an entire class for this fall ($15,000 for thirty young women, plus sewing machines for graduates), you can donate online here: https://weservenow.org/donate/anti-trafficking/. To mail a check, please send to:
ServeNow
5225 North Academy BLVD
Suite 206
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
You can also call us at 719-900-1800 or e-mail us at office@weservenow.org.
About ServeNow
“Serving people in need by caring for orphans, widows, underprivileged children and youth as well as equipping the church for greater fulfillment of its ministry, and providing humanitarian assistance where needed.”
