Altrusa Learns About Destiny Rescue USA
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
After a brief business meeting, Marsha Carey introduced Barbara Everett, CEO of Destiny Rescue USA. Everett and her husband, Peter, relocated from Australia in 2009 to open Destiny Rescue USA in this country after personally observing victims of sex trafficking in Thailand while on a family mission trip.
The organization is a Christian-based, non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing children from sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. In the United States, the Everetts speak to organizations, churches and individuals to raise awareness and funds.
According to a release, Everett explained that the organization rescues the sexually exploited and enslaved, restores the abused, protects the vulnerable, empowers the poor and serves as a voice for the voiceless.
Throughout the countries the international organization serves, one million children per year are saved by Destiny Rescue employees going undercover in countries like Thailand, the Philippines and Dominican Republic to reach out to exploited youngsters and offer them a chance for a better life. “Often the children have closed down emotionally; they need to learn to trust, laugh and love again,” explained Everett.
Destiny Rescue's case workers assist each child with services that include counseling, education, life skills and vocational training. When the victims are ready, they are integrated back into society with new skill sets to remain free from abuse. Everett continued, “We feel successful when a child can re-enter society, equipped with the strength and education to live a hope-filled life.”
Case workers help these youngsters through their restoration process that focuses on healing and education while the child lives and is cared for in a Destiny Rescue safe house.
Syracuse’s Destiny Rescue USA organization rescued 410 victims in 2013 and their goal for 2014 is 800. The average age of the children is 12-14 but they sometimes find girls involved in the trafficking at much younger ages.
Young girls in these countries are expected to help support their families or face shame. Traffickers prey on these vulnerable children, kidnapping and forcing them into the sex trade. These children feel helpless, confused and see no escape. Unable to afford education, they often end up in brothel work. By providing education and vocational training, Destiny Rescue's interventions pave the way for safe employment.
Individuals or groups interested in learning more about Destiny Rescue's organization and their program to save these children can visit their Facebook page or their website at www.destinyrescue.org
Altrusa International of Warsaw is part of an international non-profit organization making local communities better through leadership, partnership and service.
The club's next meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at Richards Restaurant east of Warsaw. Individuals interested in serving the Kosciusko County area are encouraged to attend to learn more about the club’s local projects. More information may also be found at the Altrusa website www.altrusa.org or by visiting Altrusa-Warsaw on Facebook.[[In-content Ad]]
After a brief business meeting, Marsha Carey introduced Barbara Everett, CEO of Destiny Rescue USA. Everett and her husband, Peter, relocated from Australia in 2009 to open Destiny Rescue USA in this country after personally observing victims of sex trafficking in Thailand while on a family mission trip.
The organization is a Christian-based, non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing children from sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. In the United States, the Everetts speak to organizations, churches and individuals to raise awareness and funds.
According to a release, Everett explained that the organization rescues the sexually exploited and enslaved, restores the abused, protects the vulnerable, empowers the poor and serves as a voice for the voiceless.
Throughout the countries the international organization serves, one million children per year are saved by Destiny Rescue employees going undercover in countries like Thailand, the Philippines and Dominican Republic to reach out to exploited youngsters and offer them a chance for a better life. “Often the children have closed down emotionally; they need to learn to trust, laugh and love again,” explained Everett.
Destiny Rescue's case workers assist each child with services that include counseling, education, life skills and vocational training. When the victims are ready, they are integrated back into society with new skill sets to remain free from abuse. Everett continued, “We feel successful when a child can re-enter society, equipped with the strength and education to live a hope-filled life.”
Case workers help these youngsters through their restoration process that focuses on healing and education while the child lives and is cared for in a Destiny Rescue safe house.
Syracuse’s Destiny Rescue USA organization rescued 410 victims in 2013 and their goal for 2014 is 800. The average age of the children is 12-14 but they sometimes find girls involved in the trafficking at much younger ages.
Young girls in these countries are expected to help support their families or face shame. Traffickers prey on these vulnerable children, kidnapping and forcing them into the sex trade. These children feel helpless, confused and see no escape. Unable to afford education, they often end up in brothel work. By providing education and vocational training, Destiny Rescue's interventions pave the way for safe employment.
Individuals or groups interested in learning more about Destiny Rescue's organization and their program to save these children can visit their Facebook page or their website at www.destinyrescue.org
Altrusa International of Warsaw is part of an international non-profit organization making local communities better through leadership, partnership and service.
The club's next meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at Richards Restaurant east of Warsaw. Individuals interested in serving the Kosciusko County area are encouraged to attend to learn more about the club’s local projects. More information may also be found at the Altrusa website www.altrusa.org or by visiting Altrusa-Warsaw on Facebook.[[In-content Ad]]
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