Key Impacts
Since 2014, our four years of support have contributed to help Free to Shine grow to:
- Enrol 743 girls in schooling (up from 200 in 2013)
- Deliver 600+ bikes,
- Supply 500+ water filters, Teach 100+ community classes
- Build 15+ houses
- Develop 50+ new village partnerships
- Employ 15+ staff (made up of education officers and social workers)
The culminating impact of all this work is that 743 girls have now been protected from sex trafficking. Furthermore, many girls and their families are now thriving, building stronger, more resilient futures for themselvesand their communities.
Free to Shine: 743 girls protected
We have been supporting Free to Shine since 2014 and have seen an amazing organisation grow and thrive. Free to Shine is a human rights organisation working in collaboration with communities and local governments in Cambodia to enable girls to grow into empowered female leaders.
They believe children should be in schools, not brothels. Through our community grants, we have supported the core work of Free to Shine, which focuses on helping keep young rural girls, at risk of sex trafficking, in school. This is achieved by supporting educational expenses, providing wrap around family support (through social workers and education officers), delivering community education programs, building new homes, distributing water filters and developing more village partnerships.