Author name: Naia Tillery

Great leadership draws from conviction, and effective advocacy draws from understanding our community’s needs.

Because COVID-19 has caused the government to close schools, our scholars are now pressured to find ways to provide for their families, and this opens them up to violence in areas where they are forced into domestic work or prostitution.

We, like you, had a month of transition. We are learning, unlearning, and learning again to navigate our world safely and compassionately.

Since April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we have been opening up dialogue on issues of sexual violence and how we can combat it as leaders. Even though we are unable to implement programs within schools due to COVID-19, we have been equipping our communities with resources as we adapt and learn from each other.

“Humanity suffers, and the sharing of that suffering is what moves us forward.”  – Father Henri Nouwen Since April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we have been opening up dialogue on issues of sexual violence and how we can combat it as leaders. Even though we are unable to implement programs within schools due to

Without victim-blaming, throwing pity parties, or turning a blind eye, how can systems support the voices and dreams of survivors in our world?

Under Freely in Hope’s Fellowship Program, we are working on designing an online platform that will be accessible and safe for survivors to be connected to helpful resources.

For so long, the girl child has been abandoned. Withholding education from the young girl has caused her to be seen as an inferior being, only capable of domestic responsibilities and raising children. As survivors who were given access to education through Freely in Hope, our mission is to return to our communities and shatter

In 2019, we celebrated our nine years of equipping survivors and advocates to lead in ending sexual violence.