Survivor Nisha: ‘I was nine years old when I was sold to be a prostitute.
The perpetrators weren’t punished and are walking around freely. That’s why I am still not free.
I want to fight back. School for Justice makes that dream a reality.’

Rehabilitation

Once they’ve been rescued from the sex industry, the girls enter a long period of processing and healing. Free a Girl ensures that survivors receive proper shelter and psychological and medical care after they’ve been rescued.  In the rehabilitation process, we consider whether the children can return to their own families. Growing up with one’s own family is always preferable to growing up in a shelter. Sometimes this is impossible, though, or only possible after some time. In such cases, we provide the children with shelter, education and vocational training.  Free a Girl aims to provide the best aftercare for survivors of sexual exploitation, grounded in the principles of love, protection, safety, care and growth. We base our care on research into best practices around the world.  

Reintegration

Effective reintegration is an enormous challenge, because sexual exploitation carries a huge stigma. Often these girls are not seen as survivors by their own communities, but as criminals or ‘bad girls’ who have violated the family’s or community’s honor. In the absence of family support, it is even more important to ensure that the girls can be self-sufficient and gain the skills they need to find a job.

Watch Dogs

Free a Girl’s programs train survivors to be so-called Watch Dogs who can identify and approach victims. This will strengthen our capacity to train our partners in online investigations. Our Watch Dogs will also visit vulnerable communities to raise awareness and educate people about child sexual exploitation. This will help to prevent children from being trafficked.

Educate the leaders of tomorrow, change the system today. That is why we founded The School for Justice.

School for Justice

To empower suvivors of sexual exploitation and help them become Change Agents who fight impunity and change the system from within, we educate these girls in our School for Justice.

School for Justice is an award-winning program in which survivors of sexual exploitation become human rights professionals such as lawyers, paralegals, public prosecutors, journalists, counsellors and policewomen, so they can change the system from within. 

Change Agents

The School for Justice Change Agents will raise awareness on national and local platforms about the problem of sexual exploitation and play an active role in the fight and providing access to justice. We are seeing girls who had been living in vulnerable situations being transformed into change agents and powerful women who can make a difference in society. Women who fight for their rights and those of their peers. They are passionate to do so. 
 

Free a Girl runs its School for Justice programs in India, Nepal and Brazil.

Renuka, a student at the School for Justice Nepal, says:
‘Free a Girl helped me and I was able to go back to school. I am also staying at the School for Justice Shelter. I heard about the School for Justice and now want to continue my education without any suffering. I want to assist survivors of human trafficking and be the best laywer. I will educate the general public about sexual exploitation and human trafficking, and the legal consequences for criminals. I want to become the best lawyer there is.’

‘I want to make the world a better place’ – Gloria, Student at the School for Justice Brazil:
‘The School for Justice Brazil is a great opportunity and it will be really important for my personal development. Thanks to Free a Girl, I’ve already started several courses. Now I want to help make this world a better place. Becoming a lawyer or social worker will be the way to do this.’

‘I want to study law so I can become a lawyer to help speak out for girls like me’- Misa, School for Justice India:
‘It was hard for girls like me to dream. I had no dream when I left school. But now I’ve got the chance to dream again, thanks to the School for Justice India.’

Dream Fund

Free a Girl is keen to give the survivors a new start, so they can get on with their lives. This ranges from providing healthcare to returning to education, helping with housing, starting a company, and providing restorative justice. The fund kickstarts their future and restores their dignity. The girls shouldn’t have to wait for legal redress or compensation to continue with their lives. We want to change survivors’ lives by making their dreams come true. This ‘dream fund’ will be piloted in the USA and, if successful, rolled out to other countries.