June 2023

June 2023

June 1st week:

Summer's here, I'm for that.

Got my rubber sandals, got my straw hat.

Drinking cold beer, man, I'm just glad that I'm here…

It's my favorite time of the year

And I'm glad that I'm here, yeah

Summer’s Here
James Taylor

We all have our favorite memories by the ocean, in the mountains, visiting farmlands, cities and countries with family and friends - a time for travel, expanding horizons and building memories!

Summer is a time for the outdoors!

For a moment, imagine what it would be like if all your memories were about being indoors. Trapped - all your life.

The memories would be a whole lot different - stuck inside looking out.

The women we work with - their lives were brutally snatched from them and all they knew of life was what was passing them by.

They were deceived, sold, abused and shut in - and then they were lied to and told there was no way out.

Our aim is to do whatever it takes to get these women out of that physical, mental and emotionally claustrophobic place.

To walk alongside and equip them as they take tentative steps in making new and different memories and grow in realization and confidence.

As they make informed choices - something very alien to them a short while ago - in planning and charting their education and income streams.

To walk beside them as they build their future.

Summer is here - would you choose to give a woman this choice of building healthy and warm memories too?

Warmly

Max Fernand

Executive Director

If you do not step forward, you will remain in the same place.

- May, from our Sanctuary in Cebu, Philippines