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Faces Of Hope advocacy group (FOHAG)
Together We Will Educate, Fight, & Support Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking!
A STORY OF HOPE THROUGH ADVOCACY
Making Moves, Defying Norms.
Faces of Hope (FOHAG) recognizes the challenges of overcoming the obstacles that homelessness and exploitation creates, which discourage hope for a better life and future. We have been assisting at risk children, teens, and young adults, particularly those who are in Foster Care or have recently aged out from the Foster Care System. FOHAG aids in researching and identifying resources for each individual's needs. Additionally, individuals will benefit from mentoring and advocating from other programs. FOHAG's goal is to find both short and long term programs that are designed for each individual that will help improve their life.
Realities of Homelessness & HUMAN TRAFFICKING
HOMELESSNESS
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), released in 2014, estimated that there were 4,085 students in Massachusetts public high schools who were experiencing homelessness. Massachusetts Commission on Unaccompanied Homeless Youth works to compile data.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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Approximately 20,000 young people "age out" of foster care each year. Without a positive support system, basic life skills or any family connection, nearly 40% of these kids will become homeless. Read more about why children who age out of foster care are at risk of being trafficked.
FOHAG is on a mission to provide adequate homeless youth support to these students and the victims and survivors of human trafficking. Human trafficking is the second most lucrative crime in the world—second only to drug trafficking. It is a modern-day form of slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex using force, fraud, or coercion. Any minor under the age of 18 engaging in commercial sex is a victim of human trafficking—regardless of the reason.
Many of the children and young adults that become victims of human trafficking are experiencing some form of homelessness. The predators see this lack of a support system and take advantage of it. This is also why children who are just leaving foster care are at such a high risk since nearly 40% of the 20,000 young people who “age out” of foster care each year will become homeless.
Reach out to our team to better understand how your donations can assist us in creating a support network for these young people so that they can avoid falling prey to—or recover from—trafficking.
Reach out to our team to better understand how your donations can assist us in creating a support network for these young people so that they can avoid falling prey to—or recover from—trafficking.
