Beautiful Heroes

Healing Arts Toolkit, Philippines from Arts Aftercare on Vimeo.

The video slideshow above features photos taken by John Keatley during our trip to the Philippines this past March where we trained 24 staff from six organizations in the use of our Healing Arts Toolkit.

The slideshow contains portraits of some of the heroic women who have escaped from sexual exploitation and slavery in the Philippines, who are now going through the aftercare process. Their inspiring stories remind us hope is not lost. Even in the depth of chaos and pain in human trafficking, restoration to new life and beauty is possible and it remains our work and our goal.

Thanks again to John for using his incredible talent as a photographer to help us share the story of human trafficking, and the beauty and healing that is possible through aftercare and the arts. Thank you also to everyone for your support and involvement in the fight against human trafficking. Please make a tax-deductible donation of any amount to help us bring beauty and healing through the arts to more survivors of slavery. $120 purchases one Healing Arts Toolkit that one aftercare organization can use to serve dozens of survivors of slavery per year. Your financial support is critical to our work. Donate here.

Posted on Wed, July 4, 2012 by Jonathan Assink filed under

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