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Iʼve raised £355 to Fund a charity to Liberate Young Women trafficked from Donne Di Benin City, Nigeria to Palermo, Sicily to work as sex slaves.
- Palermo, Province of Palermo, Italy
- Funded on Tuesday, 23rd January 2018
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In July to September 2017, I represented The Ubele Initiative in Palermo, Sicily as a worker on the Pan European Pandora Project . The hosting organisation was Human Rights Youth Organisation HRYO based in Palermo. I met many social enterprise organisations who delivered skills training, advice and support to young people and disadvantaged communities. I engaged with them to strengthen their practices and business structures.
When I sat with "The Women for Benin City Project", I was struck by the simplicity of the women, and their ambition to provide support to young women who are being trafficked for sex work. I met with them a few times, and the tales of suffering were difficult to listen to, and as an empath, it took me a few weeks to lift my mood, and figure out what more I could do to help these women, support new entrants to this horror. The money donated will enable their organisation to provide the resources they need to deliver more support to women in need. The flyer below, is what they use to promote their Wednesday drop in centre, courtesy of a room provided by a church. They need sewing machines, Italian language tutors, toiletries for women, legal fees, accommodation and cultural wellbeing and so much more.
We really appreciate your support and please share with others too ;)
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- 7 years ago
Yvonne Witter MA, FCMI
7 years agoWishing all the donors and their families Season's Greetings!! Thanks for supporting us thus far xx
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- 7 years ago
Yvonne Witter MA, FCMI
7 years agoThanks soooo very much!
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- 7 years ago
Yvonne Witter MA, FCMI
7 years agoI can't do this, help these very vulnerable young women without your support. Thank you, and please share with your networks. Yvonne x
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Amanda Francis
Dec 29, 2017
Keep doing what your doing.xx
£20.00
Sheryl Lowe- Johnson
Dec 29, 2017
Wish you all the best with this project hope you get the outcome your working towards x
£10.00
Joan Campbell
Dec 24, 2017
May each seed sown bring forth good fruit for those in need. Keep up the great work 🙏🏾
£30.00
yvonne christie
Dec 24, 2017
Love your commitment of 'words into ACTION'. 👏🏽 Well done and keep striving..💋👍🏽🥂☺
£30.00
Anonymous
Dec 19, 2017
£5.00
Sharron Wallace
Dec 17, 2017
Great work Yvonne
£25.00
Anonymous
Nov 17, 2017
Thank you for this important work in supporting vulnerable women
£30.00
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Yvonne Witter MA, FCMI
Palermo, Province of Palermo, Italy
I am an Enterprise Consultant working with The Ubele Initiative UK, who create partnerships with local, regional, national and international organisations to create innovative solutions for some of our most pressing social, economic and political concerns.