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BANGKOK ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT AND ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS - NIGHTLIGHT BANGKOK BUILDS TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE SEX INDUSTRY, OFFERING ALTERNATIVES AND RESOURCES. OUR PROGRAMS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND INTERVENTION TO BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER, RESTORATION/COUNSELING, CHILD CARE, LIFE SKILLS COURSES, EMPLOYMENT AND JOB TRAINING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION. IN FY 24-25, BANGKOK EMPLOYED AND OFFERED RESTORATIVE SERVICES TO 33 WOMEN, REACHED OUT TO OVER 4,600 WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY, ASSISTED 40 TRAFFICKED WOMEN AND 1 DEPENDENT CHILD, AND REPATRIATED 27 WOMEN AND 1 DEPENDENT CHILD TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

MISSOURI OUTREACH, INTERVENTION, AND RESTORATION PROGRAMS - NIGHTLIGHT MISSOURI REACHES WOMEN IN THE SEX INDUSTRY AND STRIVES TO CONNECT WITH EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY AS A WOMAN WHO IS UNIQUE AND WORTHY OF LOVE. OUR MISSOURI TEAM BUILDS CLIENT-FOCUSED PLANS TO JOURNEY WITH EACH SURVIVOR TOWARD A GREATER DEGREE OF HEALTH IN MULTIPLE FACETS OF THEIR LIVES. IN FY 24-25, OUR MISSOURI PROGRAM REACHED OUT TO 614 WOMEN IN THE SEX INDUSTRY AND SERVED 69 INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION WHO REACHED OUT FOR RESOURCES, ONE-TIME ASSISTANCE, AND REFERRAL SERVICES. OF THOSE REFERRALS, 14 BECAME PART OF OUR LONG-TERM PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUED SERVING 4 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR INTERVENTION PROGRAM AND 9 IN OUR RESTORATION PROGRAM THROUGH ONGOING AFTERCARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT. AS PART OF OUR CLIENT SERVICES PROGRAMMING, WE ALSO CONTINUED PROVIDING REGULAR TRAUMA COUNSELING TO CLIENTS, PROVIDING 66 SESSIONS TO WOMEN AT NO COST TO THEM.