Sponsor a Girl

Daughters started small businesses as a response to the pressures faced by girls to be the family breadwinners, a factor that facilitated them being trafficked in the first place. The small businesses are the strategy for future sustainability, but in the meantime sponsorships are needed to cover girls' living allowances.

photos taken by Jeremy Maz

Girls gain a sense of empowerment and self-esteem from generating their own income in dignified ways, learning specialised skills, and making beautiful products they can be proud of. Daughters business model facilitates growing numbers, as each week more girls join, looking for a way they can escape the life they have to face in the sex industry. Girls are employed under Fair Trade conditions, with many extra benefits that address their various needs in holistic ways.

For each sponsorship the entire amount donated goes direct to the girl, none is deducted for admin costs. This means each sponsorship makes all the difference in changing a girl's life, literally enabling her to walk free from slavery. If you wish to sponsor a girl's salary for each month, please complete and submit this form to us and we will contact you with bank and payment details. Direct bank transfer each month is the preferred method, but we also have representatives in various countries who are able to receive checks.

I want to sponsor one girls' entire salary each month ($US 70)
I want to sponsor one girls' salary for half each month ($US 35)
At this time I cannot sponsor a girls' salary but would like to make
a one time gift of   (Any amount gratefully accepted and appreciated)
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Janna’s Story:

(pseudonym)

“In the karaoke bar I welcomed customers standing in a line with other girls. The customers looked me up and down from my toes to my head, before deciding whether they would choose me. If a customer didn’t choose me, he would say and do derogatory things to me, such as throwing alcohol at my body. I saw many girls there being threatened with a gun or hit by customers, in order to force them to go to a guesthouse with the customer.

I felt like I was a game for the customer to play; when he needed me he took me to play, and when he didn’t need me he threw me away. I felt different to other people – I felt small. I was beautiful its true, but my value was small. Other people had education and a good life, with value. I felt life was too hard because I had no value. At night I used to sweat all over and experience intense fear and hyperventilate. I wanted to kill myself.

Since I started to work at Daughters these feelings have reversed; I know I have self-worth, and people don’t look down on me. I feel happy and valued. Before I earned a lot of money, and at Daughters I get less, but here no one looks down on me and I feel peace in my heart, nobody despises me.

I would like to help other sex workers to stop that life-style and change their lives, this is my plan. I want to be a counsellor.”

We are seeking individual sponsorships for girls like Janna who join Daughters to change their lives. The sponsorship money goes to pay the girl’s salary, none of the amount donated is taken in admin costs. If you wish to sponsor one of our precious girls, we will provide you with a profile detailing her story, and 6-monthly updates thereafter.

If you wish to sponsor a girl at Daughters, please complete and submit this form, and we will contact you with payment options.

Thank you. Your partnership changes lives.