Our Programs
COUNSELLING AND SOCIAL WORK
Our former sex workers have high levels of psychological trauma, and dysfunctional domestic lives. We provide counselling to reduce trauma and psychological distress and support clients in problem solving. Our Social Work services improve domestic and social functioning, include equipping clients with tools to prevent domestic violence, emergency re-housing, referrals for legal services and measures to protect children in situations of abuse. We target reducing risk factors such risk of re-trafficking, dysfunctional behaviours, addictions, and other threats to our former sex workers, and their children. We have a network of great partners who help us in these endeavours.
MEDICAL TREATMENT
Our medical program provides recovery of health and physical wellbeing for our former sex workers, and their children. They usually come to Daughters in a poor state of health, including sexually transmitted diseases. We provide treatment and also health education classes on-site. We have partnerships with several fantastic external medical service providers, who provide specialist treatment to our clients. As a result of this, their health is able to make a full recovery!
CREATIVE PROGRAMS
Creativity is an important part of recovery, and we conduct Art Therapy sessions along with a range of creative programs, to enable expression, healing of the emotions and to explore their own creativity.
DAYCARE
We provide free day-care for our clients' pre-school children. The children of our clients are often left at home alone or unsupervised in the community. The risk factors are very high for sexual and physical abuse, along with neglect, frequently leading to a repeat of the cycle their mothers have experienced. Our daycare gives a safe, structured environment with stimulating and creative activities. In addition, we provide parenting classes to all mothers on a weekly basis. These are important services to safeguard children, and to break the cycle of abuse and trafficking.
EDUCATION
Life-skills Workshops are fundamental in the process of equipping clients with skills to make healthy choices for their own welfare, and that of their children. Our workshops build clients' inner capacity of healthy decision-making and raising the standard of domestic, and psychological functioning, along with reducing the risk factors for re-trafficking, abusive relationships and negative life-choices.
ON SITE CHURCH
We operate a church and discipleship programs for our young women and men who are interested in finding out more about being a follower of Jesus. Attendance is voluntary! We run weekly discipleship groups for those who wish to go deeper into relationship with Jesus, and we also operate intercession sessions for both staff and program recipients to pray and intercede together. We provide healing prayer sessions for spiritual and emotional healing. We partner with local churches, regularly inviting local pastors to teach in our church.
Those who become Christians are encouraged to join local Cambodian churches and integrate into their community of believers.
