Program areas at NightLight International
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 22-23, bangkok employed and offered restorative services to 34 women, reached out to over 3,100 women in the industry, assisted 19 trafficked women, and repatriated 7 women to their home countries.
Nightlight design freedom business program - Nightlight design is a registered thai business that offers dignifying employment and personal development opportunities to women who have come out of prostitution or trafficking in thailand, or who have been at risk of prostitution or trafficking. Nightlight design products include handcrafted jewelry, ornaments, apparel, and more. Our Nightlight design program in the us serves as the distribution arm for Nightlight design and helped support the employment of 34 women during fy 22-23.
Missouri outreach, intervention, and restoration programs - Nightlight Missouri reaches women wherever they are working 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 22-23, our Missouri program reached out to 697 women in the sex industry, and served 22 individual victims of trafficking and exploitation who reached out for resources, one-time assistance, and referral services. Of those referrals, 5 became part of our long-term programs. In addition, we also continued serving 5 individuals in our intervention program and 12 individuals in our restoration program through ongoing aftercare resources and case management. As a new element of programming, we also began providing trauma counseling to clients, providing 20 sessions to women at no cost to them.
Other programs - ministry expenses