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The women impacted.
These are the stories of the women impacted by the “Give Rides” Project.
The names and locations of the women represented below have been changed to protect their autonomy and continued safety.
Betty is the single mom of a physically/mentally-disabled son. She is a recovering addict who has health issues related to drug abuse and has been clean for 9 months! She was working a program put in place by law enforcement and went to every meeting she was required to attend. She has since graduated and only has to go to AA meetings now. The “Give Rides” program helps her attend the AA meetings, get her son to doctor’s appointments, therapy sessions, the grocery store, and food bank. By gifting her a vehicle, she plans to give back to others in her community by providing rides and getting others to recovery meetings like herself. She can now attend programs like Celebrate Recovery and other classes that will help her keep mentally, emotionally and spiritually healthy.
Casey came from the OOD ministry that works with women who want to come out of the sex traffic industry. She has been sober for one year and currently lives in a sober living home. Lyft Rides help her get to the meetings she needs to attend to stay clean and fulfill the program she is working through. She is giving back by helping the women who are just beginning the journey of coming out of the human trafficking lifestyle. She is involved with the TOD ministry to help provide meals and encouragement for the women and their children who are still in the lifestyle. She also regularly attends recovery meetings at TOD.
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Carla is a domestic violence survivor who came to this country with a man who eventually became so physically abusive she finally had to take her son who is 4-years-old and run for her life. She is originally from Africa where she had a business and still sends money home to help with this business that helps to educate young African woman. We gave her a vehicle and she is working now to establish her own cleaning company so she can not only make a decent living for her and her child, but also to employ other women coming out of domestic violence situations. She likes having a vehicle so that she can provide rides for women coming out of domestic violence like her.