ARUNA PROJECT
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
ARUNA PROJECT CONTINUES TO HELP SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN THE FREEDOM BUSINESS THROUGH STRATEGY, DESIGN, INNOVATION, MARKETING AND SALES OF ATHLEISURE PRODUCTS IN THE US. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE INCREASED GROWTH IN CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT AND SALES OF THE PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THOSE FREED FROM SEX TRAFFICKING DESPITE THE ONGOING IMPLICATIONS DUE TO COVID. THIS INCREASE IN SALES HAS ENABLED US TO CONTINUE TO EMPLOY MORE SURVIVORS INTERNATIONALLY AND LOCALLY TO ENSURE LIFELONG FREEDOM IN AN INTERNATIONAL SISTERHOOD OF SURVIVORS WHO ARE THRIVING. AS SALES CONTINUE TO INCREASE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO EMPLOY MORE SURVIVORS IN SUSTAINED EMPLOYMENT WHICH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THEIR LIFELONG FREEDOM.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$468.1KProgram 2 [2020]
THE FREEDOM BUSINESS, AN ATHLEISURE SOFTGOODS MANUFACTURING COMPANY EMPLOYING SURVIVORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH ASIA, WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN FOR MONTHS DUE TO COVID. HOWEVER, FOR THE SAKE OF THE ALMOST 65 STAFF (VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE WOMEN FREED FROM SEX TRAFFICKING), WE EXECUTED OUR ECONOMIC DOWNTURN PLAN. THROUGH THIS PLAN WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PAY FULL SALARIES, RETIREMENT SAVINGS, AND HEALTHCARE BENEFITS, TRANSITION OUR COUNSELING AND CARE PROGRAM TO BE DONE VIA TECHNOLOGY, MAINTAIN THE PRODUCTION UNIT AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PHYSICAL FACILITIES, AND ENSURE WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN OUR CARE WERE NOT AT RISK OF BEING RE-TRAFFICKED. AS THE FULL LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED, WITH THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO RE-OPEN THE BUSINESS AT A LIMITED CAPACITY AND RESUME LIMITED PRODUCTION. THIS ENABLED US TO BRING ARTISANS BACK INTO WORK AS WELL AS SEE A SMALL NUMBER OF NEWLY FREED WOMEN STEP INTO THE FREEDOM BUSINESS AND INTO LIFELONG FREEDOM.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$367.6KProgram 3 [2020]
THE TRAINING CENTERS, SITUATED IN SOME OF THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH ASIA, SERVE AS AN OUTREACH ARM INTO THE BROTHELS SYSTEMS TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR WOMEN INTO SUSTAINED FREEDOM. DUE TO COVID, WE WERE NOT PERMITTED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE WOMEN THROUGH OUR COUNSELING AND SKILL & TRADE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. INSTEAD, THOSE HELD IN THE BROTHELS WERE GOING HUNGRY DUE TO NOT HAVING ACCESS TO FOOD, SO WE PIVOTED TO SIGNIFICANT FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOR THE WOMEN IN NEED. WE WERE ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY PROVIDE PROVISION TO OVER 2000 WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN TO OPEN THE TRAINING CENTERS AT LIMITED CAPACITY, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOWARD "FREEING THROUGH EQUIPPING", SUCH THAT SOME WERE FREED SHORTLY INTO 2021.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$122.9K
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