EACH, INC. WORKS WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND AN INDIGENOUS STAFF TEAM TO IDENTIFY AND DIRECT SUPPORT TO PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF PERSECUTION; STARTING WITH THOSE THAT NEED IMMEDIATE HELP TO GET OUT OF DANGER, INCLUDING TRANSPORT, A PLACE IN A SAFE HOUSE, OR LEGAL COUNSEL. BEYOND THESE EMERGENCY NEEDS, ON-THE-GROUND TEAMS PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT TO PERSECUTED PEOPLE IN VARIOUS FORMS, FROM LIVING EXPENSES, NEEDED MEDICINES, TRAUMA COUNSELING, ACCESS TO SCHOOLING (ENABLING DSPLACED CHILDREN TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION), TO ASSISTING PERSCUTED INDIVIDUALS IN FINDING NEW JOBS AND STARTING NEW BUSINESS TO FOSTER INDEPENDENCE. STRENGTHENING AND EQUIPPING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PERSECUTED BECASUE OF THEIR BELIEFS OR MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE, WHO LIVE IN AREAS OF THE WORKD WHERE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS ARE RESTRICTED OR DENIED, OR WHO ARE THE TARGETS OF REPRESSIVE REGIMES, AS WELL AS UTILIZING OTHER TAX-EXEMPT QUALIFIED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE SERVICES OF THE