Marici Dawn of Freedom Foundation is an organization dedicated to reducing child sex trafficking, a global problem that requires a local focus. They aim to eliminate criminal networks through intelligence collection, raids, and legal action. They also catalyze social movements via community engagement and information campaigns, motivating local governments to enforce anti-trafficking laws, reduce corruption, and shut down sex trafficking operations. The organization adapts their solution to the distinctive characteristics of each region with a 2-step framework, and they partner with local governments to measure the impact of their integrated systems approach. The organization has an interdisciplinary team of over 160 intelligence collectors, analysts, prosecutors, community builders, aftercare, and government relations specialists.
They have three core pillars: intelligence collection, aftercare, and legal, and they measure their success by achieving an 80% reduction in child sex trafficking in their focus regions. They have saved over 16,000 girls from being trafficked and have disrupted 12 trafficking hubs. Their holistic solution includes intelligence collection, aftercare, legal and community building. They provide medical support, case work and psychological counseling, home investigation reports, digital learning, mentorship programs, and job placement. Marici, the Buddhist goddess of dawn, represents awakening, triumph over evil, and victory in the face of extreme hardship. She inspires the organization to help survivors reclaim their lives and help more girls find freedom.
As an organization that focuses on empowering disadvantaged individuals and communities, our mission aligns closely with Marici’s efforts to combat child sex trafficking. We believe that everyone deserves freedom, safety, and the opportunity to thrive. Marici’s approach to tackling this complex issue includes intelligence collection, aftercare, legal action, and community building, which is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach that is necessary to achieve sustainable change.
Similarly, our charity focuses on clothing and coaching as tools to empower marginalized individuals and help them build a better future. Both our organizations recognize the importance of a holistic approach to addressing complex social problems, and we believe that our work can complement and support each other’s efforts to make a positive impact in the world. Together, we can work towards a world where all individuals have the opportunity to live with dignity and freedom, free from the harms of exploitation and trafficking.
Unbreakable Threads Playground
Unbreakable Threads Playground Foundation is dedicated to providing safe, accessible, and sustainable play spaces for children of all abilities to foster growth, creativity, and lifelong friendships. The impact of the foundation on children is profound, contributing to their overall well-being, development, and social cohesion. Donations enable the foundation to design, build, and maintain playgrounds that cater to children of all abilities, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to enjoy a safe, inclusive, and engaging play environment.
Through the generosity of its donors and the power of collaboration, the foundation aims to remove barriers and create inclusive environments that empower the next generation of unbreakable spirits, one playground at a time. The foundation has set a primary goal of installing 10 playgrounds per year in schools and communities that need them the most by identifying communities in need, raising funds and securing donations, engaging local stakeholders, designing inclusive playgrounds, implementing installation and maintenance, and monitoring and evaluating impact.
Sawyer’s Wish Foundation was established to positively impact children facing hospital stays all over the world. The foundation’s mission is to deliver joy and hope to every child who must make a temporary home out of a hospital bed. Sawyer’s experience inspired him to create a movement that would help other children facing similar challenges. The foundation provides a fun and colorful bed sheet that children can call their own to bring a touch of home into the hospital room, a place where children are often forced to confront their fears and anxieties alone.
The goal is not only to provide a fun and comfortable sheet to lay on, but also to create a sense of community within the hospital walls. The foundation aims to positively impact as many children as possible by providing them with the simple yet powerful gift of a fun, printed bed sheet. Sawyer’s Wish Foundation brings smiles and comfort to those in need, one cozy gift at a time, and is dedicated to being the love and hug that every child needs during their hospital stay.
The Sawyer’s Wish Foundation’s mission to bring comfort and joy to children facing hospital stays aligns with our charity’s focus on caring and improving the lives of those in need. Like Sawyer’s Wish, we aim to positively impact the mental and emotional well-being of individuals facing challenging circumstances.
By providing support and resources to those in need, we strive to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. We applaud the Sawyer’s Wish Foundation for their dedication to bringing smiles and comfort to those in need and stand with them in their mission to create a better world for all.