PROJECT NORTH AFRICA
Dar Amal
House of Hope
Within the local culture unmarried, young, pregnant women are frequently rejected by family and society. Oftentimes, they resort to abortion or abandoning their child at birth, and prostitution becomes their only means for survival. Facing desperate circumstances and dangerous decisions, these women are highly vulnerable and at risk of predators and traffickers. Dar Amal is meant to be something radically different, it is intentionally designed to be a place of refuge and restoration for these women.
Unmarried pregnant women will come into Dar Amal and receive help attaining ID papers, education, job training, and healthcare throughout their pregnancy. After the baby is born, the mother and child will remain in the home and continue to receive care and training for up to a year. Once ready, 3 to 4 mothers and newborns will move out of Dar Amal into their own house together. The goal is to foster a family-like setting so the mothers have a support system while they work towards a life of self-sufficiency.
100% of donations to Dar Amal will go to house rental for the home, medical care for the women and their babies, job training, house mom staffing, and operational costs of the home.
Dar Shifa
House of Healing
As girls age out of the local government orphan system at 18, they often have no job skills, no family, and nowhere to go. These girls are often considered to be at a very high risk of becoming a victim, or being revictimized of human trafficking. Dar Al Shifa was created as a safe place for girls to discover their value and identity. It is intentionally curated as a space where the girls are not worried about how they will survive the night, and can for the first time dream of their future and who they want to be. Each girl who comes into the home receives a room, clothes, food, medical care, a personalized education plan, trauma based counseling, language tutoring, Mom mentorship, help finding a job, and assistance transitioning into society.
100% of donations to Dar Al Shifa go to cover operational costs of the home, staffing of house moms, and the above provisions for the girls that come into the home.
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Dar Shifa Director
$3600/ year
We are hiring a local who has worked closely with the government center and has years of experience to be our new Healing House Director. $3600 will be her salary for the rest of this year.
Tutoring in house
$500/ year
We currently have 8 girls in the house that need private tutoring. $500 will allow us to bring a tutor in house for each girl daily.
Clothing
$400
We have had a larger than average need for clothing for new girls coming into the program. We would like to raise $400 more to provide clothing for 4 more girls to enter the home this year.