California Mentorship Program Offers Comfort to Sexually Exploited Young Women [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 8/5/1512:00 PM

Through times of trauma and distress, often all a child needs is to be showered with love. It may sound corny, but for the estimated 100,000 children who are sexually exploited per year around the country, it can be transformative.

The Lasting Links Mentorship Program at MISSSEY(Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth), an Oakland, Calif., nonprofit, works to end child exploitation and help victims through the formation of healthy, supportive and loving adult relationships.

“Some of them will even just come in to the drop-in center for a hug; they’ve said that to us,” said executive director Falilah Bilal at MISSSEY.

[For more of this story, written by Sarah Zahedi, go to http://jjie.org/california-men...-young-women/119603/]

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