FAAST
Launches Anti-Trafficking Curriculum
On Wednesday, September 12, 2007,
9:00am, at the National Press Club’s First Amendment
Room in Washington D.C., the Faith Alliance Against Slavery
and Trafficking (FAAST) will release and host a briefing
about Hands that Heal: International Curriculum to Train
Caregivers of Trafficking Survivors.
Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director,
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S.
Department of State, will provide opening remarks.
Sex trafficking is modern-day slavery in which people are
exploited and sold in the commercial sex industry. Holistic
care is necessary for traumatized survivors to find healing
from their abuse and to learn the skills needed to succeed
in beginning a new life.
The FAAST curriculum, Hands that Heal, is a comprehensive,
Christian curriculum to train global caregivers who are
frontline providers of aftercare for women, children, and
men that have been trafficked into the commercial sex industry.
The curriculum is the result of a collaboration among more
than 40 academicians and field practitioners from diverse
backgrounds and organizations that address the needs of
trafficked individuals. FAAST also developed Hands that
Heal as a tool to inform and inspire churches, communities,
organizations, and individuals around the world to engage
in the battle against the injustice of human trafficking
and to help equip them to provide transformational care
to survivors.
There are two editions of Hands that Heal. The
Academic Edition is designed as an undergraduate or graduate
course to introduce future caregivers to the wide-ranging
needs of survivors of sex trafficking, as well as to enhance
the skills of current caregivers. The Community-Based Edition
utilizes a participatory training approach that can be used
at the local level by churches, organizations and local
community groups around the world. Limited copies of both
editions will be available at the briefing.
FAAST’s members include Project Rescue International
– Assemblies of God World Missions, The Salvation
Army US National Headquarters, The Salvation Army World
Service Office, World Hope International, and World Relief.
For further information, contact
FAAST at 888.466.4673, FAAST@worldhope.net
or visit their website www.faastinternational.org.
This event is open to the press. |
