There is no simple option to stop trafficking, so we work to prevent it. Catalyst Foundation utilizes a community driven holistic approach to protect the children by providing those basic needs we all take for granted: education and literacy, job, human rights and HOPE.
The four facets of our community development programs are:
Primary Education, Community Education, Vocational Training, and Health & Nutrition.
“Project Backpack” is our Primary Education program for children between the ages of 5 and 18 to attend school. Our families see education as an extravagance and their children work instead of attending school. The student sponsorship program provides a foundation of material and social resources that give our children the opportunity to attend school.
Our Community Education program’s objective is to provide basic education to address the source of trafficking – extreme poverty. We provide families with access to social services (i.e. identity papers, assist and educate about household debt management, literacy classes). Our classes develop self-awareness and empathy to educate the community.
The Vocational Training provides our teen and adults with the opportunity to develop financial self-reliance. Our community has no real employment opportunities and must contribute by doing what they can. Our objective is to convert the skills to new jobs and income.
Our Health & Nutrition program is consistently providing enough food from a food distribution for each family every month, health and hygiene education, and quality medical care. We also work to implement a multi-phase plan to improve access to water and provide proper sanitation.
A $250 annual donation for our primary school, "Project Backpack" students provides for their education, uniforms, books, and a monthly food distribution for their families.
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Our story, the work we do, and our fight to stop trafficking was featured in three episodes of the CNN Freedom Project.
Our mission is to support communities in rural Vietnam to prevent human trafficking.
For the safety, dignity and well-being of our community, we do not allow members of the public to randomly “visit” our community; however, we will be happy to arrange a meeting or phone call with you and our Founder and Executive Director to discuss our programs and work. Our “project sites” are the homes and schools of those we serve, not tourist attractions.
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