Happy January!
Dear Friend,
We hope you had a happy, healthy and peaceful holiday season and are easing into the new year. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our year end campaign and followed along as we shared stories highlighting our work. With your help, we were able to raise necessary funds to support life changing services for survivors of violence and their families. It is not too late to donate and help us start the year strong!
January is an important month for violence education and prevention, dedicated to raising awareness for and preventing Human Trafficking and Stalking, and promoting Personal Self-Defense.
The statistics speak for themselves:
With an estimated 27.6 million victims worldwide at any given time, human traffickers prey on people of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities, exploiting them for their own profit.
Nearly 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men have experienced stalking victimization at some point in their lifetime.
A study published in the Journal of Injury Prevention found that individuals who received formal self-defense training were 60-80% less likely to experience physical assault compared to those who did not receive training.
At POV, we are working towards awareness and prevention everyday. We believe that violence is preventable and we continue to work toward our mission of building healthy relationships, families and communities free from sexual, domestic and interpersonal violence.
We have a busy year ahead! Stick with us and read on to see some of what we have coming up.
