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Kasech was living a nightmare—kidnapped, trafficked, and only 14 years old
Right now, an estimated 160 million children around the world are being used for child labor. Every year, that number grows by an estimated 700,000 children. We believe that family is the answer.
Mental health is as essential as the air we breathe
Mental health support is foundational to every service and program Bethany offers to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families with an impact that lasts.
Building resilience
Youth in Ghana face many harsh realities including poverty, violence, and trafficking. Let's work to give them every opportunity to build resiliency to the things that can make life harder.
Safe, loved, and—most of all—connected
Parenting in the best of times can be stressful, and raising children without a community of support is harder still. For parents feeling isolated and overwhelmed, the ways they do or don't cope with stress may put their children in harm’s way. Key to ensuring the children are OK is making sure their parents are OK.
Preserve a family, not rescue a child
Our calling to keep children safe with their families, not from their families, is motivated by our faith in who God is and the radical love he calls us to.
What the system taught me
From her first days as a Child Protective Services investigator to Bethany senior vice president, what Cheri Williams has learned over her social services career has changed her thinking about what’s best for children. Today she’s in a position to do something about that.
Love like Jesus in your community
Safe Families volunteers use their homes to love their neighbors
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Amy entered foster care at 15 after disclosing years of abuse at home. But family would also play a key role in her healing.
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Two parallel phone calls changed everything. One call was from the school counselor, saying Bobbi’s daughter had disclosed years of sexual abuse. The second call was from Bethany, asking Bobbi’s sister if she could provide kinship care.
PlayA safe place for women to heal
Bethany Recovery Center is a rehab center that helps women struggling with drug or alcohol abuse and addiction.
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