Ongoing Project:
When a crisis hits, there’s no time to gather funds. The money is needed right away. Women At Risk, International (WAR, Int’l) partners need to make quick decisions when a life is in imminent danger. Only after the intervention can we take the time to recount the details of the rescue (as much as can be safely shared while also respecting confidentiality) and raise funds to replace the expense. We regularly drain this fund which then requires us to bring the balance back up so that rescues are not dependent on finances.
Your generosity and support will allow WAR, Int’l to provide emergency funding for those who have trusted us in their hour of need. Contributions to the 911 Rescue Fund translate directly into concrete, material aid, such as emergency funding for housing, legal aid, medical assistance, food, transportation, and more—all at a moment’s notice.
How It All Began:
Laboring over the stove, Mai cut a single fried egg into four pieces. It was all she had to feed her four hungry children. With another baby on the way, she was drowning in distress. How long would she be able to sustain these little lives?
Hopeless and heartbroken, she exchanged the life of Rạk, her newborn baby girl, for $200. Word soon reached our partnering safehouse, and in the dead of night, they picked up the phone to call Rebecca McDonald, the founder and president of WAR, Int’l. They wanted to know if there was sufficient funding to rescue the baby girl. Rebecca was shocked. She urged them to save the baby without delay, blindly promising the money they needed and vowing to organize a garage sale if necessary. Whatever it took.
This is how the 911 Rescue Fund was born. We want WAR, Int’l and its partners to be empowered to intervene in a crisis without delay. When circumstances call for immediate action, there is no time to ask for donations. This fund, made up of your generosity, is our first line of defense.
Today, Rạk is with a loving and caring adoptive family.
Needs:
The 911 Rescue Fund allows WAR Int’l and its partners to rush to the aid of those in imminent danger. We rely on this fund when we get an emergency call from a frantic woman trying to escape her trafficker, when a desperate partner calls about a crisis situation, and when life-saving intervention is urgently needed. We have rescued children as young as 3 weeks, 6 months, and 6 years—all tender ages. We’ve rescued women hiding in barns and under bridges. They often need immediate medical care and don’t have papers to go through normal channels.
Through our 911 Rescue Fund, they receive immediate assistance including but not limited to~
~shelter,
~medical care,
~transport to safety,
~a dead drop (pickup at an undisclosed location),
~legal aid,
~bedding,
~furniture,
~set up in safe place,
~moving services when crisis requires moving company or hired help,
~court appearances,
~bus passes,
~etc.
Contribute today to our 911 Rescue Fund today.
Give online here.
Send a check to:
Women At Risk, International
2790 44th St. SW
Wyoming, MI 49519.
If you write a check, please be sure to note on the memo line that it is for our 911 Rescue Fund.
Ready To Start Impacting Rescue?
Contribute to our 911 Rescue Fund today.
Give online here.
Send a check to:
Women At Risk, International
2790 44th St. SW
Wyoming, MI 49519.
If you write a check, please be sure to note on the memo line that it is for our 911 Rescue Fund.
Stories Of Rescue:
Read stories of rescue, healing, and hope here.
