Org. 5 – WAR International

This is one of my favorite places to volunteer. I have volunteered here for 2 years now. This organization helps women and men who have been rescued from sex trafficking. This group has helped in countries around the world by rescuing adults, teens, and children and then teaching them how to create beautiful things to be sold such as jewelry, greeting cards, and children’s gifts. All of the items are fair trade to make sure that everyone gets the life they deserve. They make a livable wage in the all of the WAR training centers. There is even a training center in the U.S. There are safehouses around the world to help make the people feel whole again. This is another heavily Christian organization but they are very accepting of everyone and they do amazing work. I went to a day-long training event with the founder and her stories are heartbreaking. Although the headquarters is in Michigan there is a boutique in Naperville where I volunteer. Most of my volunteer hours are in the boutique helping prepare merchandise to put on display. That’s what I did for this volunteer shift. Other times I help at events representing WAR and telling people about what they do. The only dangerous part is that I always want to buy lots of things in the store because everything is so cute and reasonably priced. Besides the great work they do another reason I love going in is that the volunteers are so friendly and Missy the manager is one of the sweetest people I have met and always has a hug.

Here is their website for anyone who wants to learn more. http://warinternational.org/