12 Days of Reclaimed

Starting on Dec. 1, we began sharing businesses and nonprofits that sell amazing gifts that you can give this Christmas. These organizations fight sex trafficking in various ways, so you can rest assured that as you give to your loved ones, you're also giving to trafficking survivors around the world! Below is a list of all twelve companies that you can shop from this Christmas and all year long!

 DAY 1: Eden Ministry

http://edenministry.org/

Eden Ministry sells gorgeous jewelry (such as the Change the World Collection, pictured here) that serves a higher purpose: To restore freedom for the captives of Asia’s red light districts through holistic programs that transform the body, mind and spirit. They even provide career and skill training, which empowers women for a new life and future.

DAY 2: Sari Bari 

http://saribari.com/

Sari Bari doesn’t just create amazing bags, home décor, and apparel. They give women who have been exploited in the sex trade or who are vulnerable to trafficking a change to experience a new life in the making. They provide employment in a safe, loving environment, where women are trained as artisans.

DAY 3: PURPOSE Jewelry

 http://www.purposejewelry.org/

PURPOSE Jewelry provides professional opportunities to young women rescued from sex trafficking while creating beautiful jewelry. Their nonprofit, International Sanctuary,

and includes education, health care, and counseling.

DAY 4: Rahab’s Rope 

http://www.rahabsrope.org/

Rahab's Rope sells boho chic scarves, bags, accessories, and jewelry to give hope, but their real mission is to give hope and opportunity to women and girls who are at risk or have been forced into the commercial sex trade of India. With their help, the women and girls grow and develop physically, mentally, and spiritually.

DAY 5: Thistle Farms

http://thistlefarms.org/ 

Thistle Farms has gifts for her and for him! They’re a powerful global community of women healing from prostitution, trafficking and addiction that employs 50 survivors through their social enterprises.

DAY 6: JOYN India

http://www.joynindia.com/

JOYN is a socially-conscious fashion brand that sells handbags, wallets/clutches, accessories and more that are 100% handmade my local artisans, who are provided with steady jobs, education, vocational training, medical, and a daily meal plan.

DAY 7: Love Calcutta Arts

http://lovecalcuttaarts.com/  

Love Calcutta Artsis known not just for their cards/stationary, notebooks, and sari blankets but also for providing girls with the economic freedom of a job as they promote their holistic freedom in an effort to restore their sense of dignity and self-worth. 

DAY 8: FASHIONABLE

https://www.livefashionable.com/

FASHIONABLE's beautifully designed leather products, jewelry, scarves and more create jobs for women around the world! The company originally started when Barrett (one of the founders) was living in Ethiopia and met women coming out of the commercial sex industry who were in need of jobs. 

DAY 9: Freeset

http://freesetglobal.com/

Freeset sells trendy bags, scarves, and tshirts. This fair trade business offers employment to women trapped in Kolkata's sex trade. Their goal to see the 10,000 sex workers in their neighborhood empowered with the choice of leaving a profession they never chose in the first place.

DAY 10: Sudara 

https://www.sudara.org/

Sudara's PUNJAMMIES® can help the men and women on your gift list stay cozy, comfy while they support a cool cause! These items are made proudly in India by women working to remain free from sex slavery. 

DAY 11: Good Paper

http://www.goodpaper.com/

Good Paper's greeting cards give you the opportunity to send Christmas cheer to your loved ones as you support sex trafficking survivors abroad! Their cardmakers are women who have escaped sex trafficking in the Philippines and young adults orphaned by disease in Rwanda. 

DAY 12: Malia Designs

http://www.maliadesigns.com/

 creates messenger, tote, and cosmetic bags as well as many other recycled and fair trade products. Their goal is to increase economic opportunity for women in Cambodia and to support organizations that fight human trafficking in Southeast Asia.

One Year Anniversary!

Friends of RECLAIMED,

This time last year we had just finished officially launching RECLAIMED at Watermark’s Act to Impact Sunday. And now, a full year later we’re blown away by all that God has done in and through this ministry. Confident in the strategic direction the Lord had asked us to go, we moved forward. Now as we take a look back over the last year, we want to invite you to join us in praising Him for all that we saw happen.


SMALL GROUP KICKOFFS
This past year saw the launch of our first small group studies with 5 different groups going through the curriculum we had developed. The study gave them the chance to learn facts about trafficking, the root causes behind it, and ways individuals were uniquely created to fight it. We enjoyed watching each participant grow in their understanding of the issue and in their heart for those impacted by trafficking. Participants went on to serve with our ministry partners as well as continue with their existing areas of service armed with a new perspective on how to combat trafficking in their context. We’ve also been excited to see other churches and non-profits take interest in utilizing our study materials in their locations. We look forward to seeing it multiply across the city later this year.

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MAKING A SPLASH
In August of last year some of our content made big waves in social media, online, and in person. As the Exxxotica Porn Convention came to town, RECLAIMED worked to inform and empower the church in Dallas to make an educated argument for why a porn convention had no place in our city. We were overwhelmed as tens of thousands saw our content and had the chance to share within their networks why porn is harmful. We also partnered with Unashamed and the Porch to host a night of prayer outside the convention center during one of the nights of the conference. As the fate of the convention is currently being debated, we look forward to continuing to reach our city in relevant and winsome ways.

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AFFECTING CHANGE
Perhaps our favorite parts of this year where the opportunities we had to roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty…both with the hard work of relationships as well as physically serving some of our ministry partners. From serving 250 meals with New Friends New Life, to partnering with IJM at their annual fundraising dinner, to low-key movie nights with the women of Restored Hope, even to fostering ongoing one on one relationships with women entrusted to our care, we saw God show up time and time again. Trafficked women walk through a number of difficult situations in the recovery and restoration process and we have counted it a privilege to be a part of that journey with them.


YEAR TWO
So what’s in store for year two? If we have a vote, it’d be for even more of the above. Will you join us?

The RECLAIMED Team