"For girls like us who had been caged in a small box, Emerge showed us a path to a beautiful, free world where we could finally breathe."

-Emerge Participant

Every year in Sri Lanka, teenage survivors who report sexual abuse find themselves navigating long justice processes while living in institutional care with limited trauma-sensitive support. Emerge Global (www.emergeglobal.org), in partnership with its sister entity in Sri Lanka, walks beside these young women through comprehensive, survivor-centered programming that includes therapeutic support, life and financial skills, education pathways, job placement, and lifelong community. Emerge alumni go on to achieve extraordinary milestones: finding meaningful work, launching small businesses, supporting their families, and even creating safe housing for fellow survivors. Guided by their experiences, Emerge also trains frontline professionals and advocates for system reforms that make justice processes safer and more dignified. For twenty years, Emerge has partnered with 1,788 survivors whose leadership, resilience, and courage show what is possible when a girl is met with safety and opportunity.

When you give to Emerge, you stand beside a young woman as she rebuilds her life.

Your support helps her:

Heal through therapy, creativity, and trauma-informed support so her mind and body can begin to feel safe again.
Build financial literacy and practical life skills that prepare her for real-world independence.
Strengthen her instincts and sense of safety through self-defense, boundary-setting, and supportive relationships.
Prepare for employment and long-term stability by gaining the confidence, experience, and networks she needs to thrive.

Help us raise $40,000 to keep critical healing and support pathways open for young survivors in Sri Lanka.

"I was 17 years old when I joined Emerge. I connected with Emerge when my life was at a very low point. All the staff members gave me hope to live. We worked together as a family. I was able to learn many things, and lead a happy life. I see Emerge as a large network, a family network, filled with care and security."

-Emerge Participant

How your gift can help:

💛 $100 | Reintegration Starter Kit

Help a young woman transition safely into independent living at age 18. Your gift can fund a Reintegration Starter Kit with hygiene items, household basics (like sheets, towel, rice cooker), and tools for daily life — a foundation of stability for her first month on her own.

📘 $170 | Life Skills + Reproductive Health + Psychosocial Support

Equip a girl in institutional care with essential life-skills training, reproductive-health education, and psychosocial tools for coping with trauma and promoting emotional wellbeing. This helps her understand her rights, strengthen confidence, and prepare for adulthood.

🏠 $350 | One Month of Reintegration Care

Provide a full month of personalized support for a young woman building her future. This includes safe housing, food, therapy, case management, legal accompaniment, psychosocial education, and hands-on practice for independent living.

🥗 $500 | Nourish the Heart of the Centre

Sponsor one month of food for all participants and house mothers at the Centre for Reintegration. A shared table builds community, and consistent nutrition supports healing.

🛡️ $1,000 | Self-Defense for 30 Girls

Give ~30 teenage girls access to trauma-sensitive self-defense training. They learn boundary-setting, verbal assertiveness, situational awareness, and physical skills as a last resort — helping them trust their bodies and instincts.

🔎 $1,620 | Remove Barriers No Girl Should Face Alone

Many participants come to Emerge without birth certificates, identity documents, or school records required for work and education. Your support fuels Emerge’s behind-the-scenes “detective work”: locating documents, advocating with government offices, and opening doors bureaucracy has kept shut. This ensures every young woman can work, study, bank, and move through the world with dignity.

🎉 $3,500 | Annual Alumni Reunion

Bring joy, connection, and continued support to alumni. This reunion allows former participants to reconnect with resources, celebrate milestones, and return to a community that still stands with them.

🌿 $4,000 | Care for the Caregivers

Support annual wellbeing and professional development for Emerge’s 16 practitioners, including psychologists, trainers, and house mothers. When caregivers are supported, young women receive safer, stronger, trauma-informed care.

🏫 $10,000 | Fund a Full Year of Emerge Programming in One Shelter

Bring Emerge’s full program to an entire institutional-care home for one year. This includes:

Weekly life-skills sessions
Reproductive-health education
Psychosocial support and coping skills
Trauma-informed facilitation

Your gift ensures every girl in that shelter receives consistent, survivor-centered care, planting seeds of healing and possibility.

Stand With A Young Survivor as She Heals and Rises

By Emerge

Stand With A Young Survivor as She Heals and Rises

Your support strengthens safety, wellbeing, life skills, and belonging for girls navigating Sri Lanka’s justice and care systems.

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