Solid Ground International’s First Annual Golf Tournament brings together golfers and advocates from around the Bay Area for a day of information and collaboration in the global fight against human trafficking. The morning will [...]
Corina: My Dreams Are Brighter Abandoned by her mother at the age of three, Corina struggled to complete elementary school. She lived with her father, but he became disabled after [...]
Lesley: A Lesson in Trust Lesley’s parents separated when she was two years old and she was left living with her mother in a slum area. Neither her jobless mother [...]
DIANA: NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE “I felt like I was a dog,” Diana, age 19, recalls of her childhood. Her family of eight moved often with no house of [...]
JAYPEARL: IN HER OWN WORDS When I was a child, I tried to see that my family was happy. When I was in elementary school, I remember when my father [...]
Jaren: Our First Graduate Jaren’s classmate recruited her to come to Cebu from a southern island with the promise that she could get a job to help her family. Jaren’s [...]
JHEA: I AM STRONG When I was 11, I ran away from home, due to years of abuse in my household. I initially stayed with my aunt but after a [...]
Dr. Melinda Gill guides our residents through "A Healthy Me" curriculum, created in partnership with the Department of Health in the Philippines. They learn how to take care of their bodies, emotions, and relationships as well as HIV/AIDS education.
Our residents plan the menu, do the cooking, shop for food, and liquidate expenses as part of our life skills curriculum. One resident is assigned with this task each week, and quite often another resident kindly offers her assistance.
Dr. Elsa Malabar, an expert in food technology, teaches residents about nutrition and diet as part of our life skills curriculum.
