Join Our Cause: 6 Ways You Can Help Transform a Girl’s Life Today

She has your daughter’s eyes.

That’s the thought that hit me yesterday as I watched Lily – just 13 – sitting in our shelter’s corner, clutching a tattered photograph. The only difference? Your daughter goes to sleep knowing she’s loved. Lily cries herself to sleep wondering why she wasn’t.

Let me tell you about the photograph. It’s creased and water-stained, but you can still make out the image: a woman smiling, holding a tiny baby. “It’s all I have left of her,” Lily whispers. “Sometimes I forget what her voice sounded like.”

Before you continue reading, look up from your screen. Look at your family photos. Look at your children, safe and sound. Now imagine if all that disappeared tomorrow. Imagine your child alone, scared, hungry, with nothing but a creased photograph to remind them they were once loved.

That’s why I’m writing this today. Not to guilt you. Not to shame you. But to show you how incredibly powerful you can be in changing a life that’s hanging by a thread.

Here are 6 ways you can help. But first, let me tell you what these “ways” really mean:

1. Become a Monthly Guardian ($30/month)
   This isn’t just about money. This is about Sophia being able to sleep without fear for the first time in years. This is about her not having to choose between a meal and a sanitary pad. This is about dignity. This is about survival.

What $30 means:

• A safe bed for 3 nights
• Two warm meals daily for a week
• Basic medical care
• A chance to breathe

1. Sponsor Her Education ($100/month)
   Remember Maya? She used to do her homework under street lights. Now she’s top of her class. Your sponsorship isn’t just about books and uniforms. It’s about breaking cycles of poverty that have trapped generations.
2. Be a Big Sister ($0 – Just Time)
   Sarah hadn’t smiled in months until her mentor Jessica started visiting. Sometimes, healing starts with someone simply showing up. Consistently. Reliably. Lovingly.
3. Emergency Response Angel ($500 one-time gift)
   Last week, we got a call about twin girls found locked in an abandoned house. We had 30 minutes to decide if we could afford to rescue them both. Think about that. Putting a price on which sister to save.
4. Share Their Stories (Free)
   Your voice matters. When you share their stories, you become their advocate. You become their voice. You help us reach someone who might have the resources to help.
5. Skills Training Supporter ($250)
   This isn’t just about teaching a skill. This is about teaching worth. This is about showing a girl she can stand on her own feet. This is about independence. This is about freedom.

Let me tell you what happens when you don’t help:

Anna was 14 when we couldn’t take her in due to lack of funds.
We found her six months later.
I can’t tell you what happened to her in those six months.
Some stories are too painful to share.
But I can tell you this: it didn’t have to happen.

Every night, before our girls go to sleep, they have this ritual. They each say one thing they’re grateful for. Last night, Lily – the one with the photograph – said something that broke me:

“I’m grateful that someone out there thought I was worth saving.”

Worth saving.
Think about those words.
Think about a child having to be grateful that someone thought their life had value.

Today, there are 23 girls in our shelter.
Tomorrow, we’ll get calls about 10 more.
We’ll have to say no to 7 of them.

Unless you help.

Here’s what your help really means:

• It means a girl sleeps safely tonight
• It means she eats tomorrow
• It means she lives to dream another day
• It means she gets to be a child again
• It means she knows she matters

Before you close this page, remember:
She has your daughter’s eyes.
She has your sister’s smile.
She has your mother’s heart.
She could have been yours.

In another life, she could have been yours.

Choose a way to help.
Any way.
Just help.

Because somewhere, right now, a girl is holding her own photograph, wondering if anyone will ever think she’s worth saving.

Will you?

Donate Now to save a child

P.S. Lily fell asleep clutching her photograph again last night. But this time, she was smiling. Because this time, she knows tomorrow will come. And tomorrow will be better.

Because of people like you.

Be someone’s tomorrow.