In April, a partnering aftercare center in Southeast Asia helped rescue a survivor who had been forced into the darkness...

In April, a partnering aftercare center in Southeast Asia helped rescue a survivor who had been forced into the darkness...

In April, a partnering aftercare center in Southeast Asia helped rescue a survivor who had been forced into the darkness of child marriage.⁠ ⁠ “Taleigh” was unwillingly forced into child marriage by her family in her early teen years. She was involuntarily removed from school, like many of the other children in her village, so she took it as her fate that child marriage was going to be her reality. A year later, Taleigh gave birth to a child, and because of her young age, she faced life-threatening circumstances in the process. ⁠ ⁠ Taleigh experienced an extreme amount of hardship in the forced marriage, not only in dealing with her abusive husband but also the responsibility of taking care of a young child, when she was still a child herself. One day, a man approached Taleigh in her village, and he lured her to run away with him with the promise that he would provide for her and alleviate the stress of her current reality. In an instance of extreme vulnerability, Taleigh left her family and escaped with this new man.⁠ ⁠ The two of them fled to a hotel together and began living there. Unfortunately, this was not the reality that Taleigh was promised, and the situation became extremely volatile, quickly. The man began to leave the hotel frequently, leaving Taleigh locked up for hours on end. ⁠ ⁠ A hotel staff member began to recognize what was happening and immediately reached out to an individual at our partnering aftercare home for help. With the assistance of local police, Taleigh was rescued out of the hotel and placed into aftercare. Local law enforcement is still looking for the man who has fled the area. ⁠ ⁠ Taleigh is now safe and receiving aftercare and beginning her healing process. She is being provided shelter, food, clothes, medical and psychosocial counseling support. Her family has been contacted, to see if reintegration with them is possible at this time. ⁠

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