The Need:
Our Vision:
Did you know that in South Carolina, there are girls as young as 12 in prison? During 2010, there were on average 100 girls ages 12-19 incarcerated in Columbia, SC. This is truly heartbreaking. Even more heartbreaking is that some girls do not have safe homes to return to so they intentionally get in trouble so they can go back to prison. Can you image – prison is a safer place??
Our Mission:
For the past ten years, a team led by Beverly Wright has visited monthly the with the girls at the Juvenile Detention Center in Columbia. Wright’s House of Hope was birthed out of a desire to help these girls escape from the cycle of repeated incarcerations. The mission of Wright’s House of Hope (WHOH) is to provide at-risk girls ages 12-19 with a safe place to help them take back their lives and become productive members of the community. WHOH will serve:
- girls who have been incarcerated and released from the Department of Juvenile Justice in South Carolina,
- homeless girls in Greenville County (South Carolina) who have run away from home, and
- pregnant teens who can no longer live with their parents.
WHOH will equip each girl with the necessary tools to become a productive citizen. WHOH is Where Healing and Opportunities Happen.
Our Vision:
The vision of WHOH is to provide a faith-based, low management, supervised independent living program for at-risk girls ages 12-19. In this safe and nurturing environment, WHOH will facilitate counseling, mentoring and training for the girls to help them retake their lives and become productive members of the community.
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Safe & Nurturing Place: For these girls who have no homes to return to, WHOH will be that safe haven for them.
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Mentoring: We will match each girl with a trained mentor who will encourage the young lady to strive for excellence and reach attainable accountability targets.
- Counseling: WHOH will provide counseling and encourage each girl to deal with the root causes of her life challenges.
- Education & Training: A major emphasis will be on training and education, including the completion of high school. Training will include both life skills and marketable job sills. A major goal is to help each girl develop her character and give her the skills to be able to take care of herself and succeed in life.
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Bible Study: There will be daily Bible study and spiritual enrichment classes. WHOH will be a place where these young ladies can learn more about themselves as well as tap into the purpose and plan that God has for their lives.
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