Protect Them B4 Abuse Begins: Students ages 5-17

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“I am created from a clay called the clay of sexual abuse,” said Sanaa, a girl with olive skin, sad eyes, and thick, frizzy hair. She would come to Not Guilty office in long sleeves, pulling down to make them as long as possible, even in the heat of summer. But I never asked why. Sexual abuse survivors need to feel some sense of control during counseling sessions.
            Sanaa blurted out these words after eight months of weekly counseling. She had come from a very dysfunctional family; her father had horrific fits of anger. If she did something wrong or got a bad grade at school, her father would grab her by her school uniform and hang her over their third-floor balcony wall. Sometimes he would run after her with a knife to discipline her. So she was terrified of heights and used to fear for her life.
            Her father had other problems too. He did not show any respect to anyone at home; he often made sexual comments about his two daughters. Sanaa’s share of sexual comments was always much more than her sister because her sister was “the pretty one.” Sometimes her father would barge into the bathroom while she was bathing. She was ashamed that he saw her bathing and would try to hide herself with the shower curtain.
            “Dad, please get out. I am bathing,” she told him.
            “You don’t like it? Okay.” The next day, the shower curtain had been removed.
            Sanaa would not shower for days at a time. She was ashamed of her body as it developed, disgusted by her father’s comments. She would wait to shower until he was out of the house.

But this is not the end of Sanaa's story. You can read how Not Guilty helped Sanaa next week.

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In 2019 Not Guilty trained 1828 children aged 3-18 on how to protect themselves from sexual abuse, 250 parents, 60 girl scout leaders, and 26 teachers and caregivers.

In 2020 our goal is to train 2500 kids, 500 parents, 120 girl scouts, and 100 teachers and caregivers.

We need to raise 24K before 31 December 2019.

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Blessings on you from all of us at Not Guilty

 

Dr. Laila Risgallah Wahba

Founder and President