By Paula Lucas | Founder & Executive Director
When Ginessa first married her husband she was so happy. She became pregnant almost immediately. She gave birth to her daughter in the USA.When their daughter was a few years old they moved to Mexico so her husband could work in the family business. At first everything seemed fine, but soon Ginessa's husband began staying out late, coming home drunk, calling her names and throwing things at her. His shouting would wake up her daughter. He had done it twice in the USA and she told him if he ever did it again she would take her daugher and leave. Since it never happened again in the USA, Ginessa was not expecting it to happen in Mexico. But it did,over and over.
Her husband had hidden their passports and told Ginessa that she can never leave. Ginessa and her daughter were trapped. Finally, Ginessa was able to call the American Embassy from a neighbor's home and they gave her AODVC's phone number. We worked with Ginessa for several weeks safety planning with the help of the next door neighbor. Last month, we paid for Ginessa and her daugher to get new passports and got them tickets back home.
We would not have been able to help Ginessa and her daughter without the generosity of donors like you!
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