A Time to Give Thanks, from BSCC

A Time to Give Thanks

To all our funders: In this message, we give to you the warmest thank you for helping BSCC in its commitment to making a difference in our fight against human trafficking. Thanks to your gracious and generous funding, we have served hundreds of clients for over 20 years.

Thanks to your funding, we have been able to help clients through our model: victim, survivor, and thriver.

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A time to give thanks—a time to let you know how you are making a difference.”

With sincere appreciation, Anne Hoiberg, President Marisa Ugarte, Executive Director

How we guide our clients: WE

1. Encourage: When clients are brought in, most times their confidence is crushed. They have been beaten, both physically and mentally to the point where the fight has been crushed from them.

While we work to evaluate needs, and provide the immediate help a client needs, we also recognize the importance of human interactions. Persons that have been trafficked have been conditioned to believe they have no human value except to provide their handler with income. We speak to their human need for caring and personal interaction. Clients at BSCC have not fallen into an impersonal system, they have been adopted by a caring family that truly will encourage them to recognize their worth.

2. Empower: When a client has been trafficked, all their personal power has been taken from them. They often feel lost and have no idea where to begin to rebuild their life. At BSCC, we teach them the steps and give them the power to take those steps with confidence, knowing that we will be with them every step of the way as they learn and grow. No one is ever alone and left to figure it out. We are with them, letting them take steps, while supporting them through every new step they take.

3. Excellence: Our clients achieve excellence. We have college graduates, and women accepted to advanced degree studies and thriving in business. We have seen women go on to help others. Some have even returned to their home country to help others who have experienced what they have overcome. We have seen women reunited with their families, raising their children in safety and security, reclaiming their lives, and achieving their dreams.

Success Stories

Story number one:

After 4 years of waiting, we succeeded in getting our Chinese lady a T-Visa, this happened a couple of months ago, and we couldn't be happier for a client who is 62 years old and a victim of human trafficking in massage parlors.

Success Stories

Story number 2:

After three years of going to federal court, our Vietnamese client received $250,000.00 as restitution for a labor trafficking case. She’s on her way to a new life, she's getting married, and she is leaving the past behind her.

Success Stories

Story number 3:

Our human trafficking victim US: succeeded in recovering her child, and she’s been able to get a job and live with her family after a long time not having been with them. We're so proud of her; she's moving on & is also going to school and making a difference in other people's lives.

As We Look Forward to the New Year

Our Goals for 2023

• BSCC will continue to advocate for Survivors and launch our new campaign to promote awareness of the dangers of labor trafficking and all forms of human trafficking.

• BSCC will provide direct services to victims to become Thrivers living independently, free from fear, and looking forward to a new life.

• BSCC will continue to provide our emergency services, we have the only emergency shelter in SD; we plan to increase transitional housing and, implement innovative projects empowering Survivors.

Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition

With sincere appreciation:

Anne Hoiberg, President

Marisa Ugarte, Executive Director