Crisis Aid International 2023 Gratitude Report

our

mission is to save lives, save souls

&

change futures.

crisis aid inte 12 countries served worldwide

Total number of people served:

Total meals distributed:

Number of orphans in Children’s Home:

Total number of sex trafficking victims and at-risk children helped worldwide:

4,284,671

32

130,353,082

4,061

ernational’s impact over the years ...

Total pounds of food distributed:

Total medical care recipients:

Total number of at-risk children helped in the U.S. through Police Initiative:

Number of water wells:

27,479,842

5,497

967,342

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you’re a world changer

by Supporting these Five Initiatives of Hope!

SAFE

Assisting victims of sex trafficking and youth at high risk of sex

trafficking, child sexual exploitation or other forms of sexual abuse.

HEALTH

Addressing critical health issues in third-world environments

through medical facilities, water wells and pastoral participation.

FOOD

Addressing the lack of food in communities where children are dying or malnourished due to poverty.

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION

Our long-term comprehensive solutions for addressing poverty and breaking cultural barriers for generations to come.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Responding to life-and-death situations in the wake of catastrophes.

Countless people are born into starvation.

They live their entire lives, never escaping it and ultimately facing tragic ends. Yet, the solution rests with compassionate hearts ready to act. It’s time to Refuse to Do Nothing!

east africa programs

2023 highlights

She put on her Sunday best just to get a glimpse of your Crisis Aid team passing by.

Her life full of relentless hunger and backbreaking labor. Yet she smiles. You give her Hope. Somehow, she knows that with you, there is a brighter future. To her, you are everything. To us, she is a future world changer! God bless you for breaking the cycle of poverty in their lives!

your impact East Africa 2023

NUTRITIONAL FEEDING PROGRAM Total number of people served:

191,870 Meals distributed:

11,609,724 HEALTH PROGRAMS Number of people provided with medical care and health education:

119,932

Health education sessions for families:

43,721

REFUGE HOMES (for sex trafficking victims):

You help to provide three refuge homes under our care: • Hand of Hope: Joyce Meyer Ministries Accomodates 18 girls.

• Girls Village Capacity for up to 100 young women and their children; currently open to 24.

• Girls Complex Currently under construction.

Number of girls and children provided shelter:

73

[42 girls & 31 children]

safe programs East Africa 2023

East Africa 2023

Mercy Chapel isn’t just a vocational school; it’s a lifeline and a beacon of HOPE. Here, girls learn trades, enabling them to provide for themselves and their children. YOU are transforming their futures!

MERCY CHAPEL: A vocational school for girls in the Red Light District.

Classes offered: • Pottery • Hairdressing • Cooking • Sewing • Leather works

Vocational education provided to:

196 girls

Opening of new Vocational Training Program in remote village

While poverty and insecurity may manifest differently in America, the feelings of loss, pain, and hopelessness are universal. What matters most is our response. Rather than just witnessing their struggles, you chose to walk alongside them. In their darkest moments, it was YOU who brought them HOPE!

un

united states programs

2023 highlights

SAFE PROGRAMS (for sex trafficking victims):

Through your Child Anti-Exploitation Partnership (CAP) Program, Crisis Intervention support was provided: Top-tier online safety and trafficking-awareness training to over

2,704 Overall services to

4,000

people

(including extended family)

children, families, teachers & counselors

Extensive therapy to children in

Extensive professional training for over

after our training helped identify them at schools, shelters and detention centers

key law officers, medical staff, frontline victim services, court staff & community entities serving at-risk populations

35 groups

2,500

CAP resides in 8 police departments in 2 states, working with first responders such as: • • • •

U.S. Attorney General’s Office Hospitals, including a children’s forensic unit Children’s advocacy centers Foster and adoptive care

• • • •

Juvenile courts Schools Nurses Against Human Trafficking Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

Construction began in 2023 for our House of Hope Refuge Home for victims of Sex Trafficking

your impact United States 2023

United States 2023

LOVE & CARE CENTER: Your Community Helping Community Initiative aids under-resourced schools, churches and grassroots leaders to make a difference for those in need.

Number of people provided with food:

33,246

Total pounds of food served:

2,160,577

Provided school supplies, Christmas gifts and winter coats to an elementary school for disabled children in a poverty-stricken area in St. Louis.

VOLUNTEER HOURS: Total number of volunteers:

159

Total volunteer hours:

6,269

crisis aid financials PROGRAM

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION

FUNDRAISING

TOTAL

Project

$4,089,182

-

-

$4,089,182

Payroll and related expenses

$757,150

$201,905

$50,472

$1,009,527

Office expense

$2,678

$15,191

-

$17,869

Contributions

$27,466

-

-

$27,466

Insurance

-

$6,231

Postage and delivery

-

$7,050

$7,047

$14,097

Printing and copying

-

$14,753

$14,752

$29,505

Organizational

$1,685

$561

-

$2,246

Small equipment

-

$4,060

-

$4,060

Professional fees

$35,060

$59,696

-

$94,756

Telephone

$10,338

$2,584

-

$12,922

Travel

$9,082

-

-

$9,082

Advertising

$20,115

$20,115

-

$40,230

Occupancy

$23,672

$23.672

-

$47,344

Fundraising

-

-

$97,082

$97.082

Depreciation

-

$4,896

-

$4,896

TOTAL

$ 4,976,428

$360,714

$ 169,353

$ 5,506,495

$6,231

Why partner with Crisis Aid? Here are 5 good reasons:

GUIDESTAR

A Platinum transparency rating from GuideStar.

ECFA

Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) accreditation.

CHARITY NAVIGATOR

A 4-star Charity Navigator rating (in the top one-tenth of 1 percent of all charities in the U.S.).

GREATNONPROFITS

A 2024 GreatNonprofits organization.

U.S. MOST TRUSTED CHRISTIAN NONPROFITS

Among the top U.S. Most Trusted Christian Nonprofits.

Graduating from your Mercy Chapel Vocational School has profoundly changed the lives of so many girls and their children. They never dreamed it was possible! THANK YOU for being their world changer!

board of directors Patrick Bradley

Board Chair, Voting Member

Susan Bradley

Vice President, Voting Member

Dane Welch, DDS

Vice President, Voting Member [Independent]

Caroli Young

Director, Voting Member [Independent]

Chris Igo

Director, Voting Member [Independent]

James Fillingame

Director, Voting Member [Independent]

Jerry Fitzgerald

Treasurer, Voting Member [Independent]

Mike Lemp

Secretary, Nonvoting Member [Independent]

OUR VISION

Community Transformation Initiatives: Long-term, comprehensive solutions for addressing basic critical needs. These initiatives are grounded in a strategic, continuous plan to address and overcome cultural barriers and generational struggles unique to their specific situation. Each initiative is in progress, and several components are operational.

The vision is to have ALL elements fully operational in five years.

GIRLS VILLAGE IN SEBATTA, ETHIOPIA

GIRLS COMPLEX IN ALETA, ETHIOPIA

TESIFA PROJECT IN ALETA, ETHIOPIA

For girls trapped in the horrors of trafficking in East Africa. Its components are:

For girls trapped in the horrors of trafficking in rural East Africa. Its components are:

•

•

A long-term solution to address abject poverty in rural East Africa by going beyond basic needs. Its components are:

•

Refuge Home for 100 girls and their children 8-floor Commerce Building • Vocational School for girls in the Home and the surrounding community • Bible College to educate locals on biblical principles for the workplace • Rentable space, creating a sustainable income model

•

Refuge Home for 10 girls and their children Commerce Building • Rentable space, creating a sustainable income model • Vocational School for girls in the Home and in the community

• • • • •

Pediatric Hospital and Surgical Ward Dairy Operation Agricultural Demonstration Farm Grinding Mill and Feeding Operation Dairy and Coffee Store in neighboring community creating a sustainable income model

Girls Complex in Aleta, Ethiopia

Girls Village in Sebatta, Ethiopia

Tesifa Project in Aleta, Ethiopia

U.S. SAFE/HOUSE OF HOPE PROGRAM

TESIFA PROJECT IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Crisis Aid’s holistic response to child sexual exploitation and sex trafficking through building awareness, identifying risk, supporting victims and responding to the crisis.

The components are:

A long-term solution to address the horrendous damage perpetrated on the people of Tigray from the Civil War. Its components are:

•

• •

Offices in police stations across the United States addressing Child Exploitation and Trafficking Training and educating professionals and first responders Regional Refuge Homes in several states

• • • • • • •

House of Hope Program *Image for Illustrative Purposes Only

Vocational training for the abused women of war To build a TESIFA Program in Adwa (Tigray), Ethiopia Deep water well system Pediatric Hospital and Surgical Ward Dairy Operation Agricultural Demonstration Farm Feeding Operation Tesifa Project in Tigray, Ethiopia

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