Our Partnership with A Breeze of Hope

Meet Anai

Anai’s mother abandoned her to protect her stepfather the man who raped Anai during most of her childhood. Anai decided to receive vocational training and to receive mental healing at A Breeze of Hope’s center, Filomena, one of the vocational training facilitators brought her under her wing. With Filomena’s guidance, Anai is learning how to take the tattered scraps of her difficult past (…the pain, the wounds, the betrayal, the violence…) and create a beautiful quilt that gives warmth and joy to everyone around. 

Without surprise, Anai is excelling in her sewing classes. She has already learned how to make various clothing items, purses and pouches, and handbags. She enjoys sewing because, as she says, “I’m able to express my creativity and make things that are useful.” In January 2022, our attorneys worked with the District Attorney to prosecute Anai’s aggressor. The Court found him guilty of the rape of a minor and sentenced him to 25 years in prison without parole. ODW has made it possible for Anai and other girls to access healing and justice.