Inspire Light
The Reality
"There are fewer than 100 long-term recovery programs in the U.S. for trafficking survivors—and even fewer allow mothers to stay with their children." — U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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70% of survivors urgently need safe housing after exiting trafficking.
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Most programs do not allow children—forcing impossible choices.
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There are less than 1,500 beds nationwide for all trafficking survivors.
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That’s roughly 1 supported family for every 15–20 left behind.
Our Solution: Build a Sanctuary Where Roots Can Grow
We are creating permaculture healing homesteads—peaceful, family-inclusive homes where mothers can:
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Stay with their children.
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Heal at their own pace.
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Learn how to grow their food, raise animals, and find peace in nature.
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Gain life and career skills.
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Reclaim their purpose, belonging, and confidence.
Our extended community walks alongside each mother and child, every step of the way.
Our Mission
At Inspire Light, our mission is to provide a safe nurturing home sanctuary for mothers who survived human sex trafficking and sexual exploitation to heal and grow with their children. Like tending a garden, we believe in holistic healing, education, employment, community, and simple farm living as nurturing soil for mothers to reconnect with themselves and create strong, healthy roots for their families.
Our Vision
We envision a thriving homestead where mothers recovering from deep traumas find fresh soil to rebuild their lives and sow new dreams for their children’s futures. By sharing tools, knowledge, and natural resources, we help mothers cultivate a sense of belonging to themselves, their families, and their communities to flourish for generations to come.
Our Values
Spiritually Inclusive
We believe there are many faith walks that lead to One Source, the God known by many names and found through many paths. Each survivor has the freedom to connect to something greater than themselves in her own way. Whether through silence, prayer, nature, movement, or tradition, we honor spiritual autonomy and never impose belief. Healing is sacred, and their path to it is their own.
Growing Strong Futures
We provide life-giving skills that build stable, sovereign futures. Survivors are encouraged to define success for themselves, free from expectation or exploitation.
Survivor-Led Paths
Survivors are the experts of their own lives. We listen, hold space, follow their lead, and build programs in partnership, not in power-over.
Belonging
We foster true belonging where survivors are not reduced to their pasts but are welcomed for who they are today. Connection is offered, never forced.
Compassion
We lead with kindness, not control. Survivors deserve spaces where their stories are honored, not used. We offer care that listens without pressure, and support that never asks them to relive their pain for our purpose.
Sustainability
We believe in living close to the land. Through farming and homesteading, survivors help grow and create what they need to care for themselves and their families. Working the earth restores peace, renews balance, and supports each survivor to reclaim their life with self-reliance and shared abundance.
Whole Healing
Healing isn’t a performance, it’s a process. We nurture the body, mind, heart, and spirit with medical, legal, and therapeutic trauma-informed care that honors each survivor’s pace, privacy, and personal needs.
Integrity
We serve with transparency, honesty, and humility. There is no hidden agenda, no tokenism, and no platforming of pain. We hold ourselves accountable to survivors, not systems.
Sunlight Bears: Silent Messengers of Hope
A warm embrace. A silent message. A lifeline.
Each Sunlight Bear carries a covert symbol of safety—custom-designed shirts embedded with the National Sexual Assault Hotline. These teddy bears are more than toys; they are soft-spoken guardians, discreetly offering support to survivors of trafficking and abuse when words are too risky. Distributed through trusted partners on the front lines, this campaign plants seeds of hope where it’s needed most.
"Every mother deserves a place where healing feels like home."
