A front door with the words "welcome home" painted on the outside.

Courage House

Courage House is a long-term, trauma-informed therapeutic residential home for minor female victims of sex trafficking.

It is a place of restoration.

What is Courage House?

Courage House is not just a structure or a building, a program or an approach; it is a place where hope is given, healing is offered, and lives are restored. It is a community of girls and young women who not only share a similar past, but now share the common purpose of finding their true identity and fulfilling their destiny while embarking on a journey of healing.

A photo of Courage House Moshi with a water well to the right of the building.

Our Program Design

We offer a comprehensive, holistic approach, encompassing each resident's own unique physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs. Each campus is a safe house—a community where survivors can learn to be a family, and how to have and participate in healthy relationships.

Each resident creates a Unique Life Plan with her counselor, designed to provide the survivor with a say in her future, an individually designed pathway toward healing.

Physical

Physical health goals are a vital element of the Unique Life Plan to re-engage each resident with her body being her own. Physical goals are created based on each individual's desire to reconnect with her body.

Emotional

Working toward goals oriented around each resident's mental health often take the longest but are often the most powerful. Consistent, trauma-informed therapy sessions aid residents in reaching their goals, alongside additional therapeutic modalities.

Mental

Residents are encouraged to contemplate educational and career goals. With the support and encouragement of her teacher and tutors, she can begin attaining the marks and milestones that were once out of her reach.

Spiritual

The spiritual component of the Unique Life Plan is voluntary for residents who believe in God, practice a different religious belief, or want to explore a new religion.

But Does It Work?

Courage House is designed as a long-term program, a minimum of 12 months, to provide extensive, daily, trauma-focused services. The need for long-term treatment is due to the severity of trauma and manipulation each resident has experienced. This level of exploitation takes an extensive amount of time to work through and overcome.

Architect Rendering of Courage House Cottage Model

An architect's rendering of a cottage that would be built for a future Courage House.

An architect's rendering of a campus that would be built for a future Courage House.