WIPE EVERY TEAR INC

Wipe Every Tear aims to restore women out of the sex trade in the Philippines. By equipping women with a college education and practical knowledge about how to provide for themselves and their families, they are able to be truly set free. Wipe Every Tear aims to break the chains of cyclical poverty for every woman that chooses to leave the bars. The goal is to allow these women to be truly set free and empowered so that they never feel the need to work in the sex trade again.

Wipe Every Tear equips women with quality education in order to allow them to be fully set free from the sex trade. Each woman that comes into Wipe Every Tear's care meets with a social worker, is enrolled in school and given the opportunity for counseling sessions. Women get to choose their course of study. This allows them to dream about the future, as well as encourages them to finish their studies.

Wipe Every Tear is passionate about caring for the women that are still working in the bars. Many of these women are working from poverty. They are hungry. Wipe Every Tear uses a meal outreach in order to provide tangible needs for the women working in the bars as well as build trust with them. Hot meals are brought directly into the bars during the lunch hour. This allows time to provide women with meals, speak with them, and inform them about how Wipe Every Tear allows them to leave the sex trade indefinitely.

TAYO is Wipe Every Tear's livelihood program. Every woman in Wipe Every Tear's care has the opportunity to become an artisan with TAYO. Each of the artisans makes beautiful jewelry that is sold in the Philippines and in the USA. Through the TAYO program, women learn valuable entrepreneurial skills such as business management, sustainable business practices, and hard work ethic. These handcrafted pieces are truly beautiful, which inspires dignity and confidence within each woman. They are able to feel deeply proud of the work that they are accomplishing while making extra income during their schooling.

Wipe Every Tear has a fantastic staff in the Philippines that encourages true restoration. This staff is knowledgable about the best practices for ways to equip and empower women leaving the sex trade. They are seasoned, passionate, committed women that are dedicated to full restoration. Wipe Every Tear has staff in Manila and in Angeles City, allowing the ministry to operate fluidly. This strategic placement allows women that are to be rescued from the bars to have timely contact with staff.

Wipe Every Tear is partnered closely with Bella Goose Coffee, a coffee shop in Angeles City that has been founded with the intent to aid in the fight against sex trafficking. Bella Goose provides the facilities to cook the meals used for meal outreach. Bella Goose staff will often participate in the preparation of the meals. There is a facility above Bella Goose's coffee shop that has been deemed the "Welcome Center". This is a safe space for women that are curious about Wipe Every Tear to eat, rest, and learn more.

There is a local church in Manila that has offered free counseling services to the women in Wipe Every Tear's care. The counseling services are incredibly reputable and are offered without any pressure towards specific religious beliefs.

Wipe Every Tear has become knowlegable about the best colleges and universities in the Philippines. Enrolling these women in quality education allows them to truly succeed when they graduate. They are women that are radically restored and truly set free, never to enter into a life of poverty and exploitation again!

There have been over 40 women that have graduated from Wipe Every Tear's care with a college degree. These women are all gainfully employed with dignified jobs.

There are over 50 women living in Wipe Every Tear's safe homes. These women and their children are being fully provided for as they earn a college degree.

In 2019, over 4,000 meals were distributed to women still working in the bars of Angeles City.

In the future, Wipe Every Tear intends to continue operating in a similar manner. It is their desire to continue to see more women walk into freedom. By the end of 2020, Wipe Every Tear desires to be feeding the women of Angeles City every day of the week. The goal of this outreach is to increase trust in order to encourage women to have the boldness to leave the sex trade.