Christian College to Offer Scholarships to Victims of Human Trafficking
A worthy scholarship, unlike some you find at other schools.
From HuffPo:
Christian University Offers Full Scholarships To Human Trafficking Survivors
Point Loma Nazarene University wants to offer human trafficking survivors who want to earn a college degree a full-ride scholarship.
PLNU, a private Christian university located in San Diego, officially launched an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign this week with a goal to raise $40,000 in 40 days. The money will fund the Beauty for Ashes Scholarship Fund, a reference to the Bible verse Isaiah 61:3.
San Diego is the 13th highest child prostitution area in the country, according to the FBI and PLNU’s Center for Justice & Reconciliation resource website, Abolish Human Trafficking. The site also says 1.2 million children are trafficked every year, and it’s the second-largest source of illegal income in the world.
“One of the things we are hearing over and over again … is that (the survivors) so badly want a college education, but that just seems so completely out of the realm of possibility for them,” said Kim Jones, external relations volunteer at CJR. “Many of them, when they’re rescued, don’t even have their high school diploma.”
Christian University Offers Full Scholarships To Human Trafficking Survivors (Huffington Post)