Grants and Contributions:

Nurturing Hope: A Peer Support Path for Trafficking Survivors

GV230316

$850,000.00

Oct 30, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 29-month project, Voice Found, in partnership with The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (The Centre), will develop and put in place a promising practice building upon Voice Found's existing training. It will be enhanced and piloted to add and assess the addition of an ethical peer support training program for survivors of human trafficking. The Ethical Peer Support project aims to address anti-human trafficking peer supporters' current lack of access to training and resources using trauma-informed practice. To do so, Voice Found will complete a literature review, an environmental scan, and develop a theory of change and evaluative framework. The project will be piloted on a pan-Canadian scale in locations with high interest in peer-support work but limited resources in addition to virtual training using both synchronous and asynchronous learning. An external evaluator will work with the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking and Voice Found to measure and assess the program impact. Outcomes of the evaluation and a model of ethical peer-support training will be widely disseminated so that other organizations and survivor leaders may replicate or expand upon it. This information will also be shared with Women and Gender Equality Canada GBV Knowledge Centre. This supplemental funding will enhance Voice Found’s peer support program for survivors of human trafficking by improving digital learning infrastructure, expanding and leadership training, refining evaluation tools, and translating materials to support national and bilingual delivery to strengthen program accessibility, sustainability, and impact across Canada.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1N 7B7

001-2023-2024-Q3-00046

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Increase of agreement value

Aug 7, 2025

Voice Found

Gender-Based Violence Program

The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.