Project Chaya La'Or

This project provides opportunities for previously prostituted persons to access university degree-granting programs and other advanced training programs. Until Project Chaya La’or: Accessing Higher Education was founded in 2023, a crucial gap existed in services offered to survivors of prostitution: making higher education accessible. Prevailing misconceptions regarding the academic potential of many women caught in the cycle of prostitution result in job training and employment alternatives well below their potential. Furthermore, such low-paying jobs are insufficient to sustain most women and their children, resulting in their re-entry to the cycle of prostitution. Only by offering many women in prostitution the opportunity to fulfill their highest ambitions, with the close mentorship of a woman who has done so herself, will they truly be able to exit the cycle of exploitation and gender-based violence and become self-sufficient members of society. TFHT authored the protocols adopted by Bituah Leumi / NII providing for tuition payments for previously prostituted persons accepted for B.A. programs or other advanced training, and for tutoring and child care support.