17
Women currently enrolled
10
Culinary graduates in internships
$1,000
A month of support helps sustain the market
THE WORK
People are more than the barriers they face.
Culinary arts & internships. Ten women in our program recently graduated from culinary school and are finishing internships, a real bridge from learning into work.
The women's market. We established a community market where women sell fruits and vegetables. We help with rent, goods, and salary support for six women, so they can earn safely while they rebuild.
THE NEED
Safety has to come with work that lasts
The most fragile stretch of a survivor's journey is the long season after the crisis. When safe income is missing, vulnerability doesn't disappear. It changes shape.
186
trafficking victims identified by Zambia's government in 2024
Source: 2025 TIP Report
36%
of women ages 15–49 have experienced physical violence
Source: UNFPA Zambia
64.3%
of people lived below the extreme poverty line in 2022
Source: World Bank
81.9%
of employed women worked informally in 2022
Source: Zambia Labour Force Survey
HOW IT WORKS
The bridge to independence
Protection lasts when a woman is not only safer, but able to earn honestly, support her children, and live each day with dignity.
01
Stabilize the crisis
Easing the daily pressure that makes harmful situations feel impossible to leave.
02
Build a skill
Culinary training gives women a real trade that leads to internships and work.
03
Create safer work
Internships and the community market give women structured work and a growing income.
04
Protect the home
Quality-of-living support keeps families fed, housed, and stable along the way.
GIVE
Fund work, stability, and a safer future
Your gift helps women in Zambia move from fragile survival into safer work and a real path forward. The goal is more choice, not dependence.
QUESTIONS
About the Zambia program
Why focus so much on income and work?
Many survivors can't return to safety just because they want to. They need a realistic alternative that feeds their family and lasts. Training, internships, and the market make that possible.
What makes the market important?
It gives women a real place to work and sell goods, while we help with rent, stock, and some salaries. That's a practical income structure instead of searching for work alone.
Do you support women's families?
Yes. We provide quality-of-living support for women and their families while they're in the program, because family pressure is often what keeps recovery fragile.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. Leaving The Jar is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.