Equine Assisted Development offers non riding horse therapy programs for human trafficked victims. Our goal is to raise $5,000 on January 11th to support our human trafficked victim program. This funding will support our human trafficked victims for one whole year.

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$6oo funds one year of therapy programs at EAD for one victim of human trafficking

EAD's programs deeply impact victims of Human Trafficking in West Michigan

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"Equine Therapy has helped me dramatically. Cochise, my favorite horse, has been a very great therapist for me. He has helped me learn that I am loved."

"My time at EAD has taught me how to express myself to the horse. I have made a relationship with Deb (EAD founder) and the horses. I enjoy going to Equine Assisted Development."

"I enjoy EAD for many reasons. They have great staff, beautiful scenery, and amazing horses. I've made a good connection with the horses and staff. I miss being there every week. Lady is my favorite. Equine is the best, I love Equine."

"EAD helps me very much emotionally and physically. Horses bond me together with reality. Cochise has built trust and an unbreakable bond with me. I am depending on him for a whole lot."

"I learned to trust myself at EAD. I learned that if you trust yourself, then the horse will trust you. I also learned to focus on the horses and myself because the horses will pay attention to you. I have to make eye contact with the horses and talk to them because then they will be able to trust you."

I was chained to a tree and fed like a dog by my Dad. He was a successful drug dealer in a well known rural town in Michigan. I was sold to his high level connections in the drug industry to show good favor. A chain and a tree became my safe place because bad men didn’t get me there. We had so much money that I had my own personal shopping cart when we went to the grocery store. But, I was still treated like a slave. My mom would try to escape with me and my brother. But, he would always find us. My Dad was caught eventually and just when I thought things were looking up, I realized I had to do the hardest thing I would ever have to do; testify against my own dad in court. I was under the age of 13. He received more than 5 life sentences.

Now, I have a new safe place.