SHEAR LOVE INTERNATIONAL
Shear Love International trains people from all walks of life. Whether coming from a background of poverty, abuse, exploitation, or trafficking, we believe all people deserve an education and an opportunity to succeed.
MISSION
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
~Eleanor Roosevelt
Shear Love International is designed to educate and empower people by providing an education in hair design. Equipping people with vocational knowledge, financial training, and personal development will give them an opportunity to support their families in a dignified way.
Our full spectrum, faith-based, educational beauty school program will give them the chance to succeed and focus forward on their future.
Through our beauty and barber programs we equip students not just for their career, but for their life. They receive education, training, and support in the following areas:
• Haircutting, Color, and Styling
• Personal and Professional Financial Budgeting
• Knowledge in Hygiene and Personal Development
• Art Mentoring and Empowerment
• Daily Devotion and Disciplining
• Faith Based Counseling and Mentorship
Our organization is passionate about sharing the stories of survivors ethically. These short films share stories of hope, grace, and redemption while maintaining their dignity. The men and women in our care are often in danger when they leave or are rescued from exploitation. It is our responsibility to care for their safety as carefully as their healing. When we share their faces paired with their stories publicly before they receive proper mental health care, then they will be exploited all over again. It is our aim to protect their stories and give them the freedom to share publicly when they have healed both physically and emotionally.
VISION
We believe all people deserve an education and an opportunity to succeed.
Accessibility to Education
Our vision is to see every man and women in the world have access to a quality education.
EDUCATIONAL FACTS
There are 31 million girls out of school worldwide. -UNICEF
Without an education, girls are left vulnerable to AIDS, extreme poverty, and trafficking. -UNICEF
80% of all human trafficking victims are poorly educated women and girls. -Department of Justice
79% of all victims of sex trafficking are in Southeast Asia. -TIP Report
The average age of a girl being forced into the US domestic sex slave market is 13. -UNICEF
When a girl receives an education, she will impact the world.
PROGRAMS
“Education is the most POWERFUL weapon which you can use to change the world.” ~Nelson Mandela
Beauty
Our beauty empowers women who are at risk and in need of opportunity to achieve their fullest potential through a career in cosmetology.
barber
We created our barbering program to educate men alongside women to be partnered in the workplace and in relationships.
outreach
We build relationships with those still being abused and exploited in the sex industry in order to offer them freedom and opportunity.
VOLUNTEER
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ~Winston Churchill
Volunteer
From our short term to our long term volunteers, our educators have a lasting impact on our students. Teaching hands on with our beauties and our barbers, creating our curriculum, and mentoring are just a few things that our educational team gets to do at Shear Love.
Volunteer FAQ
For all of the questions you might have before you apply.
GIVE
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” ~Jackie Robinson
Give and be part of world change through education and beauty
Salon Sponsorship
As a team, you and your business can support our students and their education.
As a Pixie Sponsor, you will receive:
Sponsorship for 1 student for 6 months
Letter from your sponsored student
Mirror stickers of Shear Love QR code
20 Shear Love stickers
20 Shear Love story cards
20 Shear Love info cards
1 issue of Awaken Magazine
Salon name will appear on our website and in our Awaken Magazine as a Salon Sponsor
$600 for a 1 year sponsorship
As a Precision Sponsor, you will receive:
Sponsorship for 1 beauty and 1 barber student
Letter from your sponsored students
Mirror stickers of Shear Love QR code
40 Shear Love stickers
40 Shear Love story cards
40 Shear Love info cards
2 issues of Awaken Magazine
Salon name will appear on our website and in our Awaken Magazine as a Salon Sponsor
$800 for a 1 year sponsorship
As a Platinum Sponsor, you will receive:
Sponsorship for 2 beauty and 2 barber student
Letter from your sponsored students
Mirror stickers of Shear Love QR code for your
100 Shear Love stickers
100 Shear Love story cards
100 Shear Love info cards
3 issues of Awaken Magazine
Salon name will appear on our website and in our Awaken Magazine as a Salon Sponsor
$1200 for a 1 year sponsorship
STUDENT SPONSOR
Partner with one of our students in their courageous step toward a new life by sponsoring their education.
“Hello, I am the person you have given a good chance. I want to tell you thank you so much. Thank you for sacrificing your money to give me an opportunity and have new life. I will protect this chance and this new life that you gave to me. Thank you, that you have given me knowledge. Thank you from my heart.”
~ Shear Love Student, 2017
For just $35 a month you can become a part of a student's restoration story.
Join our students in their pursuit of new life.
$35 monthly provides a beauty or barber student with all the classroom supplies they need to succeed.
LET’S LIGHT THE NIGHT
Help us spread light and see freedom made possible to the many hearts exploited through the sex industry.
One night here could easily look like another's worst nightmare. Night after night, hope can slip further and further away. Our outreach team visits various red light districts in Thailand on a weekly basis. Our goal is to build comfortable relationships with pure intentions in an atmosphere of acceptance. In order to remain involved in conversation, we are required to "buy" their time. In order to engage in any outside ministry opportunity, we are required to “buy” them for the entire night.
Join us on the mission to free them, if only for one night
Buy a man or woman out of the brothels for the night
Buy a man or woman out of a brothel for the night and treat them to a nice dinner
Enable our team to conduct statistical anti-trafficking research for one day
Enable our team to conduct statistical anti-trafficking research for one weekend in the red light district
Give 6 men or women a night out of the bars and a hosted dinner party with our outreach team
Give 12 men or women a night out of the bars and a hosted dinner party with our outreach team
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