{"id":38423,"date":"2021-02-11T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=38423"},"modified":"2021-02-12T10:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:20:07","slug":"elora-house-is-raising-awareness-and-funds-for-sex-trafficking-survivors-during-the-coldest-night-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/elora-house-is-raising-awareness-and-funds-for-sex-trafficking-survivors-during-the-coldest-night-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Elora House fundraising for sex trafficking survivors during the Coldest Night of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elorahouse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Elora House<\/a> is a place that provides safe housing and support for women exploited by sex trafficking<\/p>\n<p>If people are wanting to help end sex trafficking in the community, then they have the opportunity to walk for survivors this Feb. 20, 2021, during the <a href=\"https:\/\/cnoy.org\/location\/elora\">Coldest Night of the Year<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Luisa Krause, executive director and founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elorahouse.com\">Elora House,<\/a> said human trafficking is as much of a problem in the Guelph-Wellington area as it is around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve only been open since the end of last February, most of our girls are pretty local, Guelph, Fergus, Cambridge area, Elora, so, it is a problem, it\u2019s actually a much bigger problem than most people would think,\u201d Krause said.<\/p>\n<p>Krause said the youngest victim she has seen walk through their doors is 14-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there is younger too, but yeah, 14-[years-old],\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the organization is based in Wellington County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of hard, you don\u2019t really want people to know where you are, but you want people to know we exist because we need donors because we\u2019re not government funded,\u201d Kraus said.<\/p>\n<p>Krause said on Feb. 20, all across Canada, people are walking for different charities and, so far, they have 66 walkers participating in the virtual, COVID-19 safe, family friendly event, and they\u2019re walking to raise money and awareness for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elorahouse.com\">Elora House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re wanting to make parents, and schools, and people just aware that (human trafficking) this is happening everywhere, even in these small-town communities, so that people can watch out for their daughters, and for friends to watch out for each other,\u201d Krause said.<\/p>\n<p>Krause said pretty much every girl wants to be loved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf someone gives them the attention they\u2019re looking for, they can be easily manipulated, and so we want people to be aware that this is a problem,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Krause said their fundraising goal is $25,000 and so far, they have raised just over $19,000.<\/p>\n<p>There is still time to join the virtual walk, become a sponsor, or just donate by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/cnoy.org\/location\/elora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luisa Krause, executive director and founder of the Elora House:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-38423-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Edite-Clip-Luisa.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Edite-Clip-Luisa.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Edite-Clip-Luisa.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elora House is a place that provides safe housing and support for women exploited by sex trafficking If people are wanting to help end sex trafficking in the community, then they have the opportunity to walk for survivors this Feb. 20, 2021, during the Coldest Night of the Year campaign. 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