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Homestead Refuge
About Homestead Refuge
Homestead Refuge offers female survivors of sex trafficking a safe place to land in Wellfleet, Nebraska, along with the practical support that comes after crisis. In 2024, it hosted one resident, provided recovery services to 5 women, and held 7 educational sessions with the community. For donors, the appeal is straightforward, it is meeting a deeply specific need with housing, counseling support, life skills help, and a real home base.
The setting matters here. Homestead Refuge is centered in a one-hundred-year-old refurbished farmhouse, with healing shaped by nature, love, and work. That gives survivors a place that feels lived-in and human, not institutional.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Community outreach and education on sex trafficking
Provides educational sessions and outreach to increase community awareness of sex trafficking.
Residential housing for survivors of sex trafficking
Provides a safe place for female survivors to heal and live in a one-hundred-year-old refurbished farmhouse with home coordinators and an executive director.
Recovery services for survivors of sex trafficking
Provides occupational therapy, life skills support, counseling support, safety, and nourishment for survivors rebuilding their lives.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
Transitional housing and recovery programs for survivors of sex trafficking.
Who they serve
Female survivors of sex trafficking, including women who are struggling within or seeking to leave a trafficking environment, or rebuilding after trafficking.
Their impact
- 7 educational sessions with the community in 2024
- One resident in 2024
- Recovery services were provided to 5 women in 2024
How your donation helps
- Room, board, and programs for survivors
- Occupational therapy, life skills, and counseling support
- Furnishings for the home, including the living room, activity room, and computer lab
- A van for transportation to appointments, school, work, and church
Our story
Ranae Calvert founded Homestead Refuge around a refurbished one-hundred-year-old farmhouse in rural Nebraska. The homestead had been enjoyed by six generations and went through an extensive renovation before opening its doors to survivors in 2024.
Need help?
How someone in need can access Homestead Refuge’s services.
Women who are struggling within or seeking to leave a trafficking environment, or rebuilding after trafficking, can submit a first name and phone number to receive text messages. Support can include compassionate conversation, prayer, practical support, life skills education, and help reclaiming and rebuilding life. There is no commitment or expectation.
In their words
We help them learn to live again.
You are not alone.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Homestead Refuge has shared.
Current needs
- A van to help transport women to appointments, school, work, and church
- Twin XL sheet sets
- Toilet paper
- Paper towels
- Trash bags
- Dawn dish soap
- Liquid laundry detergent
- Walmart gift cards
- Clorox wipes
- Bleach
- Nonperishable snacks
- Bottled water
- Coffee and coffee filters
- First aid supplies
- Printer paper
- Hewlett Packard Bright White 24 basic 20# copy paper
Volunteer opportunities
- Workdays to help put the finishing touches on the Refuge home
- Teach an enrichment class such as cooking or art
- Provide transportation to appointments
- Landscaping and grounds maintenance
- Mentoring
- Office administration
- House maintenance
- Health care
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
Who can seek help from Homestead Refuge?
Women who are struggling within or seeking to leave a trafficking environment, or who are rebuilding their lives after trafficking, can reach out for support.
What support is available for survivors?
Support can include compassionate conversation, prayer, practical help, life skills education, and help reclaiming and rebuilding life. Survivors also receive occupational therapy, counseling support, safety, and nourishment.
What kind of housing does Homestead Refuge provide?
Survivors live in a safe, refurbished farmhouse in rural Nebraska that has been renovated to provide shelter.
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