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programs that focus on cooking, child care services, basic knowledge about health and much more. One of the most valuable services they offer is the on-site counseling offered several times a month for in-person support, and near constant online counseling. As a part of their other programs, My Sister's Place serves as a temporary shelter for domestic and transnational camp town women. The immediate support that a shelter provides enables women to find temporary safety until they can establish more permanent residence or plan of action. Additionally, as a form of alternate employment for former military prostitutes, a bakery was opened and the women were employed. The bakery worked in conjunction with local college student activists who volunteered to deliver and sell the bread to students on campus allowing the bakery to sustain itself and flourish. As a result, the bakery program has partially funded the other program classes and services like daycare for the women's children.
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