Michelle’s story*
At 16, I was forced to marry a man I’d known for two months. No one ever asked me, “Do you want to get married?”
YOU CAN SAVE LIVES LIKE MICHELLE’S. Let’s raise $20k by 2020 so we can continue to fight forced and child marriage in the U.S. through direct services and advocacy.
DONATE NOW:
- $10 = transport to a shelter
- $25 = copay for a doctor’s visit
- $50 = week’s worth of groceries
- $100 = winter coat
- $250 = court fees for divorce
- $500 = moving fees
- $1,000 = medical care
- $1,500 = last-minute plane ticket
- $5,000 = custody evaluation
We provide crucial, often life-saving, legal and social services, always for free, to help individuals in the U.S. to escape forced marriages and rebuild their lives.
We also lead a national movement to end child marriage — which often is forced — in all 50 U.S. states and at the federal level. Last year we achieved two historic victories in Delaware and New Jersey. Two down, 48 to go.
Unchained At Last is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and all donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
*Name has been changed. Photo is not of Michelle. Read Michelle’s full story here.