Sexual Assault Support and Help For Americans Abroad Program

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Five minutes on the international toll free crisis line.

The Sexual Assault Support & Help For Americans Abroad Program, SASHAA, serves the 7.6 million Americans that live overseas and the 64 million Americans that travel overseas annually. SASHAA is a program of the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Center, AODVC, www.866uswomen.org

The center operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Americans sexually assaulted in a foreign country are afraid to report to local law enforcement and may be afraid to seek medical assistance. Our program provides around the clock support in all time zones so victims have a professional advocate to speak to at the worst time of their lives. Advocates provide empathy, safety planning, review safe or unsafe reporting options in the foreign country, connect the victim to local resources, can provide emergency funding for a hotel or taxi and can assist the victim in accessing local services via an interpreter service. A case manager provides on-going support throughout the process until the victim feels she no longer needs support. American male victims are also provided support.

An estimated 7,000 Americans living overseas experience sexual assault annually, while an estimated 68,000 Americans traveling overseas experience sexual assault annually.

Five minutes with a professional sexual assault advocate on the international toll free crisis line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and case management support.

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