Since our pilot project in Ecuador in 2012, Common Threads Project has reached 933 survivors of SGBV to date, and is projected to reach several hundred additional survivors in future projects within the next few years.
This is only the beginning of the story.
In 2024 alone, we estimate over 1,000 lives have been indirectly impacted by our programs. When one person heals, it ripples across families and communities, preventing the intergenerational transmission of trauma and empowering survivors to reclaim their futures and voice.
When one participant decides to mentor new healing circles, this inspires other participants to do the same. They become agents of change in their communities. A sub-set of participants may choose to exhibit their story cloths publicly. They raise awareness of gender-based violence in their communities, or even internationally.
When just 12 participants attend a healing circle, their individual healing affects their families and communities.
In 2024, we trained more facilitators than ever before. Across five program sites in Nigeria, Nepal, and the US, 66 clinicians gained hands-on experience in the intervention, strengthening skills in trauma processing, somatic work, and therapeutic artmaking. In the coming years, they will bring the skills learned to hundreds of survivors through CTP healing circles.
With 66 facilitators trained, they have the capacity to run 25 or more healing circles within just one year. 10% of those facilitators will then be qualified to train other clinicians in the Common Threads approach, leading to exponential growth of capacity to run healing circles.