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Breaking the Silence... Ending Child Sexual Abuse Breaking the Silence is Kristi House’s program to forever end the silence on child sexual abuse in our community. Core to this effort is building awareness of Kristi House and the staggering statistic that child molesters are not strangers: in more than 90% of sexual abuse cases, the child and the child’s family know and trust the abuser. And further, one out of four girls and one out of six boys are sexually abused by the age of 18. In seconds, their childhoods are shattered, their innocence stolen forever. Worse still, the effects haunt them for years, increasing the likelihood of drug and alcohol dependency, eating disorders, teen pregnancy, delinquency, violent crime and debilitating fear.

Kristi House is hosting a series of facility tours and informational sessions to acquaint those with the concern and the capacity to help with this new awareness crusade. If you are interested in being part of this drive, please send email to Development Officer Bianca Fernandez or call her at (305) 547-6802.

Breaking the Silence Founders Club

Breaking the Silence Founders Club is a group of 22 members who, in our inaugural year of the program, 2007, pledged five years of continued support to Kristi House at a gift level of $1,000 or higher per year. We sincerely thank our Founders and all Breaking the Silence donors and supporters for their enthusiastic participation in this mission.

Gift of Healing
Joy Meason Intriago

Gift of Strength
Lourdes Leon

Gift of Hope

Keeping Children Safe

Part of Kristi House’s initiative is based on the Darkness to Light organization’s Stewards of Children program which is a revolutionary prevention training program developed to educate adults to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. The program seeks to equip and empower adults to keep children safe.

The Stewards of Children program is particularly effective for youth-serving organizations, and Kristi House specialists have been trained in delivering the training to others in South Florida. Consider, the damage of child sexual abuse does not end with the child, or even the child’s family. Child molesters are drawn to organizations that serve youth. When this happens, the costs are enormous with children hurt, the organization’s reputation tarnished and potential devastating financial loss. For more information on the training program, please contact Dawn Thompson or call (305) 547-6800.

...eradicating child sexual abuse in Miami.