AdventistRiskManagement,Inc.(ARM)istransitioningitscampaignthatfocusedonpreventingchildabusetotheenditnowcampaign,ledbytheWomen’sMinistriesdepartmentoftheSeventh-‐day Adventist Church and the World Divisions. The move will enhance the resources provided by the enditnowcampaignandexpanditsfocustochildrenindistress. Thetransitionwillbecompletedthis fall.
“We’regratefulthatARMissharingitsresourceswithus.Thisisameaningfulcontributiontoourmissiontoprotectwomenandchildrenaroundtheworldfromabuseandneglect,”saidHeather-‐Dawn Small,directorofWomen’sMinistriesfortheSeventh-‐day Adventist World Church. “It is a natural progression in our journey to reach not only women in trouble but their children as well.”
Launchedin2012,theSevenCampaignraisedawarenessonchildabuse,includingbullying,neglect,physicalandsexualabuseagainstchildren.ThetransitioncomesasleadersatARMfeltenditnowwouldbeabetterplatformtosharepreventiveresourcesglobally. enditnowisawell-‐known and established initiative that has called attention to the plight of women around the world who suffer in silence against physical and emotional abuse.
“We’veseenthatenditnowhasimpactedthelivesofmanywomenandwewantthisimportantfocusto expandtochildrenwhoareindanger,”saidBobKyte,presidentofARM.“Ourmissionistoencourageriskmanagement andanywaywecanhelpotherministriesof theChurchprotectthemostvulnerable.”
Learnmoreaboutenditnowanditsdigital resourcesat www.enditnow.org.