Escaping the Blade | Finding strength through trauma, Sawan Vaden offers hope to other survivors 

In Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood sits a nonprofit center that helps women who have been sexually exploited.
The Community Against Sexual Harm, or CASH, seeks to support women however they may need help, whether it be providing clothes or food, medical checkups, or child care.
It also provides case management, a program Executive Director Sawan Vaden describes as being able to take "a woman from being hopeless and not having anything to being a homeowner in the community where she was trafficked." In short, CASH, located at 3101 1st Ave., is there to serve people.
But the fight against sex trafficking is an uphill battle, especially in Sacramento County.
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