largest displaced population on earth, after Sudan
74%
of human trafficking cases in Colombia in 2024 involved sexual exploitation
Migrants, the internally displaced, and women exploited through trafficking and prostitution all arrive at TIKVA’s door. Poverty, displacement and violence leave them vulnerable, and TIKVA meets them with shelter, trauma-informed care, vocational training and a path toward restoration.
Sources: R4V, 2025 · IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement, 2026 · Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia, 2024.
Our mission
At TIKVA, we provide community, training and holistic support for women and children in crisis.
Meeting needs and empowering lives through the love and hope found in Jesus Christ.
Tikva means “hope” in Hebrew.
Our vision
To see vibrant, thriving communities of women and children find their positive and productive places in God’s global family.
From crisis to hope
Five programs that help women and children in crisis.
The table
TIKVA Feeding
A hot, nutritious meal for up to a hundred women and children every week, and a table where no one eats alone.
Every weekUp to ~100 servedNo one eats alone
You belong hereThe weekly table, Medellín
The trade
TIKVA Empowerment
Job training that pays: sewing, baking and beauty-salon skills so women can earn a daily income, plus tutoring for their children in reading, writing and math. Alongside it, women learn basic financing and entrepreneurship skills to build a small business, with small microgrants available for some to receive formal training or invest in their own venture.
Sewing · Baking · BeautyBusiness & financial trainingTutoring for kids
Skills that payTraining & small business
The home
TIKVA Emergency Shelter & Residential Care Renovating now
Receiving women in their moment of critical need with emergency housing and basic care, right in a home of our own under renovation now. Women ready for a longer-term commitment, up to six months, receive food and housing, trauma counseling, discipleship, vocational training and social service care, with support for their children too.
Emergency housingUp to six monthsTrauma care & training
Renovating nowA home of our own
The workshop
TIKVA Job Generation
A chance to work within TIKVA projects and start generating income and savings in beauty, sewing and baking. Women train at TIKVA Empowerment or Spa Esther, or simply use TIKVA’s facilities as they begin to build their own earnings.
Beauty · Sewing · BakingEarn & saveSpa Esther
Earn & saveSpa Esther & beyond
The journey
TIKVA Missions
Short-term trips, ongoing throughout the year, for those ready to come and serve vulnerable communities in Medellín and beyond.
OngoingCome & serveMedellín & beyond
Go with usOngoing, year-round
Our story“
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
Hebrews 6:19
TIKVA was born on the streets of Medellín during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Venezuelan migration crisis left more women and children than ever in extreme vulnerability. Founder Rebekah Slick and Team TIKVA answered with help and hope, and haven’t stopped since.
Your gift is made to New Hope Community Church (Clovis, CA), a U.S. 501(c)(3) church, in support of its missions work in Medellín. New Hope retains full discretion and control over the use of all gifts and issues all giving receipts. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Become a monthly donor
$50 / month
Ten donors at this level fully fund TIKVA Feeding: a hot meal for women and children, every single week.
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