Help a former homeless child prostitute pay her tuition for law school

In 2009 Wendy was accepted into law school, since she does not have either a high school diploma nor a university degree she is ineligible for bursaries and grants. Wendy  is unable to recieve goverment loans, such as the Ontario Student Assistance Program. Wendy's goal has always been to attend law school and work towards breaking barriers for marginalized individuals (such as reforming the child protection laws to better serve children in care, and policies that prevent employment advancement for people with disabilities), if you can assist Wendy in obtaining her dream of becoming a lawyer please click on the button below to donate:

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Wendy Babcock

2035 Dundas St. West 

Toronto, ON M6R 1W8

Who is Wendy?

Wendy Babcock left a difficult home life at a young age and moved in with a friend’s family. She was eventually put into the care of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) in Toronto. Two years later, at 15, Babcock was still considered a  ward of the CAS, but was “aged out”. From there, the teenaged Babcock began work as a prostitute, a common occupation for young girls who find themselves with nothing.

Since then Wendy has become a well known activist for the rights of sex workers. From 2003 to 2007 she was a key member of Sex Professionals of Canada, an advocacy group who is currently challenging Canada's prostitution laws. In 2008 Wendy became the winner of the inaugural Public Health Champion Award for her work with sex workers, which include co-initiating a partnership with the Toronto Police Services to ensure that sex workers can report incidents of assault without fear of persecution or prosecution, and being a member of the advisory group to the Special Victims Unit. Other projects that Wendy helped to create include the Safer Stroll Project, Bad Date Coalition, Sherbourne Health Bus Sex Workers Stop, Regent Park Community Health Centre's Sex Worker Drop In, and self defense training for sex workers.

For more information please email: wendytsb@hotmail.com