Love's Arm was established as a non-profit in 2005 with Love and Community guiding us in everything we do. We meet women suffering from sexual exploitation where they are in the motels, streets, jails, and strip clubs in the Hamilton County, TN, and North Georgia region. In unity with agencies and service providers, we offer resource referrals as well as manage a two-year cost-free recovery home dedicated to assisting survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction find hope and healing with a life worth loving. Our founder, Mimi Nikkel, is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She now serves as our voice to spread the message of healing beyond the shame to the media, civic organizations, churches, and advocacy networks. Mimi and the entire team at Love's Arm, including volunteers, are committed to make a difference in the lives of women who want to exit sex trafficking and prostitution situations.
It takes a community in unity to give life to its neighbors.
Love's Arm offers a number of community outreach programs targeted at female victims of sex trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. We meet survivors where they are and help them identify where they want to be. Our team and volunteers are trained in to engage and love unconditionally. With over 30% being survivors themselves, we can engage deeply through our helpline, on the streets, in the strip club, in jail classes and through letter writing with incarcerated women. For those who want to experience God’s unconditional healing love through prayer we gather and pray together.
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit, and our work in Chattanooga, TN, and North Georgia depends on the support of the local community in order to succeed in our efforts to help sex trafficking and prostitution survivors recover and find their way to a better life. Love's Arm is extremely grateful for all of the generous support we've received over the years from people volunteering their time and expertise, as well as the donations we've received to keep our outreach, recovery home, and advocacy initiatives running. Find out how to make a donation or become a volunteer. We look forward to welcoming you into our community of grace.
Email us or call (423) 580-6553 to learn how you can support our outreach programs for sex trafficking survivors.
Our programs operate on support from donors like you. Whether $1, $300, or $1,000, every dollar goes toward helping women survivors of trafficking, prostitution and addiction overcome, heal and become empowered.