Heartland Alliance and Torture Survivors

When her husband was kidnapped by Guatemalan soldiers in 1984, A.P. fled the country in fear of her own life, leaving behind two young sons. She never saw him again, and the experience haunted her. At the Heartland Alliance Majorie Kovler Center, A.P. - and her sons who followed her years later—accessed counseling for the anxiety, fear and depression that the experience caused. Like many of the clients of this special facility for the survivors of torture, A.P. also received legal and other social services—and today she is pursuing justice for her husband's legacy, one of more than 45,000 Guatemalans who have become "disappeared."

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• justice
• family
• healing
• heartland
• alliance
• Legal
• Protections
• torture
• survivors