Interview with A Way Out Program Director, Carol Wiley

Recently, Carol Wiley, the director of the A Way Out Program, was able to sit down with Re-New-All Candles in an interview. Re-New-All is our partner social enterprise that employs the women in our program once they are ready to work. We are so thankful for this opportunity to showcase Carol’s heart for hurting women. Here is the interview:

A pastor’s wife, Carol Wiley’s compassionate heart has always been a safe haven for women with broken spirits.

“Even prior to going into the ministry, when we were working with youth, it was the girls that had been raped, had been really hurt, they were the ones that kind of gravitated to me,” she said. 

“God had just given me such great compassion for them, regardless of age. Because trauma is something you carry with you for a long, long time if nobody cares enough to intervene or tries to help.” 

Carol’s empathy and faith have been the light and the compass that led her down the path to becoming Director of Victim Assistance at A Way Out Ministries. ”I do believe that the Lord, over time, knew where He was sending me.”

RE + NEW + ALL spoke with Carol about her work with A Way Out and how they help trafficking survivors rebuild their lives. She also shed light on the challenges survivors face, misconceptions people still hold about trafficking, and some surprisingly simple yet powerful ways people can help.