How Fighting Period Poverty Stops Exploitation

Period education in underprivileged communities is changing lives….

New Job Provides More Than Just Income for Survivor

“Life was hell for me before I met one of the rescuers.”…

“I Feel Free.”

“Now we have some food on the table.”…

Once Abused by His Mother’s Clients, Malik Has Big Plans for the Future

Life looks drastically different for this Kenyan student. …

Sopheary’s Dream

Sopheary’s life is now back on track as she pursues her dream…

Education Equips Human Trafficking Survivors Beyond their Fields of Study

The Change

Nafuna shares the joyous change in her life after her rescue….

Survivor becomes rescuer

Candace hid her abuse from her father and endured it for survival. …

Jungle Escape

Ruth worked through the dead of night in a jungle full of dangerous animals….

Providing Care for Trafficking Survivors Affected by Trauma

Faces that once seemed incapable of smiling now light up a room….

Relentless in Rescue

Our founder recently shared a story that revealed the heart of rescue…

Radiant: Zoey’s Triumph

Zoey’s story shows just how much rescue makes possible….

Celebrating a Year of Rescue in Zimbabwe

In the last year, dozens of Zimbabwean children have made a joyous change: they are no longer victims!…

Innovative Job Training Gives Hope to Trafficking Survivors

Real rescue is more than escape. …

“Nobody Can Stop Me”: Trafficking Survivor Tackles Post-Rescue Hardships Head-On

“If I give up, I shut out my dream. But if I rise up… Nobody can stop me.”…

Mealea’s Choice

When a family emergency forced Mealea to choose between herself and her family, we offered a third option. …

“I Want to Give Hope”: Interview with a Trafficking Survivor

Hamisi shares encouragement for “girls who feel like they don’t belong to the world.”…

Pushed to the Edge: How Desperation Fuels Child Exploitation

With no other options ahead and countless duties on their shoulders, they’re left with two terrible options: exploitation or starvation….

“I know we have a voice”: Human Trafficking Survivor Quotes about EMPOWER

“EMPOWER is changing people”…

What happens after rescue?

A successful rescue doesn’t end when a child is removed from exploitation. That event is only the first step in a process…

Ten Dollars or Less: Geneva’s Journey

When Geneva’s father left them, taking the family’s only source of income with him, life as Geneva knew it quickly crumbled. …

Shona’s Success Story

After rescue from exploitation, Shona found a reason to get up in the morning….

Changing Lives One Business at a Time

Small business training in Kenya doesn’t just help kids stay free; it’s helping to break the cycle of multi-generational poverty….

From the Frontlines: Zimbabwe

“My life has changed; every day, I make some money to take home.”…

Meant for Good: Lydia’s Story

Young Lydia bookended her heartbreaking story with something unexpected: gratitude. …

Post-Rescue Realities

Rescue requires more than being removed from an exploitative situation. To truly stay free, survivors must be equipped and empowered to overcome…

More Rescues than Ever Before

2022 was a year of record growth for Destiny Rescue, an organisation whose work in Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines Child Rescue…

Sisters Exit the Sex Trade, Turn Back to Save Others

After months of hard work, Sophea was finally free from exploitation. But that wasn’t enough: her little sister still faced abusers every…

An Inside Look at the Work of Three Freedom Fighters

Freedom Fighters are heroes who use their unique giftings to rescue children and help them heal and build a new life. From…

A Way Out

In the blink of an eye, Edith’s life changed. Without income for daily necessities, she was desperate to provide for her family….

Reintegration Update: 50 survivors celebrate their graduation! 

Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of these 50 precious children….

She Changed Her Name to Victory

Namazzi’s life was bleak and she thought it could never change. Little did she know the amazing transformation that awaited her on…

Learning from a survivor: Fiona’s Freedom

Part 2 of Fiona’s incredible journey from the despair of sexual exploitation in Uganda to a new life of hope…

Listening to a survivor: Fiona’s story

Fiona shares her journey of discovering she was no longer alone….

Survivors with abusive families smile again

Each survivor’s resilience is a near-miracle given their history. …

Survival situations: hope wins for the most-traumatised survivors

Some Ugandan girls have had their lives flipped upside down, like losing both parents, yet they remain resilient. …

Words from Hope and Rosie

Survivors in Uganda share about their journeys into a new life of freedom….

Church partnership extends reach of community care

Thailand reintegration team, funded by Child Rescue, is partnering with a church in northern Thailand to bring our empower and health education…

Something to be proud of: Nuon’s story

“What is something you are proud of recently?” asks our translator to a survivor in our care. The question is translated into her…

Rescue surge: 33 people rescued across four countries in four days

Amidst the difficulties of this year, Destiny Rescue was able to rescue 33 people across four countries in four days. This latest…

Aspiring missionary defeats her dark past: Dao’s story

Five years after her rescue, Dao shares about her journey out of the clutches of the sex industry, through healing and into…

24 Girls Graduate Salon-Training Programs

These brave girls have overcome obstacles that would seem insurmountable to some. If you read closely you will see enormous victory in…

International Day of the Girl Child

Her face is bowed… Eyes fixed on small clasped hands… Shrouded in shadows of shame, cultural oppression and helplessness….

Best Friends Give Back

Chanchira*, 17, and Apichaya*, 16, came to Thailand’s Promise Home recently. Originally from the same hill tribe village, these two girls are…

National Staff: The Changemakers

The problem of human trafficking is a global phenomenon, and we truly believe that only a collective, national and international response will…

Daughters of the King Celebration

Daring to Dream: A Rescue Story

Poverty is a dream killer and an all too familiar part of the story for many girls that come through Destiny Rescue,…

Imprisoned in Shame

Shame continues to keep children enslaved long after they have been rescued from sexual exploitation. Their minds replay what they have experienced;…