14 girls rescued and on their paths to freedom in Uganda!

Fourteen girls have accepted our offer of freedom and joined our community care program in Uganda.

The girls, ages 14 to 17, will receive a health check and begin to work with their caseworkers on a freedom plan.

In their first week, they get to choose three new dresses from a collection kept on hand by our staff. They mean a lot because survivors often only have clothing tied to their former lifestyle on the streets.

In the coming weeks, they’ll attend classes led by our experienced staff, focusing on trauma rehabilitation, discipleship and business concepts.

Rescue Update Archive

158 People Rescued From Labor Trafficking Operation

Destiny Rescue collaborated with authorities to free the captives from an illegal call center.

The victims, 42 of whom were children, had been trapped in a pig butchering operation. Organized criminals lure their targets from all over Asia with the promise of high-paying tech jobs before imprisoning them in the call center. Once trapped, traffickers force the victims to scam others over the phone or online. The hours are brutal, and the pressure is intense; failure can result in torture or being sold into sex trafficking.

For these 158 people, the nightmare is finally over. Our teams helped debrief the survivors before working with authorities to get them home safe. Read more about pig butchering and what we’re doing to help.

Raids Free 12 Kids from Human Trafficking

Two raids in Thailand led to the rescue of 12 children.

When our team in Thailand learned that children were being exploited in local bars, they brought the information to the police. Together, they planned two raids to rescue the children.

Both raids were successful. The children are now recovering in local shelters while the traffickers await trial behind bars.

37 Rescued from Border Traffickers

37 people were rescued, and one suspect was arrested at the Nepal border.

Traffickers were attempting to lure the victims, including 15 children, out of the country before selling them into brothels, hard labor or other forms of exploitation.

After agents rescued the survivors, they spoke with them about the dangers of border trafficking before returning them safely home. While most survivors choose not to involve law enforcement to avoid social stigma, one brave 16-year-old girl and her family pressed charges against her trafficker! Police arrested the suspect.

9 boys rescued from online exploitation in East Africa

The sex trafficker who was exploiting the boys has been arrested.

Nine boys as young as 12 years old are now free from a trafficker who sexually exploited them over the internet. Teams collaborated with law enforcement to bring the criminal to justice and get the survivors the care they need. While most of the boys began their healing journey at home, four of them were entrusted to a local shelter.

32 People Rescued from Human Traffickers

The criminals were trying to lure their victims across Nepal’s border.

Thirty-two people are safe from the criminals that were attempting to trafficking them out of Nepal. Eighteen of the survivors are children, including a pair of 9-year-old boys. After a discussion about the dangers of border trafficking, the survivors were all returned home.