45 rescued in Nepal

Forty-two girls and women ages 14 to 40 were rescued along Nepal's border. Our agents also rescued three survivors from sexual abuse and labor trafficking.

One of the survivors rescued at the border was a mother traveling with her young children, ages two and five. She was working a hard labor job to provide for herself and her children after being abandoned by her husband.

She met her trafficker by answering a call from a wrong number. He wooed her with promises of love and family stability and attempted to lure her out of the country. After our agents rescued her at the border, he shut off his phone and became unreachable.

Rescue Update Archive

16 Children Rescued from Sexual Exploitation

Nine girls and seven boys are now free after being rescued from sexual exploitation in Kenya.

The kids are starting new lives after enrolling in our post-rescue programming, in which they’ll be equipped with the skills required to stay free.

12-year-old boy rescued

A 12-year-old boy was rescued, and his trafficker was arrested.

Recently, when Juma, a 12-year-old boy, traveled several miles outside his village to sell goods at a local market, a man approached him and convinced him to leave his home for a job in another city.

A false promise of a job is a common tactic traffickers use to lure vulnerable victims into exploitation.

An informant became aware of the situation and alerted the police. Juma was successfully located within days and provided valuable information that led to the arrest of the man he had met in the market.

7 girls rescued in East Africa

In August, reports came in of a group of seven young girls walking on foot toward a major city in East Africa. With our support, a government counter-trafficking officer brought the vulnerable girls to district headquarters, where our team helped conduct interviews. The girls are receiving counseling, food and basic necessities in an emergency shelter while our team helps determine next steps. Investigations are ongoing to identify the traffickers and their network.

26 children free in Zimbabwe

26 girls and three young women no longer have to sell their bodies to feed themselves

All of these girls and young women were forced to trade their bodies in exchange for mere survival. Now, they’re getting the chance to see that they’re worth so much more than what cruel men paid for them. After they enroll in our care and enter a Freedom Plan, loving caseworkers will help the survivors navigate the trauma they’ve endured before equipping them with vocational training or their guardians with small businesses so they can become financially independent.

13 Rescued from Human Trafficking

Two children were among 13 rescued from a bar in Thailand after local residents reported suspicious activity.

Their report prompted our team to investigate and eventually raid the establishment alongside law enforcement. In addition to freeing the survivors—some of whom were foreign nationals—one suspect was arrested.