Newest pilot project celebrates its first 5 rescues!

Four children, ages 13-16, have been rescued from sexual exploitation and abuse in our newest project in Africa. The seven-year-old sibling of one survivor was rescued preemptively.

All five children have joined our community care program. They will receive individualized freedom plans, health checks and counseling as they begin their path to freedom.

New projects start in a pilot phase, allowing us to take the first steps of rescue, learn more about the dynamics of sexual exploitation in the region and adapt our programs to the specific needs of survivors.

This new project is located on the edge of a slum in a large city and is staffed by local professionals ready to find and rescue children from the darkest of circumstances. We are incredibly honored to be able to rescue children in this new region and continue alongside them on their journey to stay free over the next months.

Rescue Update Archive

40 Rescued From Human Traffickers

40 people, including 15 children, were rescued at the Nepal border

Traffickers were attempting to lure the victims out of Nepal when our fearless border agents stopped them.

With the support of the border police, these uniformed women stop cars, pedestrians, and buses crossing the border and interview hundreds of individuals every single day, carefully investigating each case for signs of foul play.

Survivors rescued during these interviews are counseled on the dangers of human trafficking before being returned home to their families.

20 Children Freed from Sexual Exploitation

The Kenyan kids are beginning new lives free from abuse

14 girls and 6 boys have been rescued from exploitation in Kenya. The kids suffered from various types of sexual exploitation, from being controlled by traffickers to suffering sex crimes to being forced to sell their bodies just to earn enough money to survive. A few of the children, including one 3-year-old, were rescued from situations where sex work was happening in their home, putting them at dire risk of exploitation.

Since rescue, all of the children have entered our Community Care program, where they’ll learn to move past the trauma they’ve endured and be equipped to live free.

22 Rescued in the Dominican Republic

22 people, including 14 children, are free from sexual exploitation

Agents in the Dominican Republic continue to wage a multi-front war on sexual exploitation. Over the course of a couple of months, our teams collaborated with local authorities to rescue 12 kids from domestic sex crime situations, one child from forced marriage, and another from online exploitation. If that wasn’t enough, they also helped to take down an international trafficking operation, rescuing 8 young women and aiding in the arrest of 4 international criminals

We helped repatriate the young women back to their home countries. The children are all recovering at home now, free from their abusers. In all, police arrested 17 traffickers and abusers.

14 Girls Rescued from Sexual Exploitation

Fourteen girls in South Asia are now safe in our Residential Care home.

The survivors are between 13 and 17 years old. All were affected by crippling poverty, forcing either them or someone close to them into sex exploitation to survive. Out of this group, eight of the children were at dire risk of abuse because a mother or other family member was participating in sex work. The other six girls were already selling themselves to survive.

Our team is now gently helping the children move past the trauma they’ve endured. Later, they’ll equip the girls with skills and vocational training so that they never have to face exploitation again.

14 Girls Rescued from Sex Trafficking

Fourteen girls in South Asia are now recovering in our Residential Care home.

While most of the children had been forced to sell themselves just to survive, five were living with a parent or guardian who worked in the sex industry, putting the child in immediate danger of exploitation. These kids are often forced to witness sex acts and face sexual advances from their parents’ clients.

All the children have entered our local Residential Care home, where they’ll learn to cope with all they’ve endured and move toward a brighter future. Depending on their age and circumstances, they’ll also be equipped to return to school or find work to support themselves.