What lengths would you go to in order to find a source of income? Would you trust someone you didn’t know? Move through borders into new countries? If someone stopped you to make sure you were safe would you lie? Ignore their warnings in order to protect those who promised you a position? This is …
13 years old – Intercepted before being sold into sex trafficking Read More »
This boy has been reunited with his mother. After being trafficked, found by one of our counter trafficking teams, and taken to a safe location, He is now back in the arms of his loved ones. Though this is all the information we can currently give, we can celebrate today that he has been safely …
A story of courage. A father of a 12 year old boy wanted to provide for him. He wanted his son to have a future. He found a job opportunity, an apprenticeship for a bricklayer. It was in another country, but it would be worth it if his son could learn a trade and build …
What about the young women? What happens when you fall between the cracks? No longer a child, But no childhood to remember. In it’s place, Memories of being sold, ignored, abused. No home. No family. No hope. This is the story for the young woman. Sold at a young age, she has been trafficked through …
Age unknown – Rescued from domestic slavery and sex trafficking Read More »
Grooming. The story of a 14 year old girl. You see grooming happening in countries like ours where social media is the distraction of every child, but in countries that don’t look like ours? A girl. Growing, learning about life, hardships, a desire to be loved. Not much different than us. She hears from a …
14 years old – Intercepted before being used for sex trafficking Read More »
7 years old. Rescued from familial trafficking. A single father wanted the best for his daughter… She was a baby and he thought he wouldn’t be able to care for her the way she deserved, he didn’t know what to do. So he trusted his sister, he though that surely her aunt, her family, would …
12 year old discovered being illegally smuggled across border. One of Lanterns Rescue Teams has intercepted this young girl. She was kidnapped from her school. A place she should have been safe. A place she should have been able to focus on learning and her future. If she had not been recovered, she would have …
As we highlight rescue missions and reported numbers, we would like to take time to remember survivors. They have a lot in common. They have been hurt, betrayed, sold, abused, victims… They have now been rescued. They have survived. They are not alone… But it’s easy to forget that they are individuals. It’s easy to …
Close your eyes. Go back to the time you were 10 years old. Imagine the things you thought of, the things you struggled with, the excitement you felt at certain times… For these siblings, their reality at 9 and 10 looked very different then ours did. Instead of feeling the safety of family, they watched …
9 and 10 years old – Rescued from domestic slavery and sex trafficking Read More »
“The traditional view of slavery is exactly this, selling another person for labor, specifically farming…. But who would think a parent would ever sell their child like they were nothing more than a piece of farm equipment.” -Ren ; Founder Taught to work on his father’s farm at an early age, all this boy dreamed …
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