Together We Watch, Together We Stop Trafficking!

A single hand shot up in the large classroom full of children. Denisa, our Romanian Program Director, had been teaching the kids the signs of trafficking—what to look for to recognize dangerous situations and how to respond. 

She asked them about their dreams for the future, and one boy was eager to share. When he said he wanted to be a truck driver, the other kids laughed at him. Denisa turned to the boy who now looked sad. 

“I think you’re going to be our amazing helper,” she encouraged him. “Do you know why?” She shared that there are trafficked girls and women all over the country and that many are taken advantage of on major trucking routes. “You could be our eyes all over the country,” she told him. “You can go to places we can’t and you can reach out to us. You can report what is happening and be a great help to stop trafficking!”

“He became so proud of his choice at that moment,” Denisa shared with us, “and nobody laughed at him anymore.”

Going into the schools and training the staff and students is a key part of our strategy to blanket the nation with prevention information. We need to share with people at all levels of society how to recognize trafficking, prevent it, and end it! Reaching into the schools is a vital part of this. 

Without the knowledge of what to do in the face of the dangers of trafficking, the children of Romania are in danger.

We want to empower children to change their generation! We don’t just teach them about trafficking. We employ them to become our eyes, our hands, and our feet in the nation. This knowledge gives them the power to protect their communities!

Our team tells the children they can all be our detectives. We start by asking them to think about real scenarios and how they would respond:

You see a friend texting somebody much older. Boys, you see a man waiting for girls in front of the school. You see a car circling the school and someone taking photos. What will you do? The kids get creative and come up with solutions. 

Another important aspect of this training is that the teachers and staff get the information at the same time. 

We’ve already seen the impact in the schools. Children tell us they have a cousin or friend who has been abused or is in a dangerous situation. Some have reported situations to us that they have seen in their own schools and communities. We can get staff and families involved and get them connected to the help they need.

Will you help us go into more schools and spread the message to more communities?

Your gift of $100 will allow us to train one classroom.

A $1000 donation will provide the materials and resources we need to educate an entire school from grades 1 to 12 on how to detect trafficking and protect their community!

Empower a child. Change a life. Donate today!

Help Children at Risk!

The Need is Desperate

As we watch the children in our communities head back to school, we imagine all they will learn this year. What will they need to grow into happy, successful adults? What will we need to impart to them? Do we ever stop to think that they need to know how to protect themselves and their friends from human trafficking?

Children all over the world are at risk of human trafficking. The evils of modern-day slavery are not only in some faraway countries. They are in our backyards. 

But there are places where the risk is higher, communities that desperately need to know how to spot the dangers. Romania is one of these places. 78% of trafficking victims in Europe are Romanian. It is a hot spot for this horrible crime, and we are committed to making sure that this number goes down for the next generation!

Our team has been invited to many schools in the area surrounding The Sanctuary. The word is spreading about our mission to eradicate human trafficking and unlock transformation for its survivors, and more principals are asking us to come to train their teachers and students. 

When they stay aware, they can stay safe!

School-age children are at a high risk of trafficking, but they are not powerless. We can empower them to be a part of the solution. They can change their generation!

Members of our time visit all the classes in a school. Based on their age, we provide appropriate information on how to keep themselves safe in the environments of school, home, and online. 

An important lesson we teach them is to understand the grooming method. We are seeing this happen in the communities and the schools. An adult will reach out to a minor and plant seeds in their mind, trying to normalize a relationship with them despite the age gap. They will ask the child to keep a secret. It’s a good secret, they say. 

We teach kids of all ages the difference between a good secret (like a surprise party) and a dangerous secret. 

Always before our leaving, the students and staff tell us they didn’t know a lot of the information we shared. They ask us to come back to teach more and share with other principals that they need the training, too.

You can help more children stay safe. Your gift allows us to visit more schools, educate more communities, and empower a generation. Will you protect their future today?  

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