Breaking Dawn: Tara’s Hellish Abuse Comes to an End

Everything Anwir had told her was a lie.

Survivor of Rape Becomes Rescuer

Thwarted at every turn, Trisha never lost her drive to overcome.

Trafficker Tactics Around the World

Learn how traffickers trap their victims.

Boyfriend turns out to be trafficker

After two years of building a relationship, could this really be her future?

Civilian Woman Rescues Children from Traffickers

Diya made a bold move: she confronted a trafficker.

How Social Media Drives Sex Trafficking

By gradually changing a child’s perception of the world, social media enables human trafficking.

What is Grooming? 3 Ways Traffickers Ensnare Children

What begins as a seemingly innocent friendship often ends in tragedy.

A 12-Year-Old’s Fateful Journey

Taral thought his life was about to change for the better when he met a man in the jungle.

What happens after rescue?

A successful rescue doesn’t end when a child is removed from exploitation. That event is only the first step in a process that will help…

Closing the Gaps at the Nepal Border

Border checkpoints in Nepal stop traffickers from luring victims out of the country.

The Four Percent

While rescue after traffickers have crossed the border with their victims is difficult and extremely rare, these cases–four percent of our…

What happens after a border rescue in Nepal?

Passionate women with strong communication skills are the heartbeat of our work in Nepal. Their intentional voices drive our work forward…

New border station opens just in time to rescue teen girl

The 15-year-old was about to taste misery before we spotted her.

Traffickers “brainwash” children in multidimensional poverty

Poverty is sometimes merely one of many deprivations crushing children.

The domino effect: how border agents empower survivors to fight human trafficking

Agents put on their teacher hats after rescuing a girl, educating them on all-things trafficking.

A dark journey: how child marriages can lead to human trafficking

After her 15th birthday, Mina entered a child marriage – the start of a long, tough road.

Six-year-old girl rescued at the Nepal border

Her aunt and uncle were supposed to care for her, but their ugly side soon showed.

Survivor presses against the grain to imprison trafficker

Survivor nearly trafficked moments after meeting a young man on bus

Traffickers can spend up to two years grooming girls in Nepal, but others don’t waste any time.

The power of social media: how sex traffickers leverage social media for recruitment and grooming

In villages in Nepal, many girls today have electricity and smartphones, allowing them to enter the land of the internet.

The women of the frontlines

Our border agents in Nepal are all women, fighting to rescue girls a stride away from misery.

The escape artist: Sonali’s rescue story

To rescue a child, Destiny Rescue sometimes needs to get creative.

Tara’s Story: 17-year-old is the first rescue at newly-opened border station

Tara is seventeen years old and lives with her parents and siblings in rural central Nepal. She attended school through the eighth grade…

From civil war to the pandemic: explore Nepal’s struggle to fight sex trafficking

Context is the key that unlocks the answers to successfully fighting sex trafficking. Take a deep dive into Nepal’s history and culture and…

Traffickers try new tactics to exploit two girls

Agents are up against new challenges as traffickers pull out all the stops hoping to sneak girls across the border and into a life of…

Four new border stations open, 39 more lives rescued so far

Announcing new border stations and plans for even more expansion soon!

Rescue surge: 33 people rescued across four countries in four days

Amidst the difficulties of this year, Destiny Rescue was able to rescue 33 people across four countries in four days. This latest surge of…

Mother and daughter rescued at the border

With the promise of love and marriage dancing in her mind, Nepal woman Kaya was embarking on a journey to a new country with her…

Soneeya’s Story

Twenty-one-year-old Soneeya* set out with her father to visit a neighboring city. She had no idea she was about to encounter the man who…

Flourishing in Freedom

Reena, Eisha and Nadiya were rescued at the Nepal border earlier this year. Since then, we have been following up with them and their…

Moments From Vanishing

Four girls were rescued together at a border crossing. None of them had any idea that the bus they were on was about to cross…

Rescue Update: Sreva’s Story

As our agents were conducting their routine interviews at a key border crossing location they came across 18-year-old Sreva* traveling with…

Girl Interrupted – Border Rescues Pt. 2

Our Border Rescue agents are strategically positioned to intervene along the path of exploitation. Partnering with Border Patrol Police at…

Border Rescues

Nona*, a Destiny Rescue border agent, watched another bus creak to a stop on the side of the dusty road. She climbed aboard and began…