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116 People Rescued All Along Nepal’s Border
116 people were rescued over the course of a few weeks.
Agents at multiple border checkpoints across several districts contributed to these rescues. Our border agents stopped the survivors, who included three mothers travelling with their young children, before traffickers could smuggle them across the border. To learn about what might’ve awaited them on the other side, check out our blog.
Rescue Update Archive
9 Rescued from Sex Trafficking in Asia
Nine survivors are no longer being exploited after bravely accepting our offer of freedom.
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Two of the survivors, both 18, chose to join their 17-year-old friend when we offered to usher her out of exploitation in a bar. All the survivors have been enrolled in Freedom Plans.
Four entered Residential Care, where they stay in our homes and five entered Community Care, where they stay with family or guardians while both groups attend our programming. For a better understanding of how Freedom Plans work, learn more here.
5 Kids Rescued in Southeast Asia
Five girls between the ages of 14 and 16 were rescued in collaboration with law enforcement.
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3 Rescued from Labor Trafficking in Asia
Three young men are now free from harsh forced labor.
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Three young men were victims of a growing international trend in labor trafficking: they were forced to work in abysmal conditions in call centers, before our agents found and rescued them. Each has been safely returned to his home country.
Learn more about this dark and growing form of labor trafficking.
9 Children Rescued in Kenya
Nine children no longer face sex trafficking and exploitation in Kenya.
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The rescued children include eight girls between 14 and 17 years old and one 12-year-old boy. The kids, all enrolled in Freedom Plans, are working with our compassionate team to forge new, stable lives free of exploitation. To hear from a survivor in Kenya, click here.
Agents worked undercover to gather intel for the police and offer the girls freedom. All five survivors were returned home to their families.