Survivor becomes rescuer
Candace hid her abuse from her father and endured it for survival.
Read moreBoyfriend turns out to be trafficker
After two years of building a relationship, could this really be her future?
Read MoreMonk expelled for exploiting children online
“It was a massive breach of ethical trust between a religious leader and vulnerable kids.”
Read moreSex Slaves and Child Soldiers Rescued from African Militia
A new Pilot Project rescues kids from a marauding militia.
Read More“It changes you for the rest of your life”
“This is not something you do to make money.”
Read moreJungle Escape
Ruth worked through the dead of night in a jungle full of dangerous animals.
Read MoreHuman traffickers elude agents… for a while.
The girls had vanished, but not for long.
Read moreRelentless in Rescue
Our founder recently shared a story that revealed the heart of rescue
Read MoreAdvocate Runs Across Pennsylvania to Rescue Kids
Destiny Rescue Advocate Keith Tindall used his passion for running and ran across Pennsylvania to fundraise to rescue kids.
Read MoreInnovative Job Training Gives Hope to Trafficking Survivors
Real rescue is more than escape.
Read moreLived Experience Helps Agent Break the Cycle of Exploitation
Survivor helps restore hope to others
Read MoreCivilian Woman Rescues Children from Traffickers
Diya made a bold move: she confronted a trafficker.
Read More“Nobody Can Stop Me”: Trafficking Survivor Tackles Post-Rescue Hardships Head-On
“If I give up, I shut out my dream. But if I rise up… Nobody can stop me.”
Read moreMealea’s Choice
When a family emergency forced Mealea to choose between herself and her family, we offered a third option.
Read MoreThe Girl Behind the Green Gate
Caleb sprinted behind the armed officers, desperate to get to the trafficker before he could escape.
Read more“I Want to Give Hope”: Interview with a Trafficking Survivor
Hamisi shares encouragement for “girls who feel like they don’t belong to the world.”
Read MoreAn Example of Faith: High School Students Rescue 20 Kids Through Adult Prom Event
Students at a Michigan church were ignited by a righteous anger to rescue kids from exploitation, and held an adult prom to raise funds.
Read moreRaid in South Asia Rescues Ten
Ten young women and girls in South Asia had moved from their modest homes to the city to find work. Instead, they found a horrific situation; they were quick to ask our agents to help them escape.
Read More6 Quotes from Human Trafficking Survivors That Left a Mark on Agents
Agents reflect on some of the most impactful words spoken by children we’ve rescued.
Read more24 Kids Rescued + Faith Ignited: A Church’s Rescue Sunday Story
Pastor Brian and Rocket City Church in Huntsville, Alabama, hosted a Rescue Sunday to learn about God’s heart for the injustice of trafficking and to help rescue kids. God showed up in ways they could have never imagined—resulting not only in many kids rescued from trafficking and exploitation but in a greater, powerful activation of a congregation’s faith and generosity.
Read MoreA 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.
Read moreTop 4 Most Unforgettable Raids
Rescue work leaves a mark on agents—and there are some rescue operations they’ll never be able to forget.
Read MoreUgandan Small Businesses are Enabling Freedom
Caregivers of survivors proudly show off their small businesses that are keeping rescued children free.
Read moreTen Dollars or Less: Geneva’s Journey
When Geneva’s father left them, taking the family’s only source of income with him, life as Geneva knew it quickly crumbled.
Read MoreAn Agent Reflects on Rescuing a Toddler
An agent lures a perpetrator out of the shadows of the internet to rescue a child.
Read moreShona’s Success Story
After rescue from exploitation, Shona found a reason to get up in the morning.
Read MoreChanging Lives One Business at a Time
Small business training in Kenya doesn’t just help kids stay free; it’s helping to break the cycle of multi-generational poverty.
Read moreFlawless Raid Takes Unexpected Twist
After a particularly efficient investigation, new intel came from an unexpected source: the pimp.
Read MoreMeant for Good: Lydia’s Story
Young Lydia bookended her heartbreaking story with something unexpected: gratitude.
Read moreMore Rescues than Ever Before
2022 was a year of record growth for Destiny Rescue.
Read MoreSisters Exit the Sex Trade, Turn Back to Save Others
After months of hard work, Sophea was finally free from exploitation. But that wasn’t enough: her little sister still faced abusers every night in the bar.
Read more“I’m here for you. You just don’t know it yet.” – The Heart of a Burn Agent
Volunteering to be a burn agent requires taking on the persona of a predator. It's challenging and uncomfortable work, but for agent Bortz, it's a small price to pay to bring exploited children to freedom.
Read MoreOperation Cattleya: Over 70 rescued in the Dominican Republic
Sometimes you have to pretend to be the bad guy to save them.
Read moreA Way Out
In the blink of an eye, Edith’s life changed. Without income for daily necessities, she was desperate to provide for her family. A classmate suggested an unthinkable solution to Edith, but she saw no way out.
Read More“She Didn’t Want to be There”: The Girl in Gold
The story of a daring raid through the eyes of a Rescue Agent
Read moreShe Changed Her Name to Victory
Namazzi's life was bleak and she thought it could never change. Little did she know the amazing transformation that awaited her on her path to freedom.
Read MoreLearning from a survivor: Fiona’s Freedom
Part 2 of Fiona's incredible journey from the despair of sexual exploitation in Uganda to a new life of hope
Read moreListening to a survivor: Fiona’s story
Fiona shares her journey of discovering she was no longer alone.
Read MoreRescue in broad daylight
Dedicated agents and caseworkers are making a difference in Cambodia
Read moreOperation “Dark corner”
Destiny Rescue agents in Thailand have been working closely with police coordinating raids to rescue children from the sex industry.
Read MoreChurch musician hangs up his guitar for Destiny Rescue
When his friend told him about our mission, he had to act.
Read moreNew border station opens just in time to rescue teen girl
The 15-year-old was about to taste misery before we spotted her.
Read MoreSikha’s Story: Dedicated student escapes the dangers of the sex industry
Her workplace was "hell" but she needed an income.
Read moreMakara’s story: Survivor takes first steps towards her dream of owning a coffee shop
Before her 16th birthday, she fled the sex industry.
Read More36 survivors smile, dance and cheer after graduating
An inspiring group of girls graduated last month including 17-year-old Tracy.
Read moreSurvivor on track to becoming a registered nurse
Brinda is busy in her third year of nursing school but took the time to share part of her story with us.
Read MoreA survivor’s journey through the eyes of our team
Catch a glimpse of what team members see daily in their relentless anti-trafficking work.
Read moreThree shining lights in Cambodia
Three stories of hope and bright futures from survivors in Cambodia.
Read MoreSix-year-old girl rescued at the Nepal border
Her aunt and uncle were supposed to care for her, but their ugly side soon showed.
Read moreGroup of boys rescued from dangerous pimps
The rescue was one of three raid missions executed at the same time.
Read moreSurvivor 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.
Read MoreWords from Hope and Rosie
Survivors in Uganda share about their journeys into a new life of freedom.
Read moreThe second story window
Five teens quietly gathered while their seven friends slept in bunk beds around them. It was around 1 am and the girls, aged between 14 and 18, had a plan.
Read MoreBehind the scenes of raid missions
Kicking down doors and wrestling pimps to the floor are a couple of movie-like moments people might imagine when thinking about a raid mission by Destiny Rescue. While our rescue agents have stormed houses with firearms, missions are careful and calculated and most lack this expected blockbuster-like action.
Read moreTrafficking ring unmasked in quiet neighborhood
Early this month, Destiny Rescue and the country’s law enforcement rescued 20 females, including two minors, after discovering they were being held in a house and sold for sex to customers who made online bookings.
Read MoreThe escape artist: Sonali’s rescue story
To rescue a child, Destiny Rescue sometimes needs to get creative.
Read moreTara’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 until she had to drop out to help her parents at home.
Read MoreFourteen-year-old girl safe because of agent’s creativity
Destiny Rescue’s rescue agents normally go undercover, run surveillance or interview travellers at a border to rescue exploited children, but occasionally they must get creative or, in this case, musical.
Read moreTraffickers 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 exploitation
Read MoreSomething to be proud of: Nuon’s story
“What is something you are proud of recently?” asks a Destiny Rescue translator to a survivor in our care. The question is translated into her native language of Khmer. She blinks and then knits her brows. The translator rephrases the question, but she still appears confused. She and the translator talk for a minute before the translator turns to our social worker and says.
Read moreRescue agents in two countries team up on notorious trafficker
Three girls left home without telling anyone where they were going, if not for the collaboration of two teams of Destiny Rescue agents, they could have been gone forever.
Read MoreThe girl who rescued herself: Malee’s story
Malee heard about Destiny Rescue from her close friend, next, she made a decision that would change the path of her life forever.
Read moreOn the run: Survivor helps three girls escape their traffickers
The girls thought they were journeying to find new jobs, but their dreams soon vaporized into thin air.
Read MoreNever give up: Agent finds missing child
Luma, a single mother of three children, approached police with news of her missing 17-year-old daughter. With the station busy and officers overwhelmed by their already -strenuous workload, her report was brushed aside.
Read moreNary’s new beginning
In January, government officials handed Destiny Rescue’s social workers a troubling case. Nary was living with her impoverished family while being exploited by a man who, as of last month, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his crimes.
Read MoreAspiring missionary defeats her dark past: Dao’s story
Five years after her rescue, Dao shares about her journey out of the clutches of the sex industry, through healing and into freedom.
Read moreMother 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 supposed fiance.
Read MoreSoneeya’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 would turn out to be her trafficker.
Read moreFlourishing 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 families to see how they are doing.
Read MoreToddler Rescued – Our First Cyber Case
In February, our teams, in coordination with multiple law-enforcement agencies, executed an operation that rescued a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy from a life of continued sexual exploitation.
Read moreMoments 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 the border into a different country.
Read MoreTogether for ‘The One’
Recently, one of our operatives noticed suspicious activity while he was traveling. Some young men were taking staged photos of a teen girl and then left the area with her.
Read moreRescue 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 a 21-year-old man.
Read MoreGirl 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 key crossing locations, these agents are trained to identify potential victims of harm and trafficking.
Read moreAchariya: Seamstress and Mother
Achariya is one of many girls who has come through Destiny Rescue’s program and has since gone on to flourish at this workplace. Read her story to freedom.
Read MoreLaekena: Salon Owner
It is 8:00 am on a Tuesday morning. She pulls back the large cream bi-folding doors that give her salon its indoor-outdoor flow.
Read moreRachanna: Graphic Designer
Rachana came to Destiny Rescue around nine months ago. When she first arrived, Rachana tried to figure out what she was good at and more importantly, what she was passionate about.
Read MoreSide by Side: A Best Friend Rescue Story
Valerie* and Christina* were both young single mothers caught up in a life neither truly wanted. Coming from poor families with limited education, they had limited employment options.
Read moreDaring to Dream: A Rescue Story
Poverty is a dream killer and an all too familiar part of the story for many girls that come through Destiny Rescue, including Noo*.
Read MoreEnslaved to Entrepreneur
Pensri was 18 years old when Destiny Rescue rescued her from a bar. She had followed her friend who had gone to work, not realizing what kind of work she was about to begin.
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