Educate - Human Trafficking Awareness

Her Situation: 

Hundreds of thousands of individuals are trafficked every year in the United States. Only 1% of these survivors are ever identified. Of that 1% who are identified, few receive care. 80% of survivors end up being re-victimized if they do not have a safe place to go. Nationally, there is no single profile of a human trafficking victim. Traffickers are willing to exploit anyone who can earn them a profit regardless of age, sex, socioeconomic background, or nationality. Many vulnerable situations put children, teens, and older adults at higher risk of being victimized.  

We know that often trafficking results in unintended pregnancies which result in abortion, as an estimated 55.2% of women who have been trafficked have had at least one abortion. We also know stories of women like Jean Marie Davis, who was able to escape after twenty years of sex trafficking through the help of a pro-life pregnancy center who took care of her and her unborn baby. It is crucial that the pro-life movement responds to this horrific reality plaguing our nation.  

Her Community: 

Safe House Project is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to combatting human trafficking. Their mission is to raise the identification rate of survivors beyond one percent through education, provide emergency services to survivors, and ensure that every survivor has access to safe housing and holistic care. In their first ten years of work, Safe House Project served over 2,763 trafficking survivors, trained more than 400,000 people to identify and report trafficking, and added 624 new spaces in safe house programs across the country, resulting in 227,760 safe nights for survivors every year. 

With only 1% of human trafficking survivors ever identified in the U.S., expanding identification is crucial to combatting this crisis. Education and training is pivotal for community members to know the signs of trafficking and take action to protect those at risk. Safe House Project has created many survivor-informed and expert-led courses to give individuals the knowledge and skills to identify and report potential trafficking situations. This includes OnWatch™, a survivor-led training designed to empower you to spot, report, and prevent sex trafficking where you live, work, and play. Additionally, God's Heart to Eradicate Trafficking is a Bible study in partnership with RightNow Media that helps individuals and churches understand God's call to end trafficking and their role in their community. Safe House Project also offers additional training for specific industries, including healthcare and in-home service providers. 

Here’s how you can educate your community on human trafficking awareness: