Volunteer with Safe House Project

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. 

Ending child sex trafficking requires more than awareness; it requires people willing to act. Safe House Project provides training to empower community members to spot, report, and prevent sex trafficking in addition to supporting survivors through emergency services, safe housing, and holistic care. To do this, Safe House Project relies on an engaged population of volunteers who are committed to helping survivors and eradicating human trafficking.  

 There are two ways to volunteer with Safe House Project: 

• Ambassador: Ambassadors are trained community educators who raise awareness and help others access Safe House Project's resources. This role is about mobilizing people around you, equipping your network with knowledge, and connecting your community to the broader movement to end human trafficking. Safe House Project provides the training. Ambassadors bring the relationships and the commitment to mobilize them.  

• Response Line Navigator: Response Line Navigators are the crucial first point of contact for individuals seeking safety and support. Navigators answer calls from survivors, provide compassionate initial support, and connect callers to critical services, then document those needs to ensure nothing falls through the cracks. This role requires 14 hours of initial training and shadowing before you begin volunteering, along with an ongoing commitment to continuing education. 

Whether you're ready to educate your community or support survivors in crisis, each opportunity is meaningful and comes with a high standard of care for responding to the trafficking crisis.