Brief Overview of Projects
The statistics can be overwhelming. It's why our projects are focused in five distinct areas while always keeping 'Precious Souls' at the heart of our efforts.
Those five distinct areas are:
Awareness - We believe good people can't do anything about the issue of domestic minor sex trafficking until they know it exists. Various presentations are designed to make people aware, encourage them to care, and then dare them to take action. The Stop Trafficking Project Facebook and Twitter pages are updated often with awareness stories. A key aspect of this also occurs in my role as Director of AwareKC, which is the key awareness and prevention strategy of The Stop Trafficking Project and KC Street Hope through various presentations.
Education - We believe getting good information into the minds and hearts of our children, since they are most vulnerable, and their parents/grandparents/guardians, since they are the protectors of children, is vital. The 'Deceptions' presentation is designed to accomplish this and is available for schools and other student groups/organizations. Other presentations are also available for groups and organizations of all sizes. Messages for Christian churches and student ministries are powerful and lead people to take action. Many of our student presentations happen under the strategy we call AwareKC.
Prevention - We believe it is always better to keep a child innocent and safe from ever being 'recruited' (coerced, manipulated, forced) into 'the life' of sex trafficking than having to rescue them out of 'the life'. Awareness and education are key components to this in the USA. AwareKC via is a key strategy in prevention focused on the greater Kansas City region, MO, KS and WA States. However, in India, we are active in supporting schools and an orphanage in the Tharu region.
Rescue - We believe that shutting off demand is likely the most effective thing we can do to end domestic minor sex trafficking since this is a demand driven business. However, this does not allow us to neglect our opportunities to rescue innocent victims! In the USA this most often occurs in empowering a victim to make the choice to leave 'the life' and then provide them with resources to rebuild their lives. In India our efforts are to support Project Rescue efforts to establish relationships with victims in brothels as they encourage them to get a fresh start in life and provide options for them to leave 'the life'.
Restoration - We believe it can take years for innocent victims to be restored to a 'normal' life after suffering extreme hardship. Victim stories often include the reality of being forced to 'service' 20-35 men per day. It's no wonder the average life span of a girl is only 7 years once being forced into 'the life'. Our efforts in the USA and India include supporting organizations that focus on restoring every aspect of the victims life: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, practically, and relationally.
Our projects are always focused on best practice solutions that are simple, efficient, and effective.
Our projects are always about people - one 'Precious' soul at a time!
Those five distinct areas are:
Awareness - We believe good people can't do anything about the issue of domestic minor sex trafficking until they know it exists. Various presentations are designed to make people aware, encourage them to care, and then dare them to take action. The Stop Trafficking Project Facebook and Twitter pages are updated often with awareness stories. A key aspect of this also occurs in my role as Director of AwareKC, which is the key awareness and prevention strategy of The Stop Trafficking Project and KC Street Hope through various presentations.
Education - We believe getting good information into the minds and hearts of our children, since they are most vulnerable, and their parents/grandparents/guardians, since they are the protectors of children, is vital. The 'Deceptions' presentation is designed to accomplish this and is available for schools and other student groups/organizations. Other presentations are also available for groups and organizations of all sizes. Messages for Christian churches and student ministries are powerful and lead people to take action. Many of our student presentations happen under the strategy we call AwareKC.
Prevention - We believe it is always better to keep a child innocent and safe from ever being 'recruited' (coerced, manipulated, forced) into 'the life' of sex trafficking than having to rescue them out of 'the life'. Awareness and education are key components to this in the USA. AwareKC via is a key strategy in prevention focused on the greater Kansas City region, MO, KS and WA States. However, in India, we are active in supporting schools and an orphanage in the Tharu region.
Rescue - We believe that shutting off demand is likely the most effective thing we can do to end domestic minor sex trafficking since this is a demand driven business. However, this does not allow us to neglect our opportunities to rescue innocent victims! In the USA this most often occurs in empowering a victim to make the choice to leave 'the life' and then provide them with resources to rebuild their lives. In India our efforts are to support Project Rescue efforts to establish relationships with victims in brothels as they encourage them to get a fresh start in life and provide options for them to leave 'the life'.
Restoration - We believe it can take years for innocent victims to be restored to a 'normal' life after suffering extreme hardship. Victim stories often include the reality of being forced to 'service' 20-35 men per day. It's no wonder the average life span of a girl is only 7 years once being forced into 'the life'. Our efforts in the USA and India include supporting organizations that focus on restoring every aspect of the victims life: spiritually, mentally, emotionally, practically, and relationally.
Our projects are always focused on best practice solutions that are simple, efficient, and effective.
Our projects are always about people - one 'Precious' soul at a time!