SURVIVOR STORY: NORAH’S DETERMINATION TO BREAK THE CHAIN
Norah (name changed), wakes up at 3 AM every morning to begin making pupusas. By 5 AM, a line of hungry construction workers is out the door, with pupusas quickly…
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HOW THE DAYS FAMILY AND HERO BANDS IMPACTED LIVES IN SOUTH AMERICA
“How can we be useful? How is this going to impact the children’s lives?” asked the Days family, who decided to support specific needs for an aftercare mission at the…
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How O.U.R. Helps Survivors in Utah
O.U.R. works all over the world to protect children from sex trafficking, including in our own backyard. The O.U.R. Aftercare Team dedicates important time developing relationships and partners in Utah…
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Survivor Story: “Instead of rescuing me, my mother sold me too”
Every time the O.U.R. Aftercare Team walked into Jasmine’s (name changed) aftercare home, they noticed a change in her. Over the course of a year, these changes were subtle –…
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What children miss when they are trafficked
Sometimes when children are trafficked, their trafficker may keep them in their regular routine of attending school and going home at night. In other situations, these kids completely miss out…
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Survivor Story: “I had no idea that they were buying young girls on the weekend…”
“It started when my uncle told me about a job at a local bar,” Diana said. “I served drinks, which was already illegal because I was a minor, but that…
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Young girl trafficked from social media is rescued and returned home
link to photo source: Scott Ableman. Penny’s father was extremely distant, inattentive, and did not provide for her basic needs, such as buying her an adequate amount of food. As…
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Survivor story: “I was trafficked by a gang here in the U.S…”
Emma was trafficked by gang members here in the United States and was quickly forced to develop an addiction to different drugs found on the streets. Often, traffickers will introduce…
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O.U.R.’s Expansion into Ukraine
Progress in aftercare is already underway Our Operations and Aftercare Teams recently visited Ukraine to form ties with local government and aftercare service providers. While our team was visiting a…
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Survivor discreetly calls human trafficking hotline and is rescued
Uma* was trafficked from Africa to the Mediterranean and was sold to a wealthy couple who already had bought twelve other people they used as slaves. The couple (who were…
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