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Training & Prevention to Combat Human Trafficking

What is Training & Prevention?

We equip people with knowledge and tools to protect their families, neighborhoods, and communities, helping to prevent trafficking and exploitation before it starts. We also work with communities to implement prevention efforts and support community-based organizations and groups. We develop and customize training, capacity support, and awareness raising materials for all audiences, including students, parents, businesses, healthcare and medical personnel, survivors and lived-experience experts, non-profits and advocates, law enforcement, and the public. We work with communities to identify and build community knowledge, resources, partnerships, networks, and systems, so community members can protect themselves and others from human trafficking, including sex trafficking, and online exploitation.

What makes Our Rescue trainings so unique?

Content that is trauma-informed
Customizable
Evidence based, with subject matter experts

Online Training & Games

Start your free training today. Because informed individuals and communities are the strongest force for preventing harm from ever occurring. These courses are best accessed on the desktop but are also available on mobile devices.

Free games that teach kids to stay safer online

Our free interactive games teach children and teens the skills that matter most - how to recognize unsafe situations, protect their privacy, and speak up when something feels wrong.

Try our free safety games
Request a Specific Training Opportunity
Our Rescue is pleased to offer customized in-person, virtual, and e-Learning training and prevention support for groups and organizations interested in receiving training, capacity strengthening, and curriculum development support. If your group or organization is interested in learning more, please fill out the request form.
Human Trafficking 101
This free course introduces learners to the basic concepts of human trafficking including:

  • What is Human Trafficking?
  • The AMP Model
  • Myths and Realities
  • Who are Traffickers and Where Are They?
  • What Can You Do?
  • Red Flags

By completing this course learners can take their first steps on the path to understanding what trafficking is and how to prevent it.
Trauma 101
This free introductory course explores the impact of trauma, especially in the anti-trafficking field. Learners will be guided through the Four Rโ€™s of trauma-informed care:ย Realize, Recognize, Respond,ย andย Resist Re-Traumatization. The course includes a downloadable companion worksheet to support reflection and application.
Start Talking: A Training for Keeping Children Safe Online
Throughout a child's life, parents spend on average only 46 minutes talking with them about online safety. This free course is the best tool for starting, and continuing, the conversation and keeping children safe online. Training includes newly revised and updated information around online grooming, fake accounts, online relationships and apps, generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), digital footprints, sexual extortion (sextortion), and tips for starting and maintaining these conversations with your children.
Vicarious Trauma
This free course explores the emotional impact of working with trauma survivors, helping participants recognize signs of vicarious trauma and develop strategies for resilience. Through guided reflection and practical tools, learners will deepen their self-awareness and strengthen their capacity to support others while maintaining personal well-being.
Psychological First Aid
This free course explores how you can support people who may be in distress following a difficult or traumatic event. Learners will be guided through the Psychological First Aid principles of Prepare, Look, Listen, and Link. The course includes a downloadable companion worksheet to support reflection and application.
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Legal Disclaimer โ€“ Our Rescue Educational Materials

All educational content, including but not limited to training manuals, handouts, presentations, games, videos, e-learning modules, software, and associated digital or physical resources (collectively, the โ€œMaterialsโ€), are the intellectual property of Our Rescue and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws worldwide.

By accessing or using these Materials, you are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use them solely for personal or internal organizational educational purposes. You may not share, distribute, or provide access to the Materials to any third party outside your organization without prior written consent from Our Rescue. No part of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, modified, distributed, publicly displayed, or used to create derivative works without prior written consent from Our Rescue. Our Rescue reserves the right to terminate this license at any time if you violate the terms of this disclaimer. The Materials are provided โ€œas isโ€ for educational purposes only. Our Rescue makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the Materials for any particular purpose. Our Rescue shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use of or reliance on the Materials.

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The Work

Who do we help train?

We create discipline specific training in response to requests from interested partners. Our trainings equip individuals to recognizing the vulnerabilities and signs of human trafficking and exploitation while empowering communities to prevent it. We employ subject matter experts to provide essential information that applies to the audience.
Law enforcement and prosecution
Healthcare professionals
Tribal nations
Air and ground transportation
Health and Beauty Centers
Schools and Churches
Workplaces and Hospitality
Nonprofits
โ€œI appreciated that this course was very direct and to the point and did not waste time on โ€œfillers.โ€ By that I mean not simply trying to fill time, but actually giving very specific information. Great course! It should be taught in schools.โ€
Online safety training participant
โ€œEasily digestible format, able to conduct at your own pace, very practical guidance for helping families tackle the issue.โ€
Online safety training participant
โ€œI learned a lot. Iโ€™ve sent the course to my son so he can teach my Grandkids.โ€
Online safety training participant

How to Support Training

Our Rescue is a powerful step in the fight against this global crisis. Donate today to help us educate individuals and communities around the world on how to identify human trafficking, including sex trafficking, and prevent it.

Your donations are tax deductible per your local regulations as Our Rescue is a tax-exempt 501c3 organization.