Stop Human Trafficking Before It Starts
In war zones, refugee camps and impoverished communities around the world, vulnerable people are being bought and sold. Together, we can stop it.
A few years ago, members of CNEWA’s executive team visited an orphanage. The sisters who serve there brought them into a room and introduced them to two children, a girl and her brother.
They had been sold to traffickers by their parents.
You can imagine the horror and the tragedy of such a story. Sadly, their story isn’t unique. It’s one of many.
Human trafficking is a $200-billion global industry. It preys on those with no safety net:
The hungry, the jobless, the forgotten.
Our partners in Ukraine are on the front lines, rescuing people from the chaos of war. Children fleeing Russian aggression are deceived into labor. Others are kidnapped and deported by Russian forces, losing their identities forever. The church’s charitable arm, Caritas, provides safe shelter, food, trauma counseling and legal assistance, and spearheads public education campaigns to prevent exploitation.
Extreme poverty in the Horn of Africa pushes families to send children away to work. We support programs run by religious communities, such as the Sons of Mary Immaculate, to teach job skills and provide safe alternatives, empowering girls living on the margins, and to create secure spaces where young people can thrive despite enormous challenges.
In these countries and countless others, trafficking flourishes where hunger is widespread. Where schools are shuttered. Where jobs are scarce. Where war exposes children, the vulnerable, the unprotected.
With your help, we can meet this scourge against humanity with love and justice, restoring God-given dignity to each human being.
Your gift today will help:
- Fund safe havens and trauma care for trafficking victims
- Support faith-based programs that provide hope, job skills and opportunity
- Educate at-risk communities to recognize and resist traffickers.
Help us build a world where no one is a commodity.
Your compassion can save lives.