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That question gets asked when people find out that most of the child trafficking cases we see don’t involve kidnapping or physical restraints: Why didn’t they just leave?

For many youth, leaving isn’t simple. Trafficking often relies on coercion, manipulation, threats, emotional control, or withholding basic needs. They may tell their victim, “If you leave, I’ll hurt your sister,” or “No one else will want you,” or “This is the only way to survive,” or “I love you.”

Leaving can mean becoming homeless. Losing the only person whom you feel you can rely on. Allowing your family to face uncertainty. Sometimes, staying in a situation of trafficking actually feels like the safest option they have.

That’s why Love146 never asks a child, “Why didn’t you just leave?” We ask: “What do you need right now?”
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When youth get out of a trafficking situation, it often doesn’t look like a rescue operation.

It can look like a youth noticing something’s wrong and reaching out to a trusted adult. A teacher connecting the dots and making a call. A parent realizing what is going on and seeking help. That’s how many youth get help. It’s less like a movie, and more of something that might at the onset seem small, like a conversation. But that’s the first step and it’s life-changing, just the same.

Your support provides care for survivors, helps train professionals to recognize child trafficking and take action, and builds skills kids can use to live free from exploitation. And it ensures Love146 is here when a child needs us, ready to walk alongside them without judgment.

Glaydon de Freitas

Chief Executive Officer

Love146
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Founded in 2002, Love146 journeys alongside children impacted by trafficking today and prevents the trafficking of children tomorrow. Our prevention education and survivor care work has reached more than 80,000 young people. Our work is achieved through the power of relationships and collaboration, listening to those with lived experience, scaling proven practices, and challenging the systems that leave children vulnerable. Our core commitment is to do what is best for children.
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