HOW YOU CAN HELP AND GET HELP

READ about how the over $76,000 donated to One Body Village Canada helps sexually exploited children in Southeast Asia, where resources are limited and widespread poverty, lack of education, cultural attitudes, and corruption perpetuate the cycle of sexual abuse and exploitation.

We improve the lives of at-risk and affected children with shelter, education, medical and behavioural care, psychological counseling and vocational training.

Together, we can help children regain their dignity, restore their self-esteem, realize their self-worth, and rebuild their lives. Because every child on this earth deserves to be free from abuse and exploitation.

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READ about how the $12,000 raised for Covenant House's The Roger Home helped change the life of a survivor rescued from sex trafficking in Canada.

At Covenant House, we have made trafficking a major focus of our work. We have implemented our Urban Response Model, a comprehensive anti-trafficking plan that includes measures ranging from prevention to enhanced victim services, including two supported housing programs, The Rogers Home and Avdell Home, as well as a research and evaluation component

"In 2015, I broke free after being trafficked for over a year. When I connected with my advocate with the Anti-Trafficking Team at Covenant House, it was the first time I felt someone understood what I had been through and what I was still dealing with."

The Rogers Home Virtual Tour from Covenant House Toronto on Vimeo.

KNOW THE SIGNS

Experts say many girls who are trafficked for sex or being groomed for trafficking still live at home with their families.

Sex trafficking often masks itself as a love relationship for a girl, though a deeply unhealthy one.

Warning signs of luring into sex trafficking:

• She is “disengaging,” her grades are slipping and she is skipping school or missing her curfew

• She seems to have low self-esteem, and a strong need for approval

• She is being isolated or turned against family and friends

• She is changing her appearance

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Warning signs after one has been trafficked:

• She changes her phone number, or carries more than one phone

• Her purse contains everything she would need for a “sleep out,” including spare shoes and a bra

• She avoids eye contact and is fearful, anxious, depressed, submissive, tense, or nervous/paranoid

• She is not allowed or able to speak for herself

• She is not receiving proper health care and may appear malnourished

• She shows signs of physical and/or sexual abuse, physical restraint, confinement, or torture

• She has few or no personal possessions including no official identification documents

• She has a lack of knowledge of her whereabouts or may not know what city she is in

• She has lost sense of time and may not know the date

• She has numerous inconsistencies in her story, seeming to adhere to scripted or rehearsed responses
• She has been branded with a tattoo

• She shows signs of substance abuse or addiction

WHAT TO DO

If you suspect someone is being trafficked or groomed for trafficking, speak to your local police.

The Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline

1-833-900-1010

The United States National Human Trafficking Hotline

1-888-373-7888

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Helping Survivors

One Child