New dog greets clients at the Underground drop-in center
“I miss playing with my dog.” Over the past four years, I’ve heard many young visitors express this sentiment when they are greeted by our emotional support dog at the Underground. During this time, we have welcomed youth to the Underground 3,400 times. Virtually all of these youth have experienced some sort of victimization. Many […]
True Story: A Trafficking Survivor’s Vision for the Future
Dear friend, The grace of God never fails to amaze me. A friend of ours is an ophthalmologist and provides glasses and eye care for survivors who need it. One day at our Unbound Now office, one of our advocates asked if I could go by the clinic to pick up a new pair of […]
How we interrupt the grooming process
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. A month we dedicate to affirming loud and clear that children should not be for sale. Today, I get to share the breakthrough we’re finding in youth saved from human trafficking. I am grateful to say that our prevention staff are seeing youth intercepted from the dangerous schemes of traffickers […]
Transforming Lives: Milestones of Triumph from The Reagan
I am thrilled to share a special update from our residential program, The Reagan. This past year has been an extraordinary journey of welcoming and nurturing the first group of resilient girls into our care. Designed as a sanctuary for girls aged 12-17 who have suffered the indignity of sex trafficking, The Reagan is their […]
Today and Always We Stand with Survivors
Today on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, we stand with survivors. It’s not okay that your vulnerabilities were taken advantage of by people you trusted. It’s not okay that your teacher didn’t recognize the signs of exploitation. It’s not okay that you were used to fund your caregiver’s addiction. And we pray for the 50 […]
OSCE: Partnering with Leaders to Prevent Human Trafficking
A college football tailgate tent filled with supplies for moms and babies may be simple, but at the Poland-Ukraine border, this set-up made the difference between exploitation and safety for countless refugees. Starting in March 2022, Unbound Now operated a crisis response initiative in Poland. Recognizing that refugees experience compounding vulnerabilities to trafficking, we stationed […]
Unbound Now: Championing Transparency & Excellence
In the ongoing fight against human trafficking, the staff members that make up our global team stand as a beacon of hope! With an unwavering commitment to transparency and excellence, we have had the honor of serving 757 survivors this year to date. In addition, we are proud to share that Unbound Now has earned […]
Unbound Now Named Recipient of Prestigious Texas Bar Foundation Grant
Grant will aid the nonprofit in serving more survivors of human trafficking in Texas Austin, TX – Unbound Now, a global leader in the fight against human trafficking, is thrilled to announce that it has received a generous $10,000 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation, which will further their mission of recovering and serving survivors […]
Unbound Now Partners with U.S. Embassy to Prevent Online Exploitation of Children in Mongolia
Today we celebrate our team in Mongolia who has worked tirelessly for over a decade to recover and support victims of human trafficking and prevent it from ever happening in the first place. In lock step with this vision and the partnership of the U.S. Embassy to Mongolia with Ambassador Richard Buangan and World Vision […]
Behind the scenes of a sting
“The moment of recovery is without a doubt, one of the most dramatic moments an advocate can be invited into; it is also one of the most sacred.” I can proudly say that over the last 11 years we have been honored to work with local, state, federal, and international law enforcement. Fighting human trafficking […]
How do you identify trafficking in an international airport?
“I will never forget the time we met two teenage girls, who were going to China to “work.”
Hope found in a Louisiana hospital
One week ago, a youth presented in a Louisiana hospital with serious injuries, physical and emotional. She was a victim of human trafficking. Local officials made the decision to call Unbound Now. Within an hour of receiving their call, one of our highly-trained staff met her at the hospital with practical support and compassionate care. […]
Miracle in Poland’s Parliament
In a victory in the fight for justice, Poland’s national government signed into law the first of two bills to amend the Family and Guardianship Code. Unbound Now celebrates this legislative victory and the impact it will have for child survivors of sexual exploitation across the nation. The Unbound Now Europe team was actively engaged […]
Understanding the TIP Report
Human trafficking is a global crisis. And it requires a collaborative global response. Since the beginning it has been our dream to see every nation free of human trafficking. I long for the families trapped in the labor trafficking of brick kilns and rice mills in India and the women in brothels in Thailand and […]
TEAM 6: UPDATE FROM UKRAINE RESPONSE
Written by Kerri Taylor, Executive Director of Unbound Now Houston. I was privileged to join Unbound Now at the Ukrainian/Polish border for the last ten days of May. I say privileged because as a representative of Unbound Now, I got to make a contribution in meeting the needs of the Ukrainian and Polish people at […]
TEAM 5: UPDATE FROM UKRAINE RESPONSE
Written by Jessica Sykora, Unbound Now Director of Development Almost 13 million people are believed to have fled their homes in Ukraine since the conflict began, according to the United Nations, making this situation the fastest and largest mass migration of people since WWII. This is the fact that motivated me as I flew with […]
TEAM 4: UPDATE FROM UKRAINE RESPONSE
Written by team member George Young I want to share some of what I have learned about the Ukraine refugee crisis so far, and how Poland has stepped up in a huge and heroic way. With the sudden influx of refugees from Ukraine flowing into Poland (3-4 million), many humanitarian organizations and the Polish government […]
TEAM 3: UPDATE FROM UKRAINE RESPONSE
Shared by Amanda Buenger, Executive Director of Unbound Bryan College Station I am still processing all that our team experienced on our recent trip to the Poland/Ukraine border. Before leaving, I had a few expectations of what we might experience in a war torn crisis situation, but upon arrival, I was continually blown away by […]
Running to the crisis: Unbound’s response for ukraine
It is no surprise that exploitation increases exponentially when natural disasters or wars occur. Right now, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is sending millions of people running to the borders. Most of these are women and children, as Ukrainian men stay and fight. These unprotected people are in extreme danger of exploitation. One of the […]
Human Trafficking 101: Traffickers & Buyers
Human trafficking is a business of supply and demand. In this video, you’ll learn who is driving the demand, who is guilty of human trafficking, and what you can do to be part of the solution.