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 […]
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 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 […]
Hello from Asia!
Hello friends! My name is Susan Peters, and I am blessed to serve as the Founder and CEO of Unbound Now. Over the past 11 years we have been blessed to see our work multiplied into communities around the world. We know the crime of human trafficking reaches across borders and by the grace of […]
Do assembly-style presentations make a difference?
“Almost one out of five central Texas high school students are either approached by a trafficker or are trafficked. Raising awareness can also validate someone’s experience or prompt them to seek help they did not know was available.” This quote comes from a research article published in the Journal of Human Trafficking in December 2020. […]
When a Child’s Heart is Compelled to Make Grown-up Choices
The two classes I had just taught at the high school went great. The students were engaged and asked many relevant questions. As a facilitator, I felt our Keeping Students Safe curriculum on Human Trafficking was being well received by the students, and they were understanding the core concepts regarding students who had been trafficked.
But the 3rd period class taught me a lesson I will never forget…
The Faces of Unbound Now: Brian, Matthew & KOT
“Personally, I wanted to learn how to engage the issue and make a difference in my community. I also felt like boys need to be informed so that they know how to support and protect their peers who could be at-risk.”