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 […]
Stories of Resilience: The Underground Celebrates 3,000 Visits
Meet Amy*. Unimaginable challenges and unspeakable traumas have marked Amy’s journey. Trafficked from a young age, she endured a nomadic existence, forced to move from state to state, and robbed of the stability and safety every child deserves. But at 17, Amy found a glimmer of hope – an advocacy agency connected her with the […]
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.”
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 […]