Her stepdad was her trafficker. When she was just five years old, he began using her for pornography — then for sex. Then he sold her for sex with his friends.
For many years, she was violently abused by men on the streets. However, because she was seen as a “prostitute” by the American “justice” system, Yvonne was imprisoned five times.
But with the help of friends like you, Shared Hope changed the narrative!
The love and compassion of Shared Hope supporters like you have given Yvonne’s life new purpose and meaning. Now, she is a wife and mother. And she has dedicated her life to helping restore children, right here in America, who suffer like she once did.
Today, you can join her in the fight —
There’s no time to lose. Children are being enslaved and sold every day … and all too often, our justice system treats them like criminals.
This is why Shared Hope exists: to rescue children from predators, prevent more tragedies, restore the lives of survivors, and hold criminals to account. Our powerful work is supported by caring people like you. Together, we are:
- Confronting and preventing sex trafficking
- Training families and professionals
- Bringing justice to survivors
- Establishing and strengthening state and federal laws to protect victims
- Providing long-term care for mothers and their babies enslaved in the commercial sex industry
- Restoring lives — offering healing and the opportunity for a better, brighter, hope-filled future
But there are more children at risk, both here in the U.S. and abroad. Shared Hope and our partners also at work in India, Nepal, Jamaica, and other places where child trafficking is, sadly, common.
So we need your help. To provide care and healing for a child trafficking victim takes only about $3 a day. Every $90 given to Shared Hope means new life to a survivor for an entire month.
Tomorrow, another child like Yvonne will be brutally targeted. With your gift today, Shared Hope can save that life!