Prevent
Prevent.
To keep from happening... to keep someone from doing something.
In the familiar metaphor, we are picnicking beside a swiftly flowing river. Suddenly we look up to see a child struggling in the current, being swept downstream. Even as we mobilize to rescue that one, we see another... and then another, then more... and then dozens of desperate children being swept to their destruction in the torrent right before our eyes. Many of us will swim to the rescue with everything we’ve got. But some of our strongest and most capable know that it is urgent to go upstream and stop the disaster that is casting so many children to their doom.
We are committed to keeping more innocent victims from being thrown into the torrent. And we are committed to stopping the disaster of demand for more victims.
Our prevention efforts include:
Shared Hope International's prevention programs examine the conditions that allow women and children to be bought and sold and document the marketplaces of victimization around the world. We work to enhance awareness of modern day sexual slavery and we build international alliances to combat sex trafficking.