Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    January - December, 2020: Handed out over 750 backpacks to women being sold inred-light districts in Bakersfield, CA. and Orange County, CA. The backpacks containitems that a woman would need over the course of a weekend. While interacting withthese individuals, we offer them hope, prayer, phone numbers with resources available to them, and let them know that we have a shelter and can offer them safe harbor and a way out of sex trafficking when they are ready. Although, many businesses were shut down and stay at home orders were in place due to the pandemic, this did not slow down sex trafficking as we saw an increase in individuals being sold in California.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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  • Program 2 [2020]

    October, 2020: Launched a billboard campaign on Union Ave. (the red-light district) in Bakersfield, CA., that coincided with a mile long march down Union Ave. The threebillboards were strategically placed near hotels that were known for sex trafficking. The billboards contained a catch phrase and information and phone numbers for the victims to call for help to exit sex trafficking. The billboards ran for 12 weeks, leading up to Human Trafficking Awareness month which occurs in January of each year.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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  • Program 3 [2020]

    November, 2020: Worked with the FBI, Bakersfield branch office, in an effort to bring down a sex trafficking ring at a specific hotel on Union Ave. The FBI, Homeland Security, and Bakersfield Police Department, raided the hotel in January 2021, and were able to liberate 15 female victims and arrested three men connected to human trafficking.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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