Our History
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In 2009, a young girl at the age of 17 shared with a camp counselor her struggles with night terrors and daily blackouts. Through trust and time, she disclosed in 2010 that she was being abused sexually by a student teacher from her elementary school since the age of 8. At the age of 11, she was forced to have sex with other men as her abuser collected the money. At the age of 19, our team was able to help her get set free from her experience of modern day slavery: Human Sex Trafficking.
In January of 2012 a group began to form to pray and seek what they could do to make a difference. In summer 2012 the group grew largely in number and committed to weekly prayer meetings surrounding the issue of sex trafficking as well as meetings every two weeks to plan ways to give relief and support. The fall of 2012, the group started our street outreach work with sex workers hoping to identify women forced into sex trafficking. By the end of 2012 the team had worked directly or indirectly with over 10 victims from various demographic and economic backgrounds. Fight4Freedom currently operates in different locations across Canada, with active teams going on outreach to strip clubs, massage parlours and on street visits. |
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Our purpose is to be an active voice and advocate of justice for women and men who are victimized by human trafficking and sexual exploitation - to further assist them in finding the necessary support that will aid them in their journey of safety, freedom, healing, and restoration.
Vision
We want to see the end of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Canada and the world.
Mission
We focus on the five Ps:
- Protection- to protect the rights and dignity of women and men who are involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Prevention- raising awareness in speaking engagements and to provide preventative measures that will help women understand their identity, value and self worth.
- Partnerships- to seek out victims of human trafficking and connect them with support premised on biblical principles of love, mercy and grace and to collaborate, engage in dialogue and partner with other national stakeholders and agencies that directly or indirectly have a passion to
help victims of human trafficking - Prosecution- to advocate changes and support upcoming policies that directly or indirectly have an impact on seeing human trafficking eradicated in Canada.
- Prayer- see passionate individuals take a stance in seeing human trafficking end through prayer.
Our Four Arms
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1) Education - raising awareness and training surrounding the issues of sex trafficking.
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2) Outreach - reaching out with teams of volunteers to places where sex trafficking is known to happen.
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3) Aftercare - engaging in strong rehabilitation strategies to assist those coming out of situations of sexual exploitation.
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4) Partnerships - collaborating with other agencies or partners to adequately provide the necessary supports and services to survivors.
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