It's Human Trafficking Awareness Day!

The 3rd Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day, slated by President Obama, to take place on January 11th each year, is a monumental day highlighting and engaging America in the issue of Human Trafficking. At SCTNow, we are reminded of the stories of children who've been heinously victimized in the sex slave trade.

Mary*: 14 years old was made to work as a waitress to pay off debt bondage. In the evening, she was also forced to sexually serve clients.

Anne*: 12 years old forced by a relative to prostitute herself at a hotel, over and over again.

Christine*: A teenager threatened that her mother would be horribly abused if she did not adhere to her traffickers demands. Christine was sexually exploited and victimized in unimaginable ways.

Mary*,Anne* and Christine's* innocence was stolen through the crime of human trafficking. Though they were once trapped in a lifestyle of bondage and slavery, thanks to your generous donations and the work of abroad investigative teams, they are now on a new journey of healing, hope and freedom.

Today, on this 3rd Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day, we remember these children and the countless others who are looking to you and organizations like SCTNow to help fight for their freedom!

*Names changed to protect the innocent.