A small group of women in trucking and logistics have founded a nonprofit organization to help human trafficking victims. HDT Editor and Associate Publisher Deborah Lockridge talks to Gift of Freedom co-founder Sharon Siar about the initiative, its inspiration, its goals, and how people can help.
“We’re just taking it one step at a time, and one child at a time, because that’s what our focus is, is just helping a child just recover and live a normal life free of abuse.”
In this episode:
- The lack of post-rescue services for trafficking survivors
- The Founding of Gift of Freedom
- The role of transportation in human trafficking
- Trafficking isn’t just cartels
- The mental toll on child human trafficking victims
- What Gift of Freedom is doing
- How people can support the organization
- Raising awareness among families and communities
- Working with trucking and transportation groups
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