Heal and Transform Victims of Human Trafficking

Save women and children from human trafficking. Help us raise funds for our basic shelter needs. We need your support in sustaining the Center of Hope's operations and continue to shelter, heal and empower victims of human trafficking and other forms of slavery in the Philippines.STORYRose is from an indigenous tribe. She was sold for sexual exploitation at the age of 12. After years of abuse, she was rescued and found refuge at the Visayan Forum's Center of Hope where she was able to rebuild her life through transformative and healing services. She graduated with a degree in Business Administration. "YOU can help us save more Filipinos from human trafficking. Filipinos have dignity, we are not for sale." - Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, VF President (CNN The Fighters 2013)HELP SAVE VICTIMS LIKE ROSE.Our basic shelter needs for one month is 300,000.00, which includes healing and psychosocial interventions. Your support in raising this amount will go a long way and allow us to continue transforming many lives. Join us in our fight. To learn more about VF, visit our website: www.visayanforum.orgABOUTThe Philippines is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. 401,000 Filipinos are presently enslaved according to the report of Global Slavery Index of 2016.For 25 years, Visayan Forum has been innovating solutions to end human trafficking and modern slavery in the Philippines. We prevent trafficking through community watch mechanisms, we protect victims and potential victims in transit areas and transform the lives of survivors through holistic shelter-based services, we influence policy and conduct solution-based research, and we mobilize the youth to reduce their vulnerability to trafficking.