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This Christmas, you can help bring hope home

It breaks our hearts to hear parents, whose children have been trafficked away from them, telling us the agony of not even knowing if they are still alive.  

Many times, we have heard of traffickers lying that a trafficked child was dead – just so the parents would stop searching. For the victims and for the families left behind, ‘home’ can feel a world away, because home IS family. Breaking one breaks the other.   

Like seven-year-old Jacob, taken from his home, lured away by men making promises that he was too young to understand were lies. They wanted to traffic him, to profit from him, not caring that his mother was barely able to function in her grief, going without sleep and food. She said later that not knowing if Jacob was alive or dead was “unbearable”.  

The traffickers panicked after too many people started asking questions about the boy. They left him alone and he was found by police who brought him to one of our Lighthouses, for safe shelter, good food, trauma-informed care and a chance to play and learn.

Despite his experiences, his little personality shone through, making him popular with the other children at the Lighthouse. The children there have been drawing what ‘home’ means to them.

Hope for Justice specialists traced his family, and when it was safe, we brought Jacob home. Our team said the moment was “pure joy”.

This Christmas, bring hope home. Your generosity can help people affected by modern slavery, and those families left behind.

Give today and help them find safety, rebuild their lives and move towards the stable, independent future everyone deserves. 

The Hope for Justice Swallow

You may have noticed the swallow in the Hope for Justice logo. There’s a reason it’s there. Swallows are known for returning to their nesting place, and for us, that little bird has long represented freedom and the hope of finding your way home. Make your own Hope for Justice swallow and tag us on social media! 

*Donations via this form will be matched, up to a global total of £80,000 / $105,000. Regular gifts will be matched for the first 12 months of giving. Gifts in excess of this total will be gratefully received and put straight to use, but cannot be matched.