Hope Risen Foundation

About us

Hope Risen (formerly known as Hope For Women) was founded in 2009 with the vision to spread love, hope and justice in the quest to end modern day slavery and exploitation. We are doing this through prevention and awareness initiatives carried out alongside direct interventions to rescue, restore and reintegrate women, men and children who have been exploited. The trafficking and exploitation of children is one of the most severe human rights abuses imaginable. Hope Risen Foundation exists to prevent and assist in rescue of children from sex trafficking and online sexual exploitation.
The name “Hope Risen Foundation” itself conveys a sense of hope and renewal. By raising awareness and taking action, we empower survivors and potential victims with hope for a better future. This is a call to action that unites individuals and communities in the fight against human trafficking and exploitation. It acknowledges the need to adapt to the digital landscape while maintaining a strong commitment to protecting children’s well-being.

Our mission
We will leave no stone unturned looking for the one held captive in human trafficking. When we find the one we will walk the road to restoration together, and we will spare no expense to cripple the industry that has taken their freedom away! Children are not for sale!

Our solution
Over a decade of experience in the field of Anti-Human Trafficking we have made a commitment to understanding, addressing, and preventing harm to children through a comprehensive and collaborative approach:
• Understanding vulnerability: Acknowledging that vulnerability operates in the lives of children means recognizing the factors that make them susceptible to harm, exploitation, or adverse experiences. This could include socio-economic factors, family dynamics, access to education and healthcare, and exposure to risks like online predators or human trafficking.
• Intervention and care for survivors: In collaboration with Social Development providing care and support for children who have already experienced harm is crucial. This could involve offering trauma-informed services, counselling, medical care, and other forms of assistance to help survivors heal and rebuild their lives. In collaboration with FCS, Homeland Security and DPCI arresting traffickers, perpetrators and paedophiles bringing them to prosecution. In collaboration with NPA educating and assisting in the prosecution process. In collaboration with highly experienced, skilled and qualified therapists in the field of Trauma bringing a person centred approach.
• Prevention: While supporting survivors is important, preventing harm from happening in the first place is a proactive approach that aims to create a safer environment for all children. This involves identifying risk factors and implementing strategies to mitigate them.
• Power of relationships and collaboration: Building strong relationships with children, families, communities, and other stakeholders is fundamental to understanding their needs and concerns. Collaboration with various organizations, agencies, and experts enhances the effectiveness of interventions and prevention efforts.
• Stories matter: Listening to Lived Experiences. Listening to those with lived experience, including survivors, parents, and caregivers, allows for a deeper understanding of the challenges and solutions. Their insights can shape programs, policies, and initiatives in a way that resonates with the realities on the ground.
• Scaling proven practices: Implementing strategies and interventions that have proven successful in addressing vulnerability and harm is a wise approach. These practices have demonstrated their effectiveness and can be adapted to different contexts.
• Challenging systems: Addressing the systems and structures that contribute to children’s vulnerability is essential for creating lasting change. Advocating for policy reforms, raising awareness, and addressing root causes can lead to systemic improvements.
• Core commitment to children: Placing the best interests of children at the center of your efforts demonstrates a strong ethical commitment. This ensures that all actions and decisions prioritize the well-being and safety of children.
By combining these elements, we are working toward a holistic approach that aims to create a safer and more protective environment for children. This approach recognizes that vulnerability is multifaceted and requires a multifaceted response that involves understanding, empathy, collaboration, and advocacy.

Initiatives:
• Awareness and Prevention: Trafficking thrives in secrecy: the less people know about it and the fewer who believe that it’s happening, the easier it is for traffickers to carry out their activities. That’s why we place a heavy emphasis on building awareness, because prevention is better than cure.
• Rescue and Intervention: The process to rescue trafficking victims requires the cooperation of many different players who piece together clues, follow up on leads, match missing person reports with suspicious activity and tracking moving targets in a secretive underground world.
• Restoration and Reintegration: Once out of danger and in Safe Houses, the survivors are taken through an extended programme to bring healing and hope, while equipping them on a practical level for reintegration and life after the Safe House.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.