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Upcoming events
National Survivor Study
The National Survivor Study is a scientifically rigorous research project developed in full partnership with survivors of human trafficking to gain insights that we can use to push for real and impactful change.
Increase Funding for Worker Protection Agencies
Chronic underfunding of the federal agency charged with protecting workers means labor traffickers are able to operate with impunity because they are pretty sure no one is watching. That has to change. The U.S. Department of Labor must have the resources to hire, train and deploy inspectors who visit job sites and make sure workers are being treated fairly.
The Resilience Fund
The save house project Resilience Fund offers direct cash assistance, no strings attached to human trafficking survivors to use in whatever they see fit. In doing so, the Resilience Fund gives survivors back exactly what their traffickers stole from them – control over their own lives.
92 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TRAFFICKED WORLDWIDE.
We cannot end this one person, one survivor at a time. But with your help, we can target the systems that make human trafficking possible.
Who We Are
Savehouseproject was Founded in 2002, which people held in slavery in the United States used as a guide to navigate their way to freedom. Today we are filling in the roadmap for that journey and lighting the path ahead.
Human Trafficking Myths
Myth
All human trafficking involves sex.
Reality
Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud or coercion to get another person to provide labor or commercial sex. Worldwide, experts believe there are more situations of labor trafficking than of sex trafficking, but there is much wider awareness of sex trafficking in the U.S. than of labor trafficking.
Myth
Human trafficking is usually a violent crime.
Reality
The most pervasive myth about human trafficking is that it often involves kidnapping or physically forcing someone into a situation. In reality, most traffickers use psychological means such as, tricking, defrauding, manipulating or threatening victims into providing commercial sex or exploitative labor.
Myth
Traffickers target victims they don’t know.
Reality
Many survivors have been trafficked by romantic partners, including spouses, and by family members, including parents.