THE FOUNDATION

The Foundation works to prevent human trafficking by:

  • Mentoring survivors of slavery, both to become leaders and to work together with global leaders in the movement to end human trafficking.
  • Providing survivor mentorship programs to help survivors achieve their full potential in life;
  • Educating communities, students, and governments on survivors’ experiences through social media and global awareness campaigns;
  • Identifying the environments that give rise to the possibility of slavery; and
  • Bringing government leaders, grassroots leaders, and survivors together to work toward the well-being of all people.
Rani, our founder, quoted powerful words from Gandhi while speaking to the UN General Assembly
“ When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always. „

Rani's Story

More than three decades after India won freedom and independence from Great Britain, a little girl from the Southern region of India was stolen from her family and became a slave. She was seven years old. She lost her home and her identity. She kept only her first name - Rani.

By age eight, Rani's physical condition and emotional state were so dire she was near death. No longer of any value to her slave owner, he sold her into illegal adoption. The turning point came when an American woman adopted a little girl from India who she thought was an orphan. Through her adoptive mother's love Rani began to find stability, healing and a sense of personal freedom.

In her early 20s, Rani married Trong Hong. Trong was also a survivor of human trafficking. As a child in Vietnam, he was recruited to become a child soldier. Today they are the joyful parents of four school-age children, growing up safe and sound in the Seattle area.

Rani has become an advocate for the voiceless victims of human trafficking and a leader in the movement to end modern day slavery.