When you become a donor, you provide safe and loving housing to child survivors of trafficking and prevent vulnerable children from being trafficked through education and support programs in Uganda and training and awareness programs in the United States.
JOY International takes a multifaceted approach to comprehensively fight child trafficking through programs that address four crucial pillars: prevention, freedom, healing, and empowerment. Each of JOY International’s programs intentionally addresses one or more of these pillars.
JOY INTERNATIONAL MUKTI HOME IN NEPAL
The JOY International Mukti Home is a safe home for survivors of trafficking under the age of 18 in Nepal. The home provides safe housing, remedial education, counseling, job training, family support, medical care, legal representation, 24-hour security, and lots of love as the residents navigate their journey toward healing.
JOY EMPOWERMENT PROJECT IN UGANDA
JOY’s Empowerment Project in Kasese, Uganda is a program for girls who are most at risk of or are survivors of trafficking and exploitation. The program provides safety, food, clothing, hygiene supplies, medical care, and education to girls who are most at risk of being trafficked or forced into early child marriage.
THE FREEDOM INITIATIVE IN BELIZE AND AROUND THE WORLD
Through The Freedom Initiative, JOY International works to strengthen trafficking prevention, aftercare, and investigative rescue teams through training trips, missions teams, and ongoing mentorship support. Our missions teams go to support current work being done by partners to prevent trafficking, and our training teams actively work to support the staff of aftercare homes, children’s homes, prevention programs, and investigative rescue teams through trainings and retreats.
EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN THE UNITED STATES
The JOY International staff speaks across the United States to educate youth and adults about Human Trafficking. Speaking topics often include understanding the dynamics of Human Trafficking, how young people can protect themselves from it, and how others can get involved in fighting it. JOY International also produced the 6:8 Freedom Project, a free online curriculum for children and teens to learn about trafficking around the world in an engage, age-appropriate format.
JOY International is dedicated to the prevention of child trafficking and to the freedom, healing, and empowerment of trafficked children, teens, and young adults worldwide.
JOY International was founded by Dr. Jeff Brodsky in 1981 in a quest to bring JOY to a broken world. As Dr. Brodsky traveled the world in search of "the least of these," he came to know the horrors of child sex trafficking and dedicated his life to setting these children free.
Since its inception, JOY International has worked in more than 35 countries to support vulnerable and trafficked children and has impacted the lives of nearly one million children in need.
Over the past four decades, JOY International has evolved from Dr. Brodsky’s personal mission into a global initiative committed to making a difference in the lives of those affected by trafficking and other forms of exploitation.
Today, JOY International takes a multifaceted approach to comprehensively fight child trafficking through programs that address four crucial pillars: prevention, freedom, healing, and empowerment. Each of JOY International’s programs intentionally addresses one or more of these pillars.
Organization name
JOY International
1981
Category
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
26697 Pleasant Park Rd Bldg B Suite 110Mailing
PO Box 571Jefferson County, CO, US
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