J1279N SHE Rescue

The Situation

Childhood is supposed to be a time for fun, exploration and learning.

Yet millions of children are living in modern slavery. Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the world, and sexual exploitation remains one of its most devastating forms—especially for children. In recent years, organisations like the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UNICEF have reported that children are disproportionately targeted for sexual exploitation, often groomed or coerced into abuse that can have lifelong physical and emotional impacts.

Cambodia is a key place where this crisis continues to unfold. Factors such as poverty, limited access to education, and unsafe migration pathways increase children’s vulnerability to being trafficked and exploited. According to UNICEF and the International Labour Organization, children and particularly girls from rural areas remain at risk of exploitation in both physical and increasingly online spaces. This is why organisations like the SHE Rescue Home exist in

Cambodia: to provide a safe place for those who have experienced sexual exploitation or are at high risk, and to support long-term healing, education, and a future free from abuse.

The Objectives

The SHE Rescue Home exists as a safe haven for girls aged 5 - 16 years of age who have survived trafficking, rape, prostitution, sexual exploitation, or are at risk. Our high security home is where girls may find healing, wholeness, support, love, and reclaim a sense of childlike innocence. Our goal for every survivor is successful reintegration back with their family and into local communities. While there are always exceptions, girls are usually in our home between 6 months and 2 years while court cases are completed, families become financially stable and the girls take the time to heal from their traumas. Once a girl has been reintegrated, we continue to support her financially and emotionally through a minimum transition period of three years. After a girl has been home for 3 years we will assess her case – if she is safe and stable and on her way to a successful future we will close the case and allow her to thrive on her own. If she is not safe and stable we will continue support and reassess every 6 months. Every closed case is a girl whose future has been restored.

This is why we do what we do!