Our Mission
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.
Our Programs
JOY International takes a multifacted 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
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.
The FREEDOM INITIATIVE
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.
JOY Empowerment Project
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.
Education and awareness
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.
Our Impact
Founded in 1981, JOY International has made a long-standing impact on global child welfare over the last several decades. During the early years, JOY International worked with established ministries and homes for children in India, China, Russia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mexico, Uganda, Kenya, Venezuela, and Fiji. In the 1990s, JOY International shifted its focus to fighting child trafficking. Since that time, over 3,000 children, teens, and young adults have been brought to freedom and JOY’s programming has changed the lives of thousands of vulnerable and trafficked individuals around the world.
3,000
INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT TO FREEDOM
Through undercover operations and the training and development of international police and human trafficking task forces, JOY International has helped bring freedom to over 3,000 individuals.
35+
COUNTRIES IMPACTED
Over the years, JOY International has impacted children in over 35 countries through programming, training, and housing for vulnerable and trafficked youth.
1M
children Impacted
Over the past several decades, nearly one million impoverished, vulnerable, and trafficked children have been impacted through the work of JOY International.
“My Future is WOW and JOY International has given me a bright future!”
Muhindo Penlope, Uganda
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JOY International certainly could not do the work we do without the passionate force of freedom fighters who support and serve alongside us.
Together, we can all make a difference!
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