(COLORADO SPRINGS)– Colorado Springs-based nonprofit organization The Exodus Road works to eliminate human trafficking across the world and locally.
According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline in 2023, 440 tips were received from Colorado.
It’s commonly known as modern slavery, and in 2023 Colorado had the sixth-highest number of human trafficking reports in the nation. The Human Trafficking Hotline receives over one hundred calls and texts from Colorado every month, many from survivors seeking help or concerned community members reporting a tip.
“We didn’t know if we could rescue one kid, let alone the almost 3,000. So, we started to collect these stones, and we had no idea someday our office would be full of almost 3,000 stones,” said Matt Parker, with Exodus Road. “Every one of these stones is a child, man, or woman that has been saved because of the work of Exodus Road.”
In the last 14 years, the Exodus Road has helped nearly 3,000 survivors globally.
“It’s in the hundreds of cases each year and we’re seeing the numbers rise here in Colorado,” said Dr. Andrew Hoskins, Chief Operating Officer at Exodus Road.