Cyrus International is committed to help organizations focused on stopping the practice of human trafficking.  Our desire is not only to rescue those victims from enslavement, but to also provide physical and emotional rehabilitation.  In addition, we support  associations dedicated to bringing social restoration to these individuals so they have an opportunity to begin to build a healthy, normal life.

Worldwide, human trafficking has become one of the leading sources of profits for organized crime, generating an estimated $9.5 billion per year.  Over 2 million people are trafficked every year, 70% being women and young children.  Girls as young as 12 are stolen from their countries, smuggled into other nations and forced into a life of prostitution.  The average victim is obliged to have sex up to 20 times per day.

This issue can be ignored no longer, and we must rise up and become the agents of change and social justice.

Cyrus is presently partnering with A21, an organization focused on making a difference in Greece and Italy.  There are huge prostitution rings in these nations, with over 200,000 women and children in Greece alone trapped as sex slaves, and 1,838 sales every day.  That’s one sale every 47 seconds.  Largely comprised of trafficked young women and children from former Soviet Bloc nations, these victims suffer from malnutrition, beatings, forced abortions, exposure to many STD’s, and nonexistent health care.

Cyrus International is committed to provide funding for this humanitarian organization to build onsite shelter, rehabilitation centers, legal advocacy offices, and special operations teams designed to rescue these girls.  Upon rescue, their immediate physical needs will be met, and then they will begin the process of emotional rehabilitation.  Because these victims were stolen at such young ages, most have no vocational skills.  These centers will provide the essential education needed to help re-integrate the girls back into society.

We need your help to save these precious girls from their atrocious environments that lead many to suicide, or cause their early deaths from sexually transmitted diseases.  For more detailed information about traffickingHOPE and the organizations it supports, email us at info@cyrusinternational.org.

Click here to learn more about the A-21 Campaign and what Cyrus is doing to fight human trafficking worldwide.