Anti-Sexual Slavery Initiatives in West Africa

Project Rescue’s first official partnership in an African country is with a local teacher who has been on a 20-year mission to restore women from exploitation since the day she found out one of her own students was being exploited.

This partnership moves women off the streets and helps them find jobs, teaches them English, and provides them with the care they need.

In 2025, Project Rescue dedicated the first safe home in Africa, right here with our partner in West Africa.

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A safe place to foster restoration

When a woman or young girl leaves prostitution or escapes exploitation, the first major issue they face is where to go.

Traffickers will follow them, families often disown these girls, or they might have been the perpetrators of the exploitation. Coastal port cities are heavy in trafficking, and getting these ladies as far from there as possible is a step that can mean the difference between rescue and reexploitation.

This safe home is that difference. For 40 women, they will take their first steps on the restoration journey, and our partner and her team will walk alongside them every step of the way.

“SHe is my Daughter”

Hear from our partner as she shares the very heart behind this ministry and the great need that is growing within the city she lives in.

The story behind our partner’s heart.

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“After meeting a student involved in prostitution, NGO Femmes de Salem was founded. In September 2002, our community experienced the greatest crisis in its history. The impoverishment of the population accelerated the prostitution phenomenon. Around 2005, 9 distraught girls of Nigerian origin contacted us, explaining that they were victims of sex trafficking and that one of their friends had just been murdered.

From that moment on, we began our work of holistic accompaniment of these young girls.

But we had to stop when we were threatened by the pimps. We realized that we would need safe location if we were to be effective. In the meantime, we turned our attention to less dangerous activities: women's empowerment, education, and child protection— raising young people's awareness of the evils of life...

It was in this context that, in 2017, we had a wonderful encounter with an existing partner of Project Rescue.

This partner is the one who brought us back to our first love, supporting trafficked girls. This led us to connect directly with Project Rescue.

In August 2023, Jonathan and Jennifer Barratt visited from the USA, and we realized that after so many years of tearful prayer, God had finally answered our prayers. With their help, we acquired a building for the Safe Home and Operations Center. Now the girls will have a secure setting to carry out capacity-building activities, psychological support, and personal development training... Surely, God will do great things for the salvation of souls through our Project Rescue partnership.

May the Lord bless Project Rescue for its wonderful hand of partnership.” -BBC

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More than Rescue

Vocational training

The new home is more than a home. It holds a vocational training center and market where the women can not only learn skills and trades, but can also sell their products from the safety of this on-site market. This allows for greater independence and financial security.

Sustainability

In addition to being the first safe home in Africa, this location is the first site with a built-in financial sustainability project. Above the marketplace is an apartment complex that will be rented out to generate income for our partner compassion operations. Once running at full capacity, these apartments will sustain 100% of the operational costs for this site.