Episode 19: Rehabilitation after Human Trafficking

In this episode of the Fast Lane with Sara Jayne podcast, Sara Jayne speaks with Rose, who talks about the rescue, restoration, and reintegration organization she helped start and worked within the Dominican Republic to save girls from human trafficking.

Episode Highlights:

• What are some of the challenges Rose had helping girls get out of human trafficking?
• At one point there were two girls from different gangs that came to her organization’s care.
• How did Rose calm the girls who fought each other down?
• They had a girl punch through a glass window.
• Was it normal to be dealing with girls from gangs?
• What were some of the best success stories with girls’ lives getting turned around?
• Does she stay in contact with girls that she has worked with?
• Do the host moms live on-site or at their own homes?
• Did they ever have someone try to come and pull a girl out of the house?
• Do human trafficking statistics include people that choose to do so?
• The girls generally have massive trust issues.
• Is there a group for minor males?
• What can an average person do to help girls like these?

3 Key Points:

1. One of the most powerful games in the Dominican Republic involves voodoo.
2. House moms work the equivalent of a 40-hour workweek and live there with the girls and then go home the equivalent of three days out of 12-day rotations.
3. In the Dominican Republic, if an adult decides to get involved in prostitution, it isn’t a trafficking case because it is legal there.

Resources Mentioned:

• Fast Lane Facebook
• Fast Lane on Apple Podcasts