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Getting Help – Covenant House

Getting Help

Sex trafficking is
never your fault

If you or someone you know needs help, reach out.

Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline

1.833.900.1010

Trust your instincts

Tell someone you trust if something doesn’t feel right or seems too good to be true.

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Isolates you from family and friends
Buys you lots of expensive things
Encourages you to skip school, miss curfew, try drinking or drugs
Promises you a better life
Encourages you to secretive about them and your whereabouts

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Things like “Don’t tell anyone”
“It’s our secret”
“You owe me”
“I need you to do something just this once, for our future together”

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Like you’re being made to do things
you’re not comfortable with
Disrespected or powerless
That you don’t have any control
That you don’t have a choice or other options

Many victims don’t ask for help because they don’t know how to describe what is happening to them.

Here are ways to describe an exploitative situation to a trusted person:

“I feel powerless”

“I am doing things I am not comfortable with and that I do not consent to”

“I am doing things I am not comfortable with and that I do not consent to”

“I feel disrespected”

“I feel unsafe”

“I feel like I do not have a choice”