On the recordJanuary 24, 2017
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and I would like to highlight a great organization that is fighting to end this modern day slavery. The New Life Refuge Ministries is working to bring an end to the domestic sex trafficking of children. In 2015, in my hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas, we had 29 cases of child sex trafficking. The youngest victim was only 8 years old. Founder and executive director Minta Moore has been working since 2010 to build a home for survivors so that they will have a safe place to heal and a safe place from which to transition back to a healthy lifestyle. This all-volunteer organization has cleared land, has laid a road, has poured a foundation, and is now in the construction phase of opening its first cottage. It is its hope to open its doors this May. I applaud this organization and others like it that fight to eradicate human trafficking and that work to protect innocent children who have been victimized. School Choice
