We respond to sex and labor trafficking as it happens, and in a way that places the needs of victims and survivors first. As the home of the Resilience Fund, we support survivors by offering direct cash assistance– no strings attached– to use in whatever they see fit. In doing so, the Resilience Fund gives survivors back control over their own lives and healing process. Polaris also maintains the Global Modern Slavery Directory, ensuring that partners everywhere have access to the information and resources they need.
How We Do It
The Polaris Resilience Fund
Far, far too many survivors of human trafficking are just barely hanging on financially. We learned this from the National Survivor Study, which asked nearly 500 survivors how they are doing now that they are out of their trafficking situation. The answer, unfortunately, is that many are living paycheck to paycheck. They are struggling in so many ways that take time and money to process and are still, in very real ways, living in the trap created by their traffickers. To aid survivors in their journey, the Polaris Resilience Fund offers direct cash assistance, no strings attached, to human trafficking survivors to use in whatever they see fit, with the goal of restoring survivors’ control over their own lives.
Global Modern Slavery Directory
The Global Modern Slavery Directory is a publicly-searchable database of over 2,600 organizations and hotlines working on human trafficking and forced labor around the world that connects trafficking victims and survivors with much-needed resources such as emergency services, shelter, psychological support, and legal support in 200 countries.
