OURescue, Operation Underground Railroad, founded December 2013
Operation Underground Rescue is an organization which began December 2013 and since being founded has helped to extract 1,000’s of children & unveil those behind the sex trafficking pandemic touching the lives of millions of families around the globe.
“In the past six years of existence, O.U.R. has rescued3,800 victims and assisted in the arrests of more than 2,100 traffickers around the world. The partners we are empowering have collectively helped rescue the lives of more than 10,000 survivors who were enslaved, exploited or at risk.”
“SINCE BEING FOUNDED,
we've gathered the world's experts in extraction operations and in anti-child trafficking efforts to bring an end to child slavery. O.U.R.'s Ops Team consists of former CIA, past and current law enforcement, and highly skilled operatives that lead coordinated identification and extraction efforts. These operations are always in conjunction with law enforcement throughout the world.
Once victims are rescued, a comprehensive process involving justice for the perpetrators and recovery and rehabilitation for the survivors begins.
It is time for private citizens and organizations to rise up and help. It is our duty as a free and blessed people.”
And just how did this amazing organization come to exist?
Meet Timothy Ballard, a former special agent who is now using his gifts to serve others (1 Peter 4:10) in this world:
“Timothy Ballard is the Founder and CEO of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.). Ballard spent over a decade working as a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security where he was assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and deployed as an undercover operative for the U.S. Child Sex Tourism Jump Team. He has worked every type of case imaginable in the fight to dismantle child trafficking rings. Ballard has worked undercover in the United States and in multiple foreign countries to infiltrate child trafficking organizations. In this effort, he has successfully dismantled dozens of these organizations and rescued countless children from sex slavery. He is an expert at managing Internet investigations, particularly those dealing with file-share networks where pedophiles and traffickers go to trade in child pornography. He has trained hundreds of law enforcement officers and has testified before the United States Congress on best practices to liberate children from sex slavery. “
100% of proceeds from the online store for the month of August will be tithed to Operation Underground Railroad.
Human trafficking has been hidden in our plain sight for too long and it is time to bring forth awareness, resources and an end to this evil plaguing our world.
In the early summer of 2020, an online predator tried to come after my 10 year old son. He sent him explicit text messages and even tried to bate him into sending photos of his younger sister who was 4 at the time. It was an extremely eye-opening experience to walk through and one which caused a great agitation in my spirit.
When I began to share the experience with others, I was taken aback by how many of them also had their own personal experience with this and how many of them have been bated themselves through their social media profiles.
Teens were telling me how older men reach out offering money to them. Asking for photos or time in exchange. So bold. So wrong. And so common.
And what I started to notice was how even though the majority of people I spoke with (nearly 100 then) had some kind of experience related to this, no one was talking about. No one!
So I started asking God how this could be? How could so many be being affected by this yet not one was voicing it out loud or sharing their experience with others in warning. And then God showed me: Through this silence, the beast of trafficking is given room to grow. And invade. And destroy.
And it is through our voices, our platforms and our influence, we can bring forth God’s intended victory and that is what we are aiming to do by partnering with OURescue and supporting their work to help cast light into this darkness coming after our children.
Please support the mission of OURescue by purchasing online from His Collection Apparel during August 2020 and by sharing this message. 100% of proceeds from our online store for the month of August will be tithed to Operation Underground Railroad.
