Compass 31
From Captivity to Catalyst
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Human trafficking is defined as the act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining a person for a commercial labor or commercial sex through use of force, fraud, or coercion.1 Thailand, Bangladesh and the Middle East are sources, destinations, and transit countries for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Conservative estimates put this population numbering in the tens of thousands of victims.2 \n\n\n1 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2012\n2 U.S. Department of State: Trafficking in Persons Report 2018
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Aftercare for survivors of sexual exploitation
It is not the intention of Compass 31 to set up a welfare system enabling people to live off a steady flow of foreign money, which would belittle and demean the women we strive to help. Instead we will empower the women in the following ways:
Equality: That they would be treated equally in their cultural an obtain proper documentation for that to happen.
Education: Give them assistance in purposing an education to the highest level possible.
Economic Distress: Through education, matching savings and micro-loans, empower them to break free on poverty.
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Compass 31 exists to make Jesus known by fighting human trafficking through prevention, restoration and leadership development. \nCompass 31 is a project focused on a combating human trafficking through a threefold, gospel centered strategy. Human trafficking is a crime against humanity. Every year, thousands of women and children fall into the hands of traffickers in their own countries and abroad. These men, women and children come to be exploited through three primary avenues, economic distress, lack of education and lack of equality.3 Every country in the world is implicated by this injustice, whether as a country of origin, transit, or destination.4 Slavery is still alive and well in our contemporary society. Though difficult to verify actual numbers of those held captive, the global estimate is that there are between 20.9 and 30 million victims currently in forced labor and the commercial sex industry.5 The most conservative estimate of the number of victims of sexual slavery/sex trafficking globally is 4,500,000.6 98% of all victims of sexual slavery/sex trafficking worldwide are women and girls.7 Sexual exploitation makes up 79% of identified forms of international cross border human trafficking, including prostitution, forced stripping, massage services, and pornography.8 Approximately 600,000 to 800,000 human trafficking victims are trafficked across international borders worldwide every year.9 After drug trafficking, trafficking in humans ties with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today. It is the fastest growing criminal industry.10 Most sex trafficking is regional or national and is perpetrated by traffickers who are the same nationality as their victims.11 As many as 2 million children are introduced into in the global commercial sex trade every year.12 In Thailand it is estimated that as many as 70% of men regularly purchase sex.13\n\n\n3 Priceless Cube: www.pricelesscube.com\n4 U.S. Department of State: Trafficking in Persons Report 2018\n5 International Labor Organization 2012; Not For Sale Campaign 2014\n6 International Labor Organization 2012\n7 International Labor Organization 2012\n8 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, 2009\n9 U.S. Department of State: Trafficking in Persons Report 2018\n10 U .S. Department of Health and Human Services 2012\n11 United Nations, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, 2009\n12 U.S. Department of State: Trafficking in Persons Report 2013\n13 The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It; Victor Malarek
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Restoration\nCompass 31 provides a safe and loving home for young survivors of commercial exploitation. Being placed in a family environment, C31 staff will model what a Godly and healthy marriage and family life looks like. The girls and their children will encounter Jesus daily as they receive education, life skills training, counseling and discipleship.\nPrevention\nCompass 31 work on preventing human trafficking through education with the Priceless Cube and prayer walking through the red light districts, introducing people to the concept that they are made in the image of God and therefore they have intrinsic value.\nLeadership Development\nCompass 31 believes that the only solution to human trafficking is Jesus. Compass 31 raises survivors to become catalyst for cultural change by loving, supporting and discipling them through university and into safe job placement.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have projects operating in four countries that are strategically and effectively addressing the issue of human trafficking. We are currently operating in the US, Thailand, Bangladesh, and the Middle East.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
With more than 20 years of experience in the field of human trafficking, Jenni Jessen knows the depths of trauma a body can endure. She was sold into the commercial sex trade at age four by her grandfather but God provided for her rescue and escape at age 17. Jenni and her husband, KJ founded Compass 31 in 2011 in response to the unfolding of redemption in their own lives. Compass 31 provides a holistic model of restoration that includes safe housing, educational scholarships and discipleship for young women who have been rescued from exploitation. For more than 8 years, they provided foster care to teenage mothers and babies rescued from the sex trade. In cooperation with Compassion International, e3 Partners and International Justice Mission, Jenni and KJ co-created Priceless Cube in 2012. Since that time, they have equipped national leaders from more than 40 different countries to effectively combat human trafficking through education. To date, tens of thousands of people globally have heard this high-impact prevention message.\n\nEquipping national leaders, survivors and government officials to address human trafficking and combat it with the highest standards of trauma-informed care.
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Compass 31
Board of directorsas of 02/03/2023
Dr. Jennisue Jessen
Compass 31
Term: 2018 -
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