OUTPOSTS

Centers for young men leaving orphanages that rescued them from human trafficking. 

We are at a critical junction in history where over the last 10 - 15 years we have rescued children from human trafficking.  Now these children are young men and women leaving the homes to venture into life. Without effective fathering mentors their direction and support will be challenged.  For young men this could mean going back into the world they were once rescued from.  Without family and nationality at times, they are journeying into the next phase of life often ... alone. 

By placing Outposts with Fathering mentors we are helping direct and develop the physical, spiritual, and mental aspects of young men through athletics, business, and life skills.  Providing a stable support not only for these young men to launch forward in life, but to go and positively affect those involved in the trafficking world.

The Outposts will be placed in the highest trafficking areas as an outlet for those that were rescued from, want to get out of, or are at risk of being part of human trafficking.  Building a their value based on who they are now and not what thy were.

Our skeletal model goes back to the original founding of the YMCA (not what it currently has become). We are using a variation of this model to deal with the trafficking industry and those who have been impacted by it's negative effects.  The first YMCA dealt with a similiar issue and negativley affected the brothels and bars in London. Here is an excerpt from the original purpose of the YMCA.

In 1844, industrialized London was a place of great turmoil and despair. For the young men who migrated to the city from rural areas to find jobs, London offered a bleak landscape of tenement housing and dangerous influences.

Twenty-two-year-old George Williams, a farmer-turned-department store worker, was troubled by what he saw. He joined 11 friends to organize the first Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), a refuge of Bible study and prayer for young men seeking escape from the hazards of life on the streets. A place for wholesome recreation that would preserve youth from the temptations of alcohol, gambling, and prostitution and that would promote good citizenship.

Although an association of young men meeting around a common purpose was nothing new, the Y offered something unique for its time. The organization’s drive to meet social need in the community was compelling, and its openness to members crossed the rigid lines separating English social classes.

Years later, retired Boston sea captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan, working as a marine missionary, noticed a similar need to create a safe “home away from home” for sailors and merchants. Inspired by the stories of the Y in England, he led the formation of the first U.S. YMCA at the Old South Church in Boston on December 29, 1851.