Dear Champion,

After a decade of leading safe housing, and hearing thousands of stories that were so strikingly similar, a holy discontent began to rise in my spirit. My passion has always been going to the root of an issue, and the heart-breaking truth was that of the thousands of women we had served, their stories were sadly similar.

Every system had missed the abuse that entered their lives, often starting at 3-4 years old. Family systems did not know how to protect or understand the signs, first responders, healthcare professionals, and educators had missed it, and the church and faith communities were sadly no better. The secrets that each girl carried through her childhood went unseen or unaddressed, and in the worst-case scenarios, misunderstood and used against them.

Childhood sexual abuse is at the root of 92% of sex trafficking survivors.

The focus of The Foundation United is getting to the root, finding the child, and interrupting their story before they need a safe home and their life and destiny fully restored. We are passionately and relentlessly equipping each system on a national and global scale to have eyes to see.

You have heard an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, well in this case, prevention is everything.

What if it were your child? You would give anything to interrupt and identify the abuse before it progressed even one day. That is our heart, no more blind eyes, not on our watch.

I have also learned through the past decade the great need for collaboration, unity and transparency in outcomes, measurements, and audited financials. The goal of The Foundation United is to share resources and combine efforts with top leaders in the space. This allows donor dollars to go further. Together we can unite, empower, and harness the true power of that network to be world changers. We know that together, we can save exponentially more lives! The Foundation United creates a solid system of care and technical training to protect survivors of sexual exploitation, prevent innocent children from being targeted by predators, and empower our front-line protectors in the criminal justice and healthcare systems, churches and world leaders. We offer the most cutting-edge trainings and coaching in the needed areas to get ahead of the issue and eradicate the problem.

A passionate law enforcement leader once said, she had previously believed that prostitution was simply “the oldest profession”, but after being exposed to the root and the story of the countless girls we have served throughout the years she recoined it “the oldest story of abuse”. 

As a leader I have never felt more hopeful and excited about our network and our strategy. I feel like we have found the antidote, and now have the secret sauce to get ahead of it. I believe we can have a world free of abuse and trafficking.. we simply have to start SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE. The time to step in and interrupt is now.

Sexual exploitation is not an issue designated for impoverished countries and television documentaries. It is hiding in plain sight. It is targeting every child, regardless of their race, gender, zip code, or socioeconomic background.

Sexual exploitation is here.

And it is 100% PREVENTABLE.

We can expose it, disarm it, and together eradicate it.

Thank you for joining us on this journey to bring freedom, justice, and hope to every life!

Grateful,

Elizabeth Good

Founder & CEO