Mission Statement

Echoes of Innocence is dedicated to preventing child trafficking, sexual abuse, and exploitation across Canada. We empower communities through education, crisis intervention, and survivor support.

Vision Statement

To create a Canada where every child is safe, heard, and protected. A nation united against child exploitation, with strong systems of prevention, advocacy, and healing.

Goal One: Prevention & Protection

We work to stop abuse before it starts. Through school programs, community education, and online safety resources, we equip children, families and frontline workers with the tools to recognize and prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Goal Two: Crisis Intervention

When a child is in danger, every second counts. Echoes of innocence connects survivors and at-risk youth with emergency resources, trauma-informed care, and safe pathways to recovery.

Goal Three: Survivor Aftercare

Healing doesn’t end when the crisis does. We walk alongside survivors and their families through long-term support, grief counselling, and community reintegration—restoring dignity, rebuilding hope.

"An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked every single year — and that's just the reported cases."

– United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Every year, millions of children are trafficked and sexually abused across the globe — some as young as infancy.

The United Nations estimates that 1 in 3 trafficking victims worldwide is a child, with the majority exploited for sex. In Canada alone, over 90% of human trafficking victims are Canadian-born girls, and the average age of recruitment is just 13.

Most of these crimes are not committed by strangers — over 80% of child sexual abuse cases involve someone the child knows.

For every survivor who speaks, there are countless others silenced by fear, shame, or disbelief. The abuse doesn’t end when the act does — it leaves lasting trauma, affecting mental health, relationships, and identity for life.

“When a child is sexually abused, the crime echoes far beyond the moment — it fractures innocence, rewrites identity, and tests the soul of our society. To stay silent is to stand with the abuser.”

Number of Children Trafficked in the Millions 2000-2025

This graph illustrates the alarming rise in estimated global child trafficking victims over the past 25 years — from 1.2 million in 2000 to a projected 3.5 million by 2025. The steep, consistent climb makes the crisis impossible to ignore.

"More than 7 in 10 trafficked children are sexually exploited. Behind each percentage is a stolen childhood. This is the war Echoes of Innocence was born to fight."

Child Trafficking by Type of Exploitation

(Estimated global distribution)

Type of ExploitationPercentage (%)

Sexual Exploitation72%

Forced Labour17%

Forced Criminal Activities5%

Child Soldiers3%

Begging2%

Other1%