HopeNow seeks to focus on what the individual wants. HopeNow works with the target group, based on a psychosocial approach, to strengthen the individual’s opportunity to participate in their life situation with help to self-help and empowerment.
Our efforts are thus based on an understanding of meeting the individual where they are when the contact is established. HopeNow’s work caters to various needs and generally spans a wide range of different activities.
Regarding the terminology for dealing with the complexities of trafficking, HopeNow is required to use the phrase ‘victim of trafficking to achieve legal recognition and protection for a trafficked person.
In HopeNow’s daily social work and from a human to human perspective, however, HopeNow uses the words’ trafficked persons/people’ or ‘survivors of trafficking’.
People who know about trafficking have experienced that trafficked persons are some of the most resilient and strong people you can come across. Their identity consists of far more than being exploited, and they deserve our utmost respect.