The Tim Tebow Foundation is continuing its mission to rescue children who have been sexually exploited and are at risk. “For too long, child sexual exploitation has been hidden in the darkness of the internet,” founder Tim Tebow says. “It’s an evil that has decimated the lives of so many children.”
The theme of this year’s campaign is Uknown and Unfinished.
“While we are grateful for the last year of momentum, there are still hundreds of thousands of boys and girls in despair,” he told Crosswalk. “This year, we’re asking for people to stand with us to continue this fight to reach, protect and love every child who is waiting to be identified and rescued.”
Law enforcement can see more than 500,000 unique IP addresses around the world actively trading child sexual abuse material and images and videos of children under 12 being abused, raped and tortured. “The majority of those offenders are also committing hands-on offenses against children in their own homes and their own communities,” Tebow said. “Even worse, these offenders have an average of 13 victims each.”
If caring individuals would stand together, side-by-side, Tebow believes everyone working together to address the tragic reality of such a gross abuse of children would make a radical difference in the lives of boys and girls. The Unknown and Unfinished campaign has both a domestic and global focus on:
- Safeguard. Expand global rescue operations to identify, locate and rescue as many children who have been sexually abused and exploited as possible.
- Stand up. Equip law enforcement with training and technology that can lead to the most vulnerable children and the most dangerous offenders.
- Strengthen. Build a bigger rescue team of analysts, investigators, and law enforcement to rescue children faster and prevent new victims through legislation.
For more information, visit www.timtebowfoundation.org
–Alan Goforth