In this guest blog, survivor leaders Evelyn Chumbow, Fainess Lipenga, and Nat Paul share their findings from an anonymous survey exploring trafficking survivor experiences with poverty. Poverty is a root cause of human trafficking. Poverty makes individuals vulnerable to traffickers, who use poverty as a weapon and a means to control their victims. Even after trafficking survivors escape, poverty continues to plague their lives. Many struggle to support their families, pay for education, cover medical costs, put food on the table, and afford stable housing.
