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If a child is removed from sexual exploitation or trafficking in Australia today…where do they go?
Right now, there is no clear answer.
Children with the highest levels of trauma are often grouped together and placed in unsuitable environments.
After 18 months of searching, we have finally found the property for the HUB.
Now we need your help to purchase the property.
THE PROBLEM
Child sexual exploitation is rising in Australia.
Right now, there is a critical gap.
Right now, no dedicated, purpose-built model exists for young children who have experienced sexual exploitation.
As a result, many are left without the trauma-informed care they urgently need to find stability, build trusting relationships, and recover.
“Children living in these settings experience poorer outcomes across health, education, housing stability, and greater involvement with the criminal justice system.”*
This is not a small gap.
This is a system failing its most vulnerable children.
*Children and Youth Services Review (2026)
THE ZOE AUSTRALIA SOLUTION
We are raising funds to establish the first ZOE Australia HUB.
This is the first step of a multi-stage plan to bring a new holistic restorative care model to life.
The HUB will be a place where children who have experienced sexual exploitation will find support to begin their healing journey.
WHY RESTORATIVE CARE?
Most care systems are built to manage risk.
The ZOE restorative care model is built to transform lives.
Because a child who has been sexually exploited doesn’t just need safety.
They need:
- Someone who provides consistent nurture
- Someone who shows up, again and again
- Someone who stays when trauma is triggered and things get hard
That is what changes everything.
The HUB is the foundation of the ZOE Restorative Care Model in Australia. It is a place where children stabilise before being supported in a carer’s home.
This is where a new way of caring begins.
As you read this, we invite you to consider one question:
What if a child didn’t just escape harm, but had the chance to heal, rebuild, and grow into the future they deserve?
Your support will create that place.
It will open the first ZOE restorative care HUB for children in Australia.
It will change what happens next.