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Cebu City Child Rescue & Rehabilitation Home
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Every year, 2.2 million tourists visit the Philippines.
Modern, prosperous Cebu City, minutes away
from white sandy beaches, is a
favorite destination.
The city is also a favorite destination for tourists interested not in sunbathing or snorkeling, but in an unspeakable evil - the sexual exploitation of children.
The Philippines is notorious for international sex tourism, with 300,000 Japanese sex tourists alone visiting the country each year. And with an increasing demand for sex with children, more and more innocent Filipino children are falling victim to exploitation. It is estimated that up to 100,000 children are involved in the commercial sex trade in the Philippines.
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Sexual Exploitation of Children
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 Children of poverty are particularly vulnerable to this terrible abuse. In impoverished Filipino families, children are expected to work. Currently, almost 4 million children between ages 5 and 17 work to help support their desperately poor families. And often, families are deceived by child sex traffickers who tell them that there are high-paying jobs for children in places like Cebu City.
Forced, deceived or lured into the commercial sex trade, children simply "disappear" into the brothels, where they face physical and emotional degradation on a daily basis that destroys not only their bodies but their spirits and souls. Virtual slaves, they are powerless to leave.
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Meeting the Need Through Ministry Partnership
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 The rescue and rehabilitation home involves a unique partnership of Christian organizations working, first, to rescue children from Cebu City's commercial sex trade and, second, to provide them the help and hope they need for a bright future. Mission of Mercy, along with International Justice Mission, has answered the cry of children locked behind the doors of Cebu City's brothels. IJM is a Christian organization working through local law enforcement in poor countries around the world. Their goal is to rescue illegally exploited people - such as child sex workers in Cebu City - and to bring the perpetrators of their oppression to justice through the country's court system.
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