Who We Are

Founded on two principles.

the Daughter Project is a comprehensive approach to protecting, caring for, and restoring young female survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

By the numbers

Children reunited with family2,000+

Daughters cared for1,795

Children reunited with family2,000+

Countries with field teams10

Year founded2007

Our origin

It began with one daughter.

In 2007, a small group of foster and adoptive parents in Kern County, California gathered around a table and named a problem they could not unsee. Girls aged out of care without a family. Girls slept on the streets when shelters closed at 18. Girls were trafficked across borders while the systems built to protect them looked the other way.

That group became Global Family Care Network, a charity built around a single sentence: every child deserves a family, and every child is precious. Daughter Project is the campaign within Global Family Care Network focused on the daughter that systems lose first. The trafficked daughter. The exploited daughter. The daughter no one comes back for.

"We did not start a charity. We started a family that does not stop growing."

Nineteen years later, the table has stretched across ten countries, but the rule has not changed. Walk in. Stay. Bring her home. Then keep showing up after the cameras leave.

FoundedKern County · 2007

Mission · Vision · Values

What holds the work together.

Three statements drafted in 2007 and unchanged since. They sit on the wall of every country office and run through every program decision we make.

Mission

To prevent the exploitation of girls, rescue those already trafficked, and restore each daughter to family, dignity, and a future she chose.

Vision

A generation of girls who reach adulthood unharmed, surrounded by a family, and equipped to protect the next daughter behind them.

Values

Every child is precious
Family is the goal, never the backdrop
Local leadership, global standard
Stay until she is home
Tell the truth, even when it costs

Milestones

Nineteen years, one promise.

From a borrowed conference room in Kern County to embedded field offices on four continents, every milestone below is a step we took because a daughter needed us to.

2007

Global Family Care Network founded in Kern County by foster and adoptive parents.

2012

First international shelter opens. Five girls in care on day one.

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2018

Daughter Project reaches five countries. Prevention curriculum translated into nine languages.

2024

15 shelters opened, 304 staff and volunteers embedded, 10 country offices operating.

Leadership

The team behind the work.

Contact Leadership

Clark and Jennifer Jensen founded Global Family in 2007 after years of working with vulnerable children in the Himalayas of North India. They began by building community-based family care for children who had lost biological and extended family. At the time, institutional care was the predominant model. The Jensens were motivated by the belief that every child deserves a family.

When they moved to Nepal in 2007, they expanded focus to combatting human trafficking. They started shelters for child survivors of exploitation and prevention programs in the rural villages where girls were targeted. Their original curriculum, Bhitri Sundarta (Inner Beauty in Nepali), is now the foundation of our Empower girls clubs in 10 countries.

In 2019, the Jensens founded St. James Research Centre (SJRC) in Scotland to spread best practices in child care, human trafficking response, and community-based development.

Jennifer Jensen

Co-Founder & Executive Director, Global Family

Leads Global Family internationally. Served on the White House Public Private Partnership Committee to End Human Trafficking.

Clark Jensen

Co-Founder & Academic Director, St. James Research Centre

Directs the SJRC learning institute in Scotland, which trains practitioners in trauma-informed care, prevention, and community-based development.

Governance

Board of Directors.

Independent board, no paid staff serve as voting members. The board meets quarterly and signs every annual audit.

Greg Heyart, DCBoard Chairperson · Chiropractor / Owner, Advanced Chiropractic

Jarrod McNaughton, MBA, FACHEDirector · Finance Committee · CEO, Inland Empire Health Plan

Chris McGeheeDirector · Finance Committee · VP Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services

Sandy Woo-CaterDirector · Girls Home Sub-Committee · Project Lead, CommonSpirit / Dignity Health Human Trafficking Response Program · Subject Matter Expert in Human Trafficking

Dustin ContrerasDirector · Girls Home Sub-Committee · Deputy Sheriff, County of Kern · Co-Director, Kern Coalition Against Human Trafficking

Accountability

Audited. Open.

Two jurisdictions. Two annual audits. Public 990s, public Scottish accounts, and a finance team that answers donor questions in 48 hours.

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501(c)(3) United States

Registered tax-exempt charity under US Internal Revenue Code. EIN on file with annual Form 990.

SCIO Scotland · SC049440

Registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Annual accounts filed and public.

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Charity Navigator 4-Star

Awarded for financial health, accountability, and transparency across multiple reporting cycles.

Candid GuideStar Gold

Seal of Transparency for full disclosure of programs, finances, leadership, and impact metrics.

Why we do this

Faith, quietly held.

Daughter Project was founded by Christians, and a Christian conviction sits underneath every word above. Every child is precious because we believe she is made in the image of God. Every child deserves a family because that is the family we believe she was created for.

"Defend the cause of the fatherless. Plead the case of the widow."Isaiah 1:17

We serve every daughter who walks through our doors with the same care, regardless of her faith, her family, or her country. We never condition aid on belief. Faith shapes why we stay. It does not shape who we serve.