Looking for a new journey to embark on this year? Registration for the Everest Freedom Challenge closes May 1st. Read more to see if you want to get in while you can.

Freedom 8848 is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting those on the front lines who fight against sex trafficking.

Our mission is to equip people to fight sex trafficking through awareness and fundraising to support our partner organizations, HER Victory and International Justice Mission. This is accomplished primarily through our annual Everest Freedom Challenge, held each August in the Canadian Rockies.

Like most people, probably like you, the injustice of humans held in bondage and abused weighed heavily on our hearts and we felt powerless to do anything about it. It felt insurmountable, daunting, unmovable. A problem the size of Mount Everest.

However, we knew that mountains can be conquered one step at a time. We formed a plan to do something equally big in order to bring awareness to the extensive problem of sex trafficking. We achieved the audacious goal of climbing the height of Mt. Everest, 8848 metres, in three days here in the Canadian Rockies. August 14– 28, 2024 will be our 5th Everest Freedom Challenge, and we invite you to join us.

We firmly believe that everyone can do something with what they have. The Everest Freedom Challenge is an opportunity for regular people to make a difference in the fight against sex trafficking. We offer participants the option to hike elevations in three tiers (1, 2 or 3 mountains a day!) so that it is accessible to everyone. From March through August we collaborate with our partners to equip participants with information through seminars, group hikes, fundraising tools, conditioning tips, and a strong community cheering them on.

Motivated by our Christian faith, the event certainly has a Christian feel, but of course we welcome everyone, regardless of faith background.

Our heart is for the women, girls, and boys who are tricked, trapped, manipulated, and led to believe no one cares what happens to their bodies and souls. Our efforts are for the strong men and women able to reach trafficking survivors, rescue them, and help to restore them to a life of dignity and hope. Our means are people like you who care to make a difference and are up for a challenge.

Do you have what it takes? Join us in moving mountains for justice. Go to freedom8848.ca to learn more and register.

About our Partners:

Rescue: International Justice Mission strengthens justice systems around the world by rescuing trafficking victims, punishing perpetrators, and
restoring survivors.

Restoration: HER Victory journeys alongside women in Calgary who are exiting sexual exploitation, helping them to discover their identity and a life of hope.

Prevention: This year Freedom 8848 will lead the seminar on prevention and we have special guest contributors Makwa Dodem from Ally Canada. Fundraising this year will be go to support IJM and HER Victory