Daniëlle tells you a story that has not been told before. ‘Everyday I see the victims, from kids and teens to adults. I witnessed many traumatic things'.

When you think of human trafficking, you probably do not think about it being that close to home. But unfortunately, it is. Daniëlle calls it a form of high crime impact which is growing each day and wants to give people insight of the world we are living in. ‘People have to know the dangers, the victims, it could be your own child’. She wants create and improve the awareness around human trafficking. ‘I hope that people will learn to notice signals of human trafficking earlier and be aware of the risks of their own kids and family’.

These terrible things do not stop her from working. In fact, this only drives her more and further to stop this and achieve her goal. Daniëlle wants to know what she's talking about, experience it. And she is not afraid to give everything that is necessary. This is clear from her story when she went underground, to the world of the human traffickers.
Daniëlle van Went is a 42-year-old projectmanager of an expert center for victims of human trafficking; also known as modern human slavery. She started as care coördinator human trafficking and went under the radar to get a more clear picture of all the hidden cases of human trafficking. Driven to help victims and create a safer environment for our future, children and environment, she gives victims a voice to tell their stories. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx