Episode 2 - Why Tim Tebow Dedicated His Life To Fight Human Trafficking

Tim Tebow's father was at an underground pastors' conference in a country where faith isn't allowed. Men walked in and began auctioning four little girls. He emptied his wallet, about $1,250, and bought their freedom. Every other person at that table had a good reason not to. That story is where this episode starts, and it is why Tim Tebow is in this fight.

Tebow and Wes Lyons come at human trafficking from two directions. Tebow's foundation works on prevention, rescue and long-term survivor care, and he argues trafficking is a worth problem before it is a policy problem. Lyons is a general partner at Eagle Venture Fund, which built the first venture funds designed to seed a counter-trafficking industry. His answer to where the victims are is uncomfortable: 90% pass through healthcare, on average 15 to 18 times, before anyone identifies them. One entrepreneur they back has trained 6,000 frontline doctors and nurses to notice, with a rollout across 5,000 hospitals planned. Both men land in the same place from opposite ends.

Go further: join our Human Trafficking premiere event on August 27, with the entrepreneurs and investors in this fight: https://solving.org/human-trafficking-watch-party/

Links

Tim Tebow Foundation - https://www.timtebowfoundation.org

Look Again, by Tim Tebow - https://www.amazon.com/Look-Again-Recognize-Worth-Confidence/dp/1400254205

Wes Lyons, Eagle Venture Fund - https://www.eagleventurefund.com/team/wes-lyons

Eagle Freedom Fund - https://www.eagleventurefund.com/freedom-fund

The Human Trafficking Fund - https://solving.org/trafficking/

All episodes - https://solving.org/podcast/

About the show

Solving the World's Greatest Problems is a community of entrepreneurs, investors, givers and ministry leaders taking on the root causes of the world's deepest suffering. We have identified more than 30 of the world's greatest problems, and we fund the breakthroughs happening right now.