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Most of El Pozo de Vida’s work leads here — to the safe house tucked in a quiet neighborhood of Mexico City, where girls under 18 who have been rescued from human trafficking begin the fragile work of healing. It is the heart of their restoration program: twenty-four hours of protection, therapy, education, structure, and the steady presence of adults who dedicate their lives around restoring the girls' trauma. One of the girls I met is seventeen. Her younger sister also live

La Merced is the largest red-light district in Latin America—a dense maze of alleyways where exploitation has become routine and survival depends on emotional armor. Tucked above the street on a modest second floor is a place that feels like the opposite of everything outside: a small community center run by a woman named Laura, created to be a refuge for women in prostitution who have lived most of their lives without safety, trust, or choice. When our volunteer team arrived

El Pozo de Vida — Intervention in La Merced, Mexico City Rain or shine, the team begins at the office—loading food, raffle prizes, tarps, and activity supplies into the van before driving toward La Merced . Every month, El Pozo de Vida takes this same drive into La Merced , one of Latin America’s largest and oldest red-light districts. The streets here carry a weight you can feel even before stepping out of the vehicle. When we arrived, the air was thick with the smell of rai