2024-05-20T20:29:19-07:00 2023-12-31 Michael S VanOeveren Accounting 7148 Churchill St Jenison MI 49428 990EZ 2023-01-01 811292140 FOR FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL FORF 7018500868 3417 IVY DR GRAND FORKS ND 58201 Darren Herbold President 7018500868 2024-05-21 1 Darren Herbold 999009999 1 Michael VanOeveren P00467854 6169306190 2024-05-20 X 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X FORFREEDOMINTERNATIONAL.COM X X 143436 X 143406 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143436 0 0 10000 7395 0 0 126832 144227 -791 301213 -1 300421 X 291290 290055 0 0 11055 10366 302345 300421 1132 0 301213 300421 THE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE OF AND PUBLISHED MISSION STATEMENT IS TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF OPPRESSION SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOUNTER JESUS CHRIST AND TO LIVE IN FREEDOM AND TO CHANGE THE WORLD For Freedom International has run a Child Advocacy Center in Phuket, Thailand since 2017. The Child Advocacy Center is a service provided for victimized children and various government stakeholders involved in forensic interviews of child victims of abuse. It is a child-friendly place where child victims, social workers, medical experts, investigators, personnel from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, prosecutors and victim support staff can conduct interviews and assess allegations of child sexual and physical abuse. In 2023 For Freedom International renovated a building in the Prosecutor's office in Songkhia and equipped it with furniture, tools, and equipment to create an interview room for children. This room provides a suitable environment for interviewing children to help reduce stress and enhance a sense of safety while providing technology to help gather evidence through recording and observing for law enforcement and prosecutors from a separate observation room. For Freedom International also provided Mobiledit Forensic Software, CCI Forensic Software, and Forensic Notes software to support these activities and facilitate accurate gathering of evidence and maintaining effective records of the information gathered. In 2023 the Child Advocacy Center provided counseling and assistance for 127 children, and assisted in 14 police investigations. We assisted 25 victims, 16 children and 9 adults. We held 41 prevention and anti-violence activities for children and adolescents, performed 50 home visitations and follow-ups. Two children were accompanied and prepared for court, and 2 victims were repatriated to their own country. After For Freedom International had the opportunity to present the training curriculum to the Ministry of Education, the CAC team of social workers from the foundation had opportunity to conduct training sessions at schools, churches, and local communities in collaboration with the anti-sexual exploitation task force involving the Internet Child Abuse Centre, prosecutors, and non-profit organizations in Phuket and beyond. In 2023 For Freedom International conducted training sessions in schools on safe internet use and safe touch practices. The curriculum was developed and updated to remain relevant to current events. There were 35 training sessions conducted in 2023 and this program was presented to 3.397 children and 647 caregivers including parents, guardians, and teachers. For Freedom International actively supported law enforcement agencies in various operations nationwide. This included provinces such as Phuket, Rayong, Nakhon Pathom, Chonburi, and Phang Nga. The Foundation's role involved preparing digital evidence and data through modern equipment, analyzing information, conducting field investigations, and providing care and assistance to victims. In 2023, the Intelligence Team assisted in 17 cases, where 15 victims were rescued, and 12 offenders prosecuted. For Freedom International supported law enforcement agencies by conducting training on "Investigative Skills" for police officers from Regions 8 and 9, totaling 40 participants. For Freedom International is acknowledged as a reliable partner in the southern region for supporting Police in investigations and post care for victims. 0 4704 For Freedom International's second primary focus for ministry growth and impact has been in the development of the Vocational Training Center in Phuket, in Partnership with local Thai churches. We support a social worker to administer our Child Advocacy program to train students and teachers in preventing sexual exploitation, rescuing victims of child labor and sexual abuse and exploitation, and maintaining a foster care system in cooperation with the local church to care for children rescued from exploitation. For Freedom International made donations to For Freedom International Foundation to support on-going programs related to the rescue and rehabilitation of exploited individuals as part of our stated objective to prevent exploitation, to assist those who have been exploited, to rehabilitate and retrain them for careers in baking or salon work. payment for maintenance of a safe house, to provide a place for rescued individuals to safely stay during their time of recovery, rehabilitation, and re-training, making possible the freedom to move past the exploitation and forward to safe and productive lives. We partnered with the Christian and Missionary Alliance Interwoven Project to provide funding for a similar program in Laos. A safe home and vocational training programs were set up in Laos, patterned after our existing home and vocational training center in Thailand. 0 0 For Freedom International accepted contributions and provided them to For Freedom International Foundation in Thailand in support of our ministry objectives as stated in accomplishments 1 and 2, above. All For Freedom International activities support our primary ministry objectives which are to rescue individuals from the bondage of abuse and trafficking, to train students to recognize and avoid abuse and to train freed individuals in useful employment to make a new start. All of this while sharing the love of Jesus Christ with the people of Thailand and demonstrating His power to change lives. For Freedom International has no paid employees. All of our interns are volunteers who raise funds for their support through our donor platform and draw upon them to meet their monthly living expenses. 0 0 4704 X Darren Herbold President/Trustee 10.00 10000 0 0 Naomi Herbold Vice-President/Trustee 5.00 0 0 0 Bryan Nelson Secretary/Trustee 1 0 0 0 Laurie Nelson Treasurer/Trustee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHAEL S VAN OEVEREN ACCOUNTING SERVICE 3417 IVY DR GRAND FORKS ND 58201 7018500868 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 231104 152857 365128 151183 143406 1043678 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231104 152857 365128 151183 143406 1043678 244996 798682 24 21 26 30 30 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1043809 0 0.76516 0.94819 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^INTERN SUPPORT DISBURSEMENTS;116730|CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING FEES;3939|BANK AND WIRE TRANSFER FEES;139|COMMUNICATIONS EXPENSES;226|QUICKBOOKS SUBSCRIPTION FEE;75|1099 PREP AND FILING FEES;41|SAGE HUMAN RESOURCES SOFTWARE;935|PROGRAM RELATED SOFTWARE AND SUPPLIES;4747^Total;126832^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Description;Amount^ADJUSTMENT FOR ROUNDING;-1^Total;-1^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^CONTIBUTIONS IN TRANSIT FROM DONOR PLATFORM;10366^Total;10366^ Form 990-EZ, Part IV Darren Herbold is President and Trustee of For Freedom International. Darren is a Canadian citizen, residing in Canada. Darren handles administrative duties, but he is not an employee of the organization. Darren acts as chief administrator for the organization and is to receive a stipend for these activities of $5,000 per year. Darren was paid $5,000 for 2022 on October 14, 2023, and paid $5,000 for 2023 administrative stipend on December 18, 2023. No 1099 form was issued for these payments as he is neither a citizen or resident of the USA. An extension of filing date was requested because it was difficult to coordinate information transfer between parties located in the United States, Canada, and Thailand. There were some back and forth questions by email, with response times from overnight to a few days. Upon final review, the return was approved for filing on May 17th, reviewed again for accuracy and filed as soon as practical after that was completed.