The Defenders USA is a project of Shared Hope. It's a national initiative aimed at mobilizing 100,000 men in the fight to end the demand for prostituted children - that is one Defender for every victim. A Defender is simply a man who makes a pledge, keeps a promise and has a plan: 1. A PLEDGE to do nothing by direct action or indifference that will perpetuate the commercial sex industry that fuels child sex trafficking. 2. A PROMISE to recruit other men to the fight, and 3. A PLAN to creatively and aggressively engage the battle to end the demand for prostituted kids in his own community.