After moving to Brazil in 1993, Sarah dedicated her life to making a difference to the lives of Brazil’s street connected children by setting up Happy Child International, which has helped over 11,500 children. Her work lead to her receiving an MBE in 2012. Following from this, she has set up the incredible global campaign ‘It’s a penalty’ which works to prevent abuse, exploitation and trafficking all around the world, which collaborated with major sporting events. The it’s a penalty project has affected over 155 million people across the world.
Sarah’s ultimate goal is to help eradicate abuse, exploitation and trafficking by 2030, thereby contributing to the elimination of modern-day slavery and achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals’ Target 16.2 ‘to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking, torture and all forms of violence against children’.