Jaco Booyens
Founder of Jaco Booyens Ministry
Jaco Booyens is a native of South Africa and an American citizen. Jaco is an internationally well-recognized abolitionist and speaker on Human trafficking, Christian Faith, and motivation. Jaco is a diversified entrepreneur and involved in several entities and industries that transform culture for good.
As the oldest brother of a sister who is a sex trafficking survivor Jaco turned abolitionist in 2001 as the founder of SHAREtogether.org and Jaco Booyens Ministries both 501 c 3 organizations fighting the crime of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. Jaco later produced and directed the feature film 8 DAYS, which his wife wrote as a non-profit film, inspired by actual events of sex trafficking within in the United States. Jaco launched red carpet events to screen the film, bring awareness and donate proceeds to local anti-trafficking organizations within the USA, South Africa, Europe, the Dominican Republic and 56 countries worldwide. Children have been rescued, brothels were shut down and Jaco became a trusted voice in the anti sex trafficking community and a voice to liberate women worldwide with over 20-year experience bringing awareness, influencing policy, and fighting the crime. Jaco recently produced and directed the documentary feature film SEX NATION being released in 2023 targeting the root of the sexually immoral movement and culture in America and how to correct it. He weekly appears on local, national, and international Television and Radio shows including TEDX, Blaze TV, FOX Mark Levin (Life liberty & Levin), Fox Business Lou Dobbs, Fox National and regional, CNN, MSNBC, OAN, CBS, The “Steve Harvey” Show, NEWSMAX, Real America’s Voice and many more, news articles, hundreds of Podcasts, and live streams etc.
Jaco actively fights against child sex trafficking in the USA and globally, giving aid and linking with agencies such as the TSA, FBI, Police departments, Sheriffs, CIA, ICE and Homeland Security SRT, Foreign agencies and over 172 NGOs in 56 countries around the world. Jaco is a former advisory member to The Trump White House Anti Trafficking Council and a key advisor to several nations and organizations combatting human trafficking. His efforts include awareness & prevention, training, drafting policy and legislation, consulting leadership, rescue, and rehabilitation facilitation through his nonprofit organizations. These two bills are now in process of being implemented in over thirteen states in the United States. Jaco is the host of the TV Show “The Bottom Line” which he developed, through which he conducts discussion with deep intellectual thought leaders and subject experts, on critical societal issues of our day and answers thereto.
Jaco is actively involved in legislation reform frequently supporting and consulting Senate and Congress with solutions through gap analysis to transform problematic areas relating to sex trafficking and education of children. Jaco Booyens Ministries recently drafted and successfully passed into law HB 3702 and HB2396 combating sexually explicit and obscene material from Oklahoma school curriculum. Jaco is actively engaged in the fight to combat trafficking across the U.S. border, and is a world-renowned international speaker and presenter on several humanitarian issues as well as serving on the non-profit boards of Jaco Booyens Ministries, Traffick911, SHAREtogether, Face Forward, Life without Limbs and Mission89.
Jaco has an educational background in Sports Medicine and had a professional sports career in both South African Rugby and Canadian and American football. Jaco’s mission is to stand for faith, family and freedom promoting life by transforming culture through uplifting entertainment. Believing many of society’s problems disappear when a moral culture is restored, women are liberated, and the image of strong engaged fathers and men are restored.
Jaco is currently published and working on two books with his wife entitled: “It Starts with Women.” and “SEX Nation” Jaco’s next Television and film projects with After Eden Pictures, which are focused on further promoting life, protecting children, empowering women, addressing societal issues, and transforming culture include SEX NATION documentary (2023 release), Borders To Bridges documentary (2023 release), PIECES TV Series, The Atonement of Carmen Lizardo Feature film and TV Series. Jaco attributed all things good in his life to the goodness and glory of God, the loves of his life, his wife and children, his most loving single mother, siblings and most loyal dedicated team mates he serves with every day.
