[2] Love146 was founded in 2002,[3] when the group's co-founders, Rob Morris, Lamont Hiebert, Desirea Rodgers, and Caroline Hahm, went on an exploratory trip to Southeast Asia to see how they could help combat child trafficking.

According to Love146, as part of an undercover operation, investigators took several co-founders into a brothel where they witnessed young girls being sold for sex.

Morris has lectured and taught in over 30 countries on issues of justice, compassion, and human rights, and has been featured in the Huffington Post,[5] Fox News,[6] the CNN Freedom Project,[7] and other outlets.

[9] Love146 was named an "Agent of Change" by GQ magazine, and earned a Myspace Impact Award for social justice.

[citation needed] Baume & Mercier sent Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Carolyn Cole to Southeast Asia to take photos in support of Love146.