by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 29, 2015 | Take Action, Thought Leadership
Your generous support has empowered Free the Slaves to liberate people from inhuman mistreatment in bondage and change the conditions that allow the evil of slavery to persist. If you haven’t had an opportunity yet to contribute in 2015—our 15th year as an...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 23, 2015 | Advocacy, Congo, Faith in Action, FTS Model for Freedom, Thought Leadership
Seventeen religious leaders from different faiths agreed they’ll take action with their congregations to confront modern slavery, following an in-depth workshop with Free the Slaves and our Congolese partner organizations in Goma earlier this month.The training...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 22, 2015 | Advocacy, FTS Model for Freedom, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Thought Leadership
Free the Slaves is wrapping up our 15th year of fighting for freedom. It’s a good time to not only reflect on our most important accomplishment, freeing 10,000 people from slavery. It’s also important to distill the lessons we’ve learned from years...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 17, 2015 | Ghana, Thought Leadership
The U.S. and Ghana governments have signed a historic compact to accelerate the fight against child slavery in Africa. Free the Slaves has been chosen as one of the key organizations to lead the way.The four-year project will not only free more than 400 children in...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 16, 2015 | FTS Updates, Take Action
Our 15th anniversary year comes to a close in just a few days. It’s been a remarkably successful year.Our front-line anti-slavery programs have crossed two important benchmarks: freeing more than 10,000 people from slavery and educating more than 100,000 to prevent...