by Maurice Middleberg | Oct 31, 2018 | Become an Abolitionist, FTS Model for Freedom, I Am the Change, Take Action
Traffickers don’t care about the health of people they enslave. No doctor visits for those who fall sick. No vaccinations for children. No prenatal care for pregnant women. That’s why the work of Free the Slaves is so vital. We ensure that the people we liberate...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 30, 2018 | Advocacy, Community Liberation Initiative, FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana, Thought Leadership
Field testing is underway for our latest training initiative. A Free the Slaves team this month debuted our new handbook on the liberation, rehabilitation and reintegration of people who’ve been trapped in modern slavery. The first five-day beta test workshop was...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 24, 2018 | Advocacy, Become an Abolitionist, I Am the Change, Slavery-Free Commerce, Take Action
I am a descendant of slaves. Some of my ancestors were from Malaysia and Indonesia, brought to South Africa to work in the port of Cape Town. It always surprises Americans when I tell them that people were brought to Africa more than a century ago and enslaved....
by Maurice Middleberg | Oct 24, 2018 | Become an Abolitionist, FTS Model for Freedom, FTS Updates, I Am the Change, Take Action
You probably take many of life’s essentials for granted. A good education. A nourishing dinner. A clean drink of water. A visit to the doctor. A safe place to sleep. These basics are denied to people in slavery. That’s why your support to liberate the enslaved is...
by Maurice Middleberg | Oct 10, 2018 | Advocacy, FTS Model for Freedom, India, Thought Leadership
With tens of millions of individuals victimized by traffickers and slaveholders, the world urgently needs solutions that can be effectively and efficiently implemented at-scale in a wide variety of situations. I was happy to see that many of my colleagues in India’s...