by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 3, 2019 | Advocacy, Congo, Dominican Republic, FTS Updates, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Senegal, Thought Leadership
Free the Slaves is thrilled to announce that a courageous advocate for the rights of women and children has joined the organization as executive director. Bukeni Tete Waruzi has helped put a Congolese warlord behind bars, has helped women trafficked into domestic...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 27, 2019 | FTS Updates, Haiti
You may have seen in the news that the situation is tense in Haiti, where Free the Slaves operates a field program in partnership with Beyond Borders. We thought you might want to hear the latest news from David Diggs of the team. It’s been a difficult year in Haiti,...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 25, 2019 | Artists Against Slavery, FTS Updates
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2019 (Newswire.com) – 522 Productions is proud to announce Free the Slaves as the winner of the nonprofit video contest, launched in July 2019. 522 Productions is an award-winning video production company committed to driving social change...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 11, 2019 | Become an Abolitionist, FTS Model for Freedom, I Am the Change, Take Action
Summer is over and kids are back to school. But not enslaved children. For them, each day brings a lesson in hardship and mistreatment. They have no school mates, no pep rallies, no recess. Just backbreaking work and beatings. That’s why Free the Slaves invests so...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 15, 2019 | Become an Abolitionist, FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana, I Am the Change
Emmanuel endured years beneath the blistering sky of Ghana’s Lake Volta. As a child fishing slave, he faced the bare elements in a shoddy open boat. Sharp nets left deep cuts in his fingers. The blurry water left him fearful that he might not survive when forced to...
