by Tsering Diskit | Mar 29, 2023 | Community Liberation Initiative, India
The majority of people who immigrate and work abroad are Indian citizens. With an estimated 25 million Indians living abroad, India has always been the country that gets the most revenue from its overseas citizens. Almost 40% of these people live and work as migrant...
by Tsering Diskit | Feb 3, 2023 | Nepal
Free the Slave’s South Asia team, in collaboration with Read Nepal, organized an in-person Community Liberation Training for Civil Society Organizations and NGOs of Nepal. Fifteen organizations working on the issue of human trafficking and modern slavery participated...
by Tsering Diskit | Jan 11, 2023 | Community Liberation Initiative, India
Community-based solutions to modern slavery Currently, more than 50 million people are afflicted by modern slavery, and millions more are at risk. It is vital that effective community-based methods be brought to scale as rapidly as possible. To that end, the Free the...
by Tsering Diskit | Aug 4, 2022 | India
Junaid Ansari is a resident of Bhudki village Uttar Pradesh, India, a father of two children, and is 50 years old. Junaid used to work as a carpet weaver in his village but eventually found that this job could not support his family. Junaid searched for a new career...
by Tsering Diskit | Feb 15, 2022 | India, Students Ending Slavery, Take Action, Thought Leadership
“One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai. Children are like clay. We can mold them into any shape and form just by our actions or our words. If we take the time to educate children, FTS and our partners believe that many...
