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Insights from the 2023 Freedom from Slavery Asia Regional Forum
Aiming to unify efforts towards combatting modern slavery, Free the Slaves has been establishing partners throughout the regions. As part of collaborating with similar-minded organizations, Free the Slaves organizes the Freedom from Slavery Forum, which aims to...
From Darkness to Light: A Resilient Journey from Senegal to Nigeria
Free the Slaves (FTS) team in Senegal organized an extraordinary homecoming on June 16, 2023. The heroes of this story were 26 resilient survivors of sexual exploitation, ranging in age from 13 to 26 years old. The vigilant agents of the NGO La Lumière removed these...
Children Free from Slavery in Ghana
Twenty victims of human trafficking finally got to taste freedom in the remote regions of Ghana. Free the Slaves, and our partners in Ghana removed them from modern slavery in the districts of Pru East, Sene East, Krachi West, and East Gonja, located in the country’s...
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Webinar Recording: Ending Modern Slavery in Our Communities
What are the differences between historical slavery and slavery today? What are the key dates and accomplishments in the history of the abolition movement? How can you take action to make communities slavery free? Find out in our newest webinar recording: “Building...
New Video for Passover Zoom Seders
Unable to safely gather in person in large numbers, many of us will turn to Zoom and other digital platforms for Passover Seders. The Free the Slaves Passover Project has produced a unique video to help deepen the experience of this year’s online and hybrid...
Celebrating Women of Free the Slaves
For more than 100 years, International Women's Day has put a spotlight onto issues affecting women around the world. Today, International Women's Day belongs to everyone who believes that women's rights are human rights. We Asked some of Free the Slaves’ leading...
Our Work
Integrating Anti-Trafficking Work into COVID-19 Medical Interventions
International development and humanitarian relief programs frequently work in areas where modern slavery flourishes. This connection has deepened as the COVID-19 global pandemic increases social and economic vulnerabilities to human trafficking. But in India, a...
Freedom from Slavery Forum Begins Regional Convenings
The Freedom from Slavery Forum is pioneering new ground this year as the anti-slavery movement’s premiere thought-leadership convening. For the past eight years, the Forum has been a collegial space for anti-slavery leaders from around the world to coalesce, create...
FTS Launches Our First Training Webinar in the Philippines
The Free the Slaves Community Liberation Toolkit (CLT) continues to provide learning opportunities for anti-slavery grassroots organizations worldwide. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, FTS has invested in developing online tools to train and mobilize...
News
Steps on the Journey to a World Free from Modern-Day Slavery
There was a time when people were unaware that slavery continues on in the world, that the buying and selling of people had stopped with the United States Civil War and legislation by countries around the world. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Free the Slaves...
FTS Announces New Board of Directors Chair
A new chair has been elected to lead the Free the Slaves board of directors. Professor Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Ph.D., is an award-winning scholar, educator, activist and public servant. He holds a joint faculty appointment at Harvard University, where he is Core...
The Enslaved Need Your Help on #GivingTuesdayNow
Your generosity has changed lives around the world. The programs you support at Free the Slaves help people learn new skills and start microenterprises that build financial resiliency. Your contributions mean that slavery survivors are less likely to be re-enslaved,...
Americas
She Goes Door-to-Door to Free Child Slaves
Jisika Jean Claude was only 10 when her father sent her away to live with another family. She thought she would go to school, but was forced instead to do chores, iron and wash clothes, and care for other children as a household servant. It was not the life she was...
Double the Number of Slavery Resistant Villages
When people map how modern slavery plagues their villages in the Dominican Republic, it’s a real eye opener. The simple drawing becomes a road map for freedom. Everyone in bondage is identified, and residents pledge to liberate every last woman, man and child. It...
FTS Programs Help Lift Two Countries in 2019 Trafficking Report
Good news today from the U.S. State Department. Both Haiti and Senegal have been removed from the Tier Two Watch List in the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, an indication that the governments of both countries are increasing their efforts to combat human...
Asia
Preparing Indians for Safe Post-Pandemic Migration
Migrating for work has always been a risk. Unscrupulous traffickers posing as legitimate labor recruiters trick millions of people into chasing a dream of well-paid jobs. But too often, what awaits them is exploitation and misery. As travel restrictions ease around...
Food and Hygiene Kits Help India Families During Pandemic
Human traffickers target society’s most vulnerable individuals, and the global COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased vulnerability in northern India. To help community members through the crisis, Free the Slaves and our India partner MSEMVS have been...
FTS Distributes Humanitarian Aid in India as COVID-19 Crisis Deepens
The second wave of the deadly coronavirus is wreaking havoc in rural areas of India. The rural population is facing severe economic distress due to lockdowns and the pandemic. Free the Slaves and our partners in India are organizing several drives in affected rural...
Africa
Understanding the Modern Slavery Landscape of the Middle East and North Africa
Women, children, migrants, refugees, and other minorities are especially vulnerable to human rights violations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This vulnerability is magnified by a wide range of factors, including economic instability, conflict, climate...
Cutting the Long-term Costs of COVID-19: Building Resilience Against Exploitation in Senegal and Kenya
To date, the cost of the global COVID-19 pandemic has most frequently been measured in lives lost and the cost to domestic economies, while triumphs have often been charted in terms of vaccine roll-outs and partial or full returns to the ‘freedoms’ outside lockdown. ...
Kenya Runner’s Tips for Immigrants on Avoiding U.S. Traffickers
Editor’s note: With the Olympics focusing on track and field events last week, we are privileged to share a survivor’s story about how human trafficking can happen to anyone, even a professional athlete. My name is Moninda Marube and I am a Kenyan national currently...