by Free the Slaves | Sep 27, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Halogen TV: Jason Mraz crusades for Free the Slaves: “Mraz wept as children sang Luc Reynauld’s ‘Freedom Song.’ He texted Reynauld, telling him about it. Reynauld texted back, saying, ‘It’s their song.'” Jason visited Free the Slaves...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 27, 2010 | FTS Updates
Like tens of thousands of children in Haiti, Cam-Suze was held as a restavek*, a child slave. Her life changed when she met Free the Slaves’ partner, Fondasyon Limyè Lavi. When she was recently asked to contrast her life now with a childhood in slavery she said: “Oh...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 23, 2010 | FTS Updates
Rambho was tricked into slavery after his father died. He worked 16 hours a day weaving carpets. When his fingers bled, the slave owner dipped them in oil and lit them on fire. That was before the raid that changed Rambho’s life forever. Rambho and 10 other boys...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 14, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Children & Young People Now: Help for trafficked children caught in cannabis farms: “Children are being trafficked into the UK to work in so-called “cannabis factories”. There are now moves to treat those found during raids as victims rather than...
