by Terry FitzPatrick | May 10, 2013 | Slavery in the News
Veero Kolhi is no stranger to adversity. She escaped single-handedly from slavery, and she’s helped hundreds of others overcome fear and intimidation to also break free. That’s why Free the Slaves honored Veero in 2009 with a Frederick Douglass Freedom Award....
by Free the Slaves | Nov 22, 2010 | FTS Updates, Slavery in the News
In October, the Associated Press reported on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Siem Reap, Cambodia where she visited with non other than 2009 Freedom Award winner Sina Vann. Sina was among a group of survivors of slavery in Cambodia, who met with...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 23, 2010 | FTS Updates
Veero took a terrifying risk to break free from slavery. She slipped away, alone and on foot, from a farm where men were kept in leg irons and women were guarded by armed thugs. She now shows others how they can walk to freedom too. Read more about Veero’s...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 10, 2010 | FTS Updates
Tina Frundt is a survivor of childhood sex trafficking, right here in the U.S. Now, through her organization Courtney’s House, she dedicates her life to helping others out of sex slavery. For her work in guiding people to freedom, Free the Slaves has awarded her...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 9, 2010 | Slavery in the News
The Body Shop has partnered with anti-slavery organizations Somaly Mam Foundation and ECPAT to create the Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People campaign. As part of this campaign, The Body Shop launched a petition last week, to collect signatures to be...
