by Terry FitzPatrick | May 3, 2018 | FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
A new research report has uncovered cases of child trafficking and exploitation in six districts of Ghana. Field teams documented more than 500 instances of child trafficking in 20 communities surveyed in 2016, and 107 households with cases of child trafficking in 14...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Aug 28, 2015 | FTS Model for Freedom, Ghana
We’ve all heard the slogan about protecting the earth’s environment: “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Free the Slaves is applying that type of logic to our worldwide effort to protect the earth’s most vulnerable people from slavery.As a global organization, Free the...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 18, 2013 | FTS Updates
They’re being billed as an “anti-trafficking trio” who “share a passion for freedom.” And they’ll be on the Web live today during a Google Hangout organized by Forbes magazine. The conversation begins at 3 p.m. ET. The trio is FTS Executive Director Maurice...
by Free the Slaves | Nov 1, 2012 | Ghana
They carry heavy loads of sand, tirelessly pound rocks in intense heat, breathe poisonous dust and handle mercury with their bare hands. They are children, forced to endure unsafe working conditions as mining slaves. Their situation is documented in a new film by...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Aug 23, 2012 | Ghana, Take Action
It’s back to school soon for students in Free the Slaves student chapters. We’ve been receiving dispatches from student chapter members about how they are confronting and combating slavery even during their summer vacations. Here are thee stories that we...
