by Terry FitzPatrick | Feb 8, 2019 | Community Liberation Initiative, FTS Model for Freedom, India
What happened to Soni Vanvasi has happened to millions of others in India. Her entire family was enslaved because a child fell ill. Now that she’s free, Soni is determined to prevent human trafficking from ever touching another person’s life. “I want to educate my...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 14, 2017 | FTS Model for Freedom, India
People become enslaved for a reason. And if we don’t change those circumstances, a trafficking survivor is at extreme risk of being enslaved again. That’s why our India team provided Chhatanki with a way to support himself after liberation from a local brick kiln....
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 21, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, India
We receive dispatches throughout the year from our front-line partner groups around the globe. This report, from June, is one of the year’s most uplifting success stories. Nearly a dozen boys were freed, the trajectory of their lives put back on track. Shattered Hope...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 25, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, India
Sangita is just 15, but she’s seen a lot. Her parents needed to borrow money from a local brick factory owner, who forced Sangita’s entire family into slavery at the kiln to pay off the debt. Now she is free, and her story underscores how the FTS Community Model for...
by Free the Slaves | May 11, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, India, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Thought Leadership
One of the major challenges in the fight against modern slavery is proving that a particular strategy successfully and sustainably liberates people from bondage, and that there’s an improvement in socioeconomic conditions in places where slavery has been...
