by Terry FitzPatrick | Jun 20, 2014 | FTS Updates, India
The director of Manav Sansadhan Evam Mahila Vikas Sansthan (MSEMVS) in India, Bhanuja Sharan Lal, Ph.D., has been honored this morning by the U.S. State Department as a global anti-slavery hero in the 2014 Trafficking in Persons report. His team of more than 75 front...
by Free the Slaves | Nov 27, 2013 | India, Take Action
For former slaves in India, the government’s provision of Rs.20,000 (approximately $333) makes a crucial difference for protecting themselves and their families from being re-enslaved. With these funds, they can buy some land, or livestock, or start up a small shop....
by Terry FitzPatrick | Nov 15, 2013 | FTS Updates
FTS Associate Programs Director Ginny Baumann has never been one for the limelight. But she has always deserved it. She helped create Free the Slaves back in 2000 – a true co-founder. And over the past 13 years, Ginny has been the principal architect of the Free the...
by Maurice Middleberg | Oct 30, 2013 | India
Editor’s Note: This is the second of three dispatches we will feature this week written by Free the Slaves Executive Director Maurice Middleberg during his recent trip to India. DATELINE: Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh State, India In the space of 24 hours we...
by Maurice Middleberg | Oct 29, 2013 | India
Editor’s Note: This is the first of three dispatches we will feature this week written by Free the Slaves Executive Director Maurice Middleberg during his recent trip to India. DATELINE: Majgama village, Araria District, Bihar State, India Ishtiaq Hasib was only...
