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Free At Last: IJM Chennai Helps Rescue Families From Slavery, Some Trapped For 15 Years

Tue, 03/05/2013

CHENNAI, INDIA – Yesterday, IJM helped rescue four families from a life of slavery in an Indian brick factory. One of the men said he had taken out a $10 loan from the factory owner 15 years ago. He had simply wanted to visit his sister. He agreed to work in the factory to repay that small advance. But it was a trap. A decade and a half later, he was still working to repay the alleged loan.

Six children – as young as 4 years old – were forced to work alongside their parents, baking bricks under the hot sun and toiling into the night.

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IJM Manila: After 8 Years, Child Abuse Case Ends With Justice

Mon, 03/04/2013

MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES – For the past eight years, IJM Manila has been walking a long road with Edwin.* When Edwin was 9 years old, his abusive father beat him with a piece of wood and broke the little boy's arm. At the hospital, Edwin's father refused to pay for the surgery. It was clear he was not fit to provide for his son, and soon Edwin and his sister moved into a children's shelter.

IJM received Edwin's case back in 2005, and IJM Manila attorney Liw Agbayani has pursued justice for Edwin in court.

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IJM Bangalore: A Runaway Brother's Call For Help Brings Rescue

Fri, 03/01/2013

BANGALORE, INDIA – This week, a family of six was set free from slavery in an Indian brick kiln. Over the last couple of weeks, several of the siblings had escaped, making the brick kiln all the more dangerous for those who were left behind.

Tricked Once, Trapped For Good

On February 11 2013, IJM Bangalore got a desperate call for help. The caller was a young man named Prasham.* Prasham had escaped from a brick kiln where he and his siblings had been held captive for about six months.

Prasham relayed a terrible story.

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IJM Kenya Enters into Landmark Agreement with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution

Thu, 02/28/2013

NAIROBI, KENYA – As the year ended, IJM Kenya began a groundbreaking partnership with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) in Kenya.

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IJM Cebu: Two Boys And A 16-Year-Old Girl Rescued In Anti-Trafficking Operation

Thu, 02/21/2013

CEBU, THE PHILIPPINES – Earlier this week, IJM helped police rescue a 16-year-old girl and two 13- and 14-year old boys who were being sold for sex on Cebu streets. All of them are now safe at a temporary shelter where they will receive urgent care and begin to process what happened to them.

IJM worked with the Mandaue City Police to rescue the children and arrest the suspected traffickers. Andrey Sawchenko, IJM National Director of the Philippines, commended the well-planned operation that brought freedom to these innocent children.

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