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IJM Kenya Hosts Focus Group for Pastors Working in Nairobi Slum

Sat, 06/01/2013

NAIROBI, KENYA – The families who live in Korogocho, one of Kenya's largest slums, will tell you that a sense of lawlessness reigns in the streets and shanties where they make their homes. With 100,000 people packed into just 1.5 square miles, Korogocho is overcrowded – and dangerous. A recent World Bank study revealed that 44% of respondents living in Korogocho and another Nairobi slum had been victims of a violent crime in the past year – including robbery, sexual assault or arson.

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IJM Kenya: Man Given Life Sentence for Abusing 7-Year-Old Boy

Mon, 06/17/2013

NAIROBI, KENYA – Last week, a Kenyan man who sexually abused 7-year-old Joel* was officially sentenced to life in prison. Thanks to the quick action of his neighbors and the hard work of IJM Kenya, Joel and his family can look forward to a safer future.

Confronted by a Stranger

In January 2012, Joel was playing with his friends when a man asked him to help carry a parcel in exchange for a small tip. But when Joel went to help, the man led him into a nearby forest and violently sexually assaulted him.

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Brave Trafficking Survivor Leads IJM, Mumbai Police To Find Girls Trapped In Brothel

Mon, 06/17/2013

MUMBAI, INDIA – Sani* knows what it is like to be trapped, literally trapped, in darkness. Sani was trafficked and sold to a brothel in Mumbai's massive red-light district, where she was sold to men and raped, night after night. She was hidden behind locked doors and in secret compartments where she wouldn't be found unless she was "needed."

But earlier this year, IJM helped rescue Sani from the nightmare. And just three months later, Sani helped rescue other girls who had been trapped just like her.

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IJM Kolkata: Despite Monsoon Rains, Girl Rescued From Brothel

Fri, 06/14/2013

KOLKATA, INDIA – Despite monsoon rains that threatened to halt an already-rescheduled anti-trafficking operation, IJM helped Kolkata Police rescue one girl from a brothel yesterday. Traffic resulting from the downpour slowed the rescue team, but when IJM and police arrived at the rescue site, everything went according to plan.

Police and two IJM social workers and a lawyer went straight to the room where they believed the girl was being held. They immediately found her in the tiny, closet-sized room.

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273 Freed In IJM's Second-Largest Anti-Slavery Operation Ever

Tue, 06/11/2013

CHENNAI, INDIA – In a stunning rescue operation that began yesterday and stretched into this morning, IJM helped local authorities rescue 273 people from lives of slavery in two brick factories.

The operation – IJM’s second-largest ever – began Monday with an urgent phone call from a government official who had just learned about a brick factory where several families were allegedly held as slaves.

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