BELALAM, INDIA – IJM Bangalore is empowering former forced labor slaves in one community through innovative aftercare projects in partnership with Intel India and TREE, a local non-governmental organization. TREE, in collaboration with IJM, was recently awarded funding at the Intel Social Initiative event in order to provide increased access to safe drinking water, literacy training, vocational training and organic farming instruction – initiatives that will change the lives of former slaves in a small village named Belalam.

MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES – It was a busy Saturday night when officers from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and investigators from IJM Manila entered a bustling village in Laoag City, population center about 480 kilometers north of IJM’s Manila field office. The team made their way up and down the bar-lined streets, the hour nearing midnight as they arrived at their final destination – a disco bar, serving as a front for prostitution.