Slavery
Slavery
Trained Officials Free 15 from a Life of Slavery Cutting Wood
As soon as Sub-Collector Mr. VP Jayaseelan heard about families being forced to work in a local wood-cutting unit, he knew exactly what to do:...
February 15
Slavery
Bhavani was 5 when she was kidnapped.
Life was already hard before Bhavani was taken from her parents.
Her mom and dad had been slaves on a sugarcane farm for a year, trapped to repay a...
February 07
Slavery
Meet Foli: Child Slavery on Lake Volta
Foli was raised by his grandparents in a loving home in Ghana several hours from the largest man-made lake in the world: Lake Volta. They wanted to...
November 05
Slavery
MLB Pitcher Clayton Kershaw and Wife Ellen Partner with International Justice Mission to Combat Modern-Day Slavery
With playoff baseball starting, International Justice Mission (IJM) today proudly announced a partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers ace who hasn’t...
October 10
Slavery
8 Days. 8 Operations. 88 Rescued.
September 14: Four Girls Freed
The wave of rescues began when IJM assisted police in saving four girls from a private sex trafficking network in...
September 29
Slavery
Rescue in Ghana: 100th Child Free Since Start of 2017
During the first week of September, IJM supported the Ghana Police Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) to rescue two boys who had been victims of...
September 22
Slavery
Sensitive Officials and IJM's Partner NGO Rescue 40 from Bondage at a Brick Kiln
Last month, IJM’s trained partner organization Jai Bhim Vikas Shikshan Sansthan (JBVSS) worked with government officials in the state of Rajasthan to...
May 23
Slavery
31 Free After Largest IJM Ghana Rescue to Date
Anita Budu, Director of Aftercare for IJM Ghana, anxiously watched from the deck of a boat as the horizon began to pale with the light of sunrise....
April 27
Slavery
Families Stunned as They Are Freed from Bondage in Wood-Cutting Facility
Local officials, police and IJM staff helped rescue three families from years of bonded labor slavery today—leaving the men, women and children in...
March 31