She Wanted a Better Life for Her Son
Mom means something special to each of us: kindness, bravery, compassion, care, hard-work, strength and certainly inspiration. Chandramma exemplifies...
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Manasi's Story
When 19-year-old Manasi’s mother became ill and died, large debts from her care meant the family had to make hard decisions. The offer of an advance...
July 09
Police Abuse of Power
Delayed Justice in Kenya
Today we mark five years since the murder of our colleague Willie Kimani, our client Josephat Mwenda and trusted driver Joseph Muiruri. Even as we...
June 29
Land Theft
Rita was a loving mother of six young children.
Milly, a 10-year-old girl in Uganda, watched her mother Rita cry.
“I lost hope completely…. I saw all the time (my mother) was crying,” said Milly,...
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Slavery
New ILO Report Estimates that Almost 1 in 10 Children Worldwide Is in Child Labor
The
International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF recently released
a new alarming report stating the number of children in child labor has...
June 22
Labor Trafficking
Three Boys Free in Ghana: “I Do Not Want to Go Back There”
The Ghana police and Department of Social Welfare joined IJM on June 20th to carry out an operation to bring three boys identified as trafficking...
June 20
Forced Labor
Family Freed from Five Years of Bondage at a Poultry & Goat Farm
On June 18, IJM’s casework partner SHED India helped local officials rescue four people from a farm where they had been enslaved for the last five...
June 18
Field Offices
IJM Partner Provides Frontline COVID-19 Relief in Devastating Second Wave
As India manages its recent COVID-19 surge, IJM’s compassionate front-line partners are providing critical relief to impoverished children and...
June 17
Forced Labor
Boy and His Family Find Freedom Amid Pandemic’s Child Labor Spike
Today, a small family in southern India is free from bonded labor thanks to the diligent work of local law enforcement and an IJM goodwill partner in...
June 16
Advocacy
IJM Supporting Training on Trauma-Informed Care of Survivors in Romania
“We talk about prosecutions and bringing down networks. We talk of international and internal reports that show the prevalence of the problem. But...
June 14
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