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Slavery
An Impossible Search for Suriya
In 2012, Suriya was just 11 years old, living at home with his parents in India. Every day was a struggle for his family because they lived in deep...
March 05
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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