Empowered to Forge Their Own Futures 

The transformation of the Eshrain Mahadalit community demonstrates that people given the tools to reclaim their rights can escape the cycle of exploitation to create opportunity and build a future with dignity. For generations, this community comprised of the most socio-economically disadvantaged sub-castes within the Dalit community endured the harsh realities of agricultural bonded labour—no legal identities, rights, or access to basic necessities like food, healthcare, and education. Trapped in poverty, their lives revolved around relentless labour while children grew

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Dalit community

Empowered to Forge Their Own Futures 

The transformation of the Eshrain Mahadalit community demonstrates that people given the tools to reclaim their rights can escape the cycle of exploitation to create opportunity and build a future with dignity. For generations, this community comprised of the most ...
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Sunrise

Against All Odds: Diya’s Journey from Captivity to Freedom 

In November 2018, a JVI Justice Hub rescued five brave young girls from a life of captivity. Among them was 15-year-old Diya, who had been lured into sex trafficking by Kali, a man she worked with at a packaging factory. ...
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Breaking the Chains: How Justice and Care Transformed a Family’s Future

On October 23, 2024, a Justice Hub partner rescued Sudha* and her four children from a grim toy factory in Northeast Delhi. This family had been enduring grueling conditions and was forced to work over 12 hours a day for a ...
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Sugar Cane

Justice Amplified: Using Legal Advocacy to Punish and Deter Offenders 

In 2021, ten individuals were rescued from bonded labor in the sugar cane fields of Uttar Pradesh. Upon the rescue, Justice Hub lawyers provided critical support to these survivors, encouraging them to give statements against their traffickers and assisting them ...
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Railway platform

Young Girl Fleeing Abusive Family Rescued at Railway Station 

On November 22, 2024, 16-year-old Savita* found herself wandering aimlessly on the platform at a New Delhi railway station, looking confused and apprehensive. When approached by a local Justice Hub team, she initially claimed to be an orphan traveling from ...
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School girls

Providing Hope for Children Exploited Due to Poverty 

In Delhi, a group of children as young as seven were working 12 hours a day in a toy factory, building the toys that they should have been playing with instead. They received only 500 rupees per week (less than ...
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Delhi slums

Justice Obtained Through Collective Efforts 

A young girl named Tara* was living in a slum in Delhi when her life took a terrible turn. She was lured by a woman who kept her locked up and forced her into a life of begging.  Eventually, the ...
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School

Ensuring Rescued Children Return to Schooling 

During a follow-up visit to a village of released agricultural bonded laborers, the Madhubani Justice Hub discovered that the families were struggling financially due to uncertain work prospects, putting them at risk of re-trafficking. A particularly concerning issue was that ...
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School

Intervening to Change a Family’s Fate 

A Justice Hub’s efforts to come alongside a family in need has likely changed the course of its future.   Back in June, a Delhi Justice Hub partner intercepted Ram and Shyam* (ages 11 and 15) at a bus terminal. ...
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Finding Dignity Through Employment  

Rajkumar and Ramesh, former bonded laborers, have gained confidence and dignity by securing jobs as sanitation workers dedicated to a healthier village, and they take great pride in their ability to provide substantial support for their families. However, their journey

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Freedom for 4 Nepali Girls

One, two, three, four. Stolen. Four teenage girls, the youngest: a mere 13-year-old. Children really. These four children were rescued from a sex-trafficking location in Kathmandu, Nepal, thanks to JVI and our partners.   Their stories, however, do not start in

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Hope for a better life.

Govind and his wife Lata lived in a small village in Jehanabad, Bihar, where they worked as daily wage laborers. Their family did not own a house and lived with one of their relatives. With mounting pressure from those relatives and a

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Trapped Since Age 8

On December 11th 2019, JVI assisted local partners in rescuing 13-year-old Chandni* from a household where she was forced to work as a domestic helper. Chandni was only 8 years old when she was trafficked from Jharkhand to Delhi for

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Five Minors Rescued From Sex Trafficking

The Global Slavery Index estimates that 8 million trafficking victims live within India’s borders. The eastern state of Bihar ranks among the highest states for human trafficking.  Bihar is an area where JVI works to bring freedom, justice and restoration

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29 Rescued From Forced Labor Slavery

On May 9th, 2019, JVI and one of its local partners collaborated with police and local government officials to free 29 victims from forced labor slavery at a brick kiln in northern India.  Among the families rescued were 16 minors (9 boys, 7 girls)

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38 Boys Rescued From Labor Trafficking

Aatif* grew up in a small village in West Bengal where he regularly attended school till the 6th grade. At the age of 13 years, Aatif was forced to drop out of school to look for work because neither of

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Dalit community

Empowered to Forge Their Own Futures 

The transformation of the Eshrain Mahadalit community demonstrates that people given the tools to reclaim their rights can escape the cycle of exploitation to create opportunity and build a future with dignity. For generations, this community comprised of the most

Read More »
School

Ensuring Rescued Children Return to Schooling 

During a follow-up visit to a village of released agricultural bonded laborers, the Madhubani Justice Hub discovered that the families were struggling financially due to uncertain work prospects, putting them at risk of re-trafficking. A particularly concerning issue was that

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