A Courageous Escape from the Horrors of a Brothel 

Nazia,* age 25, was desperate to find a job to help her family make ends meet. She encountered Lalita,* who befriended Nazia and assured Nazia that she would help her get a job. Lalita introduced Nazia to Santosh,* who offered her a job as a security guard. Santosh kept in constant communication with Nazia to gain her trust and make her believe he was interested in her. One day, Nazia left her home to meet Santosh, telling her mother that

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Persistence Leads to Freedom for 13-Year-Old Deepa

A year ago, 13-year-old Deepa* was sent to Delhi after her father arranged for her to work as a domestic servant. A neighbor had promised Deepa that she would work only six hours each day as an assistant servant in ...
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Resilience in a Quest for Hope and Justice 

Pooja* has endured a journey marked by deception and hardship since the age of 15, when she and her friend were sold into captivity on a misleading promise of a better life by a man who offered each of them ...
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Reclaiming Dignity and Self-Reliance After Bondage

Geeta’s* ordeal into bonded labour at a Rajasthan brick kiln began in September of 2021, when she and her husband and fourteen other families were transported under false promises to a world of perpetual debt bondage. The workers accepted meager ...
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Empowering Communities Through Legal Aid Camps  

Over the past six years, JVI Justice Hubs have assisted more than 60,000 community members from Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai, and West Bengal through legal aid camps and clinics designed to facilitate the process of seeking justice on a range of ...
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Minor girl rescued

Minor Girl Rescued from Nepali Bar 

Sixteen-year-old Rubina* was rescued from sexual exploitation at a bar in Nepal and is currently recovering at a shelter home. Four years ago, her mother sent her to work as a waitress at the bar to provide financial support for ...
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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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Renu Devi is proof that change is possible, even after generations of bondage in India.

Renu was 17 when she married and began her life of forced labor. Her husband was part of the Kamiya system—a form of caste-based, generational debt bondage. For four generations his family was enslaved and exploited for agricultural labor, with ...
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Malnourished child at clinic

A Malnourished Infant is Saved  

Baby Kumar’s family had been victims of bonded labor for generations. Despite being rescued in 2022, his mother and her family found themselves back at the brick kiln due to a lack of resources. Without access to necessities such as ...
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one year trafficked

Freedom for Minor Girls Held Captive Through Falsified ID Cards 

Two minor girls have been rescued from a brothel in northern India where one of the girls had been trapped for over a year. Both girls had been deceived into leaving home for job opportunities but were instead forced into ...
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Reclaiming Dignity and Self-Reliance After Bondage

Geeta’s* ordeal into bonded labour at a Rajasthan brick kiln began in September of 2021, when she and her husband and fourteen other families were transported under false promises to a world of perpetual debt bondage. The workers accepted meager

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Minor girl rescued

Minor Girl Rescued from Nepali Bar 

Sixteen-year-old Rubina* was rescued from sexual exploitation at a bar in Nepal and is currently recovering at a shelter home. Four years ago, her mother sent her to work as a waitress at the bar to provide financial support for

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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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Malnourished child at clinic

A Malnourished Infant is Saved  

Baby Kumar’s family had been victims of bonded labor for generations. Despite being rescued in 2022, his mother and her family found themselves back at the brick kiln due to a lack of resources. Without access to necessities such as

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