After being trafficked and sexually exploited at a young age, Sabina is now close to completing her vocational training in sewing while she continues to live in a JVI partner’s safe house. Sabina grew up in a poor family in West Bengal.
In the last quarter of 2022, twenty-seven families were freed from generational bonded labor through the efforts of a JVI Justice Hub in northern India. For three generations, these families – 121 people total – had been held in agricultural bonded labor, a
On Dec 12, a JVI Justice Hub led by three local partners collaborated with local authorities in rescuing two minor girls from sex trafficking and arresting fifteen suspects involved in the case. The 16- and 17-year-old girls were being exploited in a brothel
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 the bustling,
“My hands hurt so much.” Nandu’s open palms revealed cracks and dark spots that didn’t seem to go away. He remembered how his mother used to put coconut oil on them at night during winter and the roughness would go away the
The JVI team and its local partner learned about a brothel trafficking 15 underage girls in the northern region of India. After further investigation, JVI’s teams alerted the local authorities of the illegal activity and together surveyed the premises to prepare the
Human trafficking affects over 40.3 million lives across the globe, including an estimated 8 million people living in India under conditions of modern-day slavery.¹ JVI developed the 2022 Anti-Human Trafficking Toolkit as a comprehensive guide for NGO partners and their lawyers as
In his message of freedom to the rescued bond workers, the Labor Superintendent declared, “Now you are free to live your lives the way you desire and no one can harm you.” 17 families, totaling 81 workers, had been forced to work
Faizal* is providing food for his family, Deepak* is prepared to pay off his medical debt, Sikander* pays his sister’s school fees, and Jatin* boards a train to look for work in a new city. With the aid of compensation supplied by
Saurav* and Aashiya* breathe a sigh of relief and sit down to discuss how they want to set up their home as a young married couple. They are able to do this because of Saurav’s recent employment as an electrician in a
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