Multiple Rescues from Bonded Labor Slavery

March 25, 2014 | JVI

Justice Ventures International was involved in five rescues during February and March. JVI and its local justice partners worked with police officials, district magistrates, and labor officals to successfully rescue 72 individuals from bonded labor. These included 3 adults and 69 children. Some chldren were as young as nine years old.

JVI asks you to pray for the long term rehabilitation of those rescued and also for many more successful rescues of those caught in bonded labor.

For more information on these rescues, please see below for links to detailed stories:

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