by Free the Slaves | Feb 20, 2014 | Brazil, Congo, FTS Updates, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Take Action
It takes a special kind of person to fight for freedom and justice in dangerous hot spots where slavery still thrives. It takes a resilient and resourceful spirit to assist impoverished and marginalized people in their struggle to break free. But that’s the job...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Nov 15, 2013 | FTS Updates
FTS Associate Programs Director Ginny Baumann has never been one for the limelight. But she has always deserved it. She helped create Free the Slaves back in 2000 – a true co-founder. And over the past 13 years, Ginny has been the principal architect of the Free the...
by Staff | Sep 26, 2013 | Haiti, India, Take Action
Free the Slaves staffers helped lead an important conference in Peru earlier this month to develop anti-trafficking strategies throughout the Americas. The two-day event was called “Strategic Coordination between Governments and Civil Society for the Integral...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 26, 2013 | Congo, FTS Updates, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Take Action
It isn’t often that all five FTS country directors are in the same place at the same time. But it happened last week in Washington, as our overseas staff briefed the U.S. State Department’s “J/TIP” anti-trafficking team. The presentation was called...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 8, 2013 | India
He seemed hopeless and anxious two years ago, when FTS South Asia Director Supriya Awasthi first met him. Supriya was visiting the Indian village of Bahari, where residents had broken free from slavery at a brick kiln. The villagers helped Munnu escape too. But he was...
