Case Studies

 
Rescue just in time - Jayashri, India
South Asia

Jayashri's* childhood afforded her few opportunities: she was never able to go to school and instead worked alongside her uncle, making spoons at a steel factory - work she began at such a young ag

New Year Begins in Freedom for Illegally Detained Man
Africa

NAIROBI, KENYA - Released on New Year's Eve after 16 months of incarceration in Nairobi's Industrial Remand Prison, 42-year-old Peter began 2010 a free man.

Group Offers Hope & Healing in Guatemala
Latin America

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - First step. First word. Favourite food.

Viswanathan: freedom for him and his family
South Asia

When a government official was recently alerted to several families held in slavery at a remote rock quarry in South India, he enlisted IJM’s help.

Claire's Story: Property Restored
Africa

When Claire’s* husband passed away, she struggled to care for their four young children while dealing with her own serious and chronic health issues.

Conviction Secured Against Rapist in Bolivia
Latin America

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA - Over the past six years, there have been an average of three rape convictions annually in the La Paz region, a metropolitan area with more than 2.5 million residents.

14 Freed From Slavery In Indian Rock Quarry
South Asia

BANGALORE, INDIA – Today, a young father and thirteen other former slaves are free following an IJM Bangalore operation in collaboration with local authorities.

Cambodian court sentences Russian national to 13 years imprisonment for sexual assault of 14-year-old girl
Southeast Asia

In a modern-day David vs. Goliath story, a young girl’s testimony brings down a powerful expat investor accused in 18 other cases of abuse

“The significance of this verdict cannot be overestimated.”
- Patrick Stayton: Director, IJM Cambodia

A Phnom Penh court has delivered a guilty verdict against Alexander Trofimov, a Russian investor with powerful sway in the Cambodian community where he had been living. Trofimov was charged with debauchery with a child under 15. Debauchery is the legal term that covers sexual abuse of children under Cambodian law.

Former Slaves Build Successful Groundnut Business
South Asia

“Release has rightly paved the way for [Gowshik and Geetha] to live a life of dignity and freedom.”
- IJM Chennai Social Worker

Stephen's Story: From rescued to rescuer
Africa

Ten years ago, as a wave of bank robberies swept Kenya, bank employees like Stephen anxiously wondered if their branches would be struck by the crime. The tense speculation did not last long: Stephen’s branch was soon hit by thieves who robbed the bank and shot a police officer while making their escape. Shaken by the incident, Stephen and his colleagues wondered if the perpetrators would ever be found.

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