Slavery

"I never thought I would be able to leave the mill and then, suddenly, my family and I were free. ... All at once I could hope."

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

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.

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

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