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Eighteen Freed from Bonded Labour at a Rajasthan Brick Kiln, Including 10 Children
These families had been working at the kiln since October 2020, when a trafficker lured them with promises of good jobs and fair wages. This trafficker then absconded with payment advances that were meant for the labourers. -
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Rescue of Four Trafficking Victims Helps Catch a State’s ‘Most Wanted’ Trafficker
The four survivors—some who were just teenagers—had been lured from impoverished communities in the state of Jharkhand to work in the homes of wealthier families. -
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Business-Owner Guilty for Holding Nine in Bonded Labour
On March 30, a judge in South Asia convicted a local at wood-cutting business owner for holding nine people in brutal bonded labour in a tree-cutting business. Some had been enslaved there for up to 15 years until they were rescued in July 2012. -
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41 Freed from Bonded Labour in IJM's First Rescue Operation of 2021
In IJMs first global rescue operation of the year, our team in India supported local authorities to free 41 people from bondage at a railway construction site in Odisha. This included 13 young children who lived at the site with their parents. -
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Sadhna woke up—disoriented, naked and afraid.
Read how your support changes lives. Your donations help IJM give child survivors of sex trafficking the chance to enjoy their childhood, and find their dreams and chase them. -
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Five families freed from bonded labour at a wood-cutting site
Five families, including young children, have been freed from bonded labour at a wood-cutting site, where they faced physical and sexual violence for five years, thanks to IJM and local authorities. -
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Mallesh: Story Update
Mallesh was 8 years old when he was brutally enslaved on a rose farm. Today, he’s choosing to use his freedom to free others. He said: “I want to have the power to help others. Imagine putting a full stop to child labour." -
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Ten-Year-Old Boy Freed from Goat Grazing
An expansive search has led to the safe rescue of Vignesh,* a 10-year-old boy who has spent the last two years enslaved at a goat farm. -
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Twenty Years Enslaved at a Mango Farm – Now Free
Survivor Leaders in the Released Bonded Labourers Association (RBLA) rallied authorities to rescue a couple who had been enslaved at a mango farm for about 20 years. IJM had known about this couple since 2016, but they were always too scared to ever share the truth about their experience, due to the power of the owner. -
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Young Couple Rescued from Bondage & Death Threats at a Brick Kiln
Finally freed: the young couple who had been enslaved at a brick kiln for three years were rescued thanks to IJM's partnership with Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) and local authorities. The young woman was 3 months pregnant. The owner had refused to let them leave and demanded they pay him $1,333 or he'd kill them with a motorbike. Terrified, the couple managed to contact relatives, who passed the case to FSD. -
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Father Sacrifices All for Daughters to become Family Firsts in Higher Education
Once struggling to make ends meet, survivor Sanjeevi now beams with pride. 10 years ago, he was rescued with his wife and children from a life of bonded labour in a brutal rice mill. Today, he stands tall: knowing his two daughters will be the first in the family to pursue higher education. -
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7 Myths about Human Trafficking – and why it’s vital that we stop believing them
Human trafficking today is a multibillion-dollar global criminal industry that’s bigger than ever. Here are some myth busters to make us all think twice.