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IJM Partner Provides Frontline COVID-19 Relief in Devastating Second Wave
Throughout India's second COVID-19 wave in April and May, IJM’s compassionate front-line partners continued providing critical relief to impoverished children and families when they need it most. -
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Eighteen Freed from Bonded Labour at a Rajasthan Brick Kiln, Including 10 Children
RAJASTHAN STATE, South Asia – On June 10, IJM’s casework partner Jai Bhim Vikas Shikshan Sansthan (JBVSS) assisted local authorities in a rescue operation to free 18 people, including 10 children, who had been held in bonded labour at a brick kiln in the Rajasthan state. -
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Rescue of Four Trafficking Victims Helps Catch a State’s ‘Most Wanted’ Trafficker
In late April, IJM’s casework partner Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) assisted authorities in Telangana state to break up a major trafficking ring and rescue four girls who had been forced into domestic servitude. -
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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
First Operation of 2021 Frees 41 from Interstate Trafficking, Including 13 Children -
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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.