We are working across 7 countries to end human trafficking & modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society.
A massive thank you to
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCTheArchers
for raising awareness about modern slavery.
Hope for Justice has been working alongside producers to assist with the storyline. This issue is especially important now, when traffickers will be exploiting the most vulnerable.
Today, for
#AntiSlaveryDay
, let’s show her there are millions who ARE prepared to speak out and make a difference.
Please retweet if, like us, you believe a life is worth more than a bag of sugar.
Let’s change lives and end slavery, together.
Today on
#AntiSlaveryDay
, there are more than 40 million people in modern-day slavery worldwide and more than 100,000 in the UK alone. We believe every human being deserves liberty, dignity and a future of their own choosing.
More than 50 of the world’s most influential anti-trafficking organizations and leaders in the
#AntiTraffickingCommunity
have come together to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the impact it is having on the risk of human trafficking in the region:
Human life should never be bought and sold, but it is happening every day, in every country.
One victim said recently: “It's not the acts of bad people that hurt me the most. It's the indifference of the public.”
#AntiSlaveryDay
Celebrating with one of the young women who came through our Dream Home! She has put her trafficking experience behind her forever, and has successfully passed her 3-month probation period to become a teacher! She is such a role model for the other survivors.
#UnlockingFreedom
Three more RESCUES in the last 72 hours! Three lives who have suffered brutal exploitation in vastly different circumstances, from just a few weeks to more than eight years…but all are now FREE and safe. Celebrate
#UnlockingFreedom
with us!
Today is the 10th BIRTHDAY of Hope for Justice! We are so proud that there are thousands of people walking in freedom today because of the work your support has enabled
We are CELEBRATING today because our team have rescued four children aged between 11 and 15 from the streets of Kampala! All of them were intensely vulnerable to predators and traffickers…
Our new house for survivors of modern slavery is now ready, with the first survivors moving in soon!
The Bridge
#Cambridge
, is just the first of what we hope will be many such houses, offering stable accommodation and specialist support:
DCI Nick Dale, senior investigating officer on the case for West Midlands Police: “We were able to benefit from the really good work done by
@HopeforJustice
to gain the trust of victims, so we could see the whole story and identify that evidence.”
#Panorama
Twelve children, aged four to 16, have been rescued from an inner-city slum after being enslaved as acrobats.
Knowing that these children are now living in freedom, is what makes our work worthwhile!
Read the full story at
We are celebrating because a survivor we support has had his right to permanent residence in the UK recognised after years of making his case with specialist legal support. This will stabilise his position in the UK so he can make a plan for a positive and more certain future!
A woman has been freed from a life of domestic servitude where she was “treated like a robot and a slave”
When we went to the house to rescue her, accompanied by police, Durnaz was trembling and uncertain, fearing for her life. Today, just a few weeks later, she is free and safe
As a teenager, Tanya* was looking forward to a romantic holiday with her boyfriend. Instead, she was forced into prostitution for 5 years in a foreign country.
Thanks to our teams and supporters, she is now FREE and receiving the care + support she needs to move towards recovery
Reading the social media discussions and online forums where fans are discussing these issues, it's clear
@BBCTheArchers
doing a fantastic job of accurately portraying the reality of UK
#ModernSlavery
to people previously unaware. Proud to have offered our input on the storyline
At Hope for Justice, we fight for freedom. We are proud to be part of the
#EndItMovement
and we shine a light on slavery, today and every day! If you want to see an end to trafficking, join us today by drawing a red X on your hand and post it on social media. Make sure to tag us!
Two traffickers have been sentenced to a combined 35 years in prison for their role in the forced marriage and terrible abuse of a young girl who is now being cared for by Hope for Justice. Read her full story below and celebrate justice being done:
Training Cambodian government & police to better serve child trafficking victims.
Our Lighthouse Program Manager, Socheata Van, explained the emotional + psychological impact of trafficking and the need for special procedures for young victims, before they arrive at Lighthouse
Six women are FREE after being rescued from two illegal brothels, disguised as massage parlors.
Hope for Justice discovered that the Tennessee premises were advertising commercial sex online and operating despite COVID-19 lockdown.
They have been shut down
#modernslavery
#rescue
We're celebrating a RESCUE today,
#UnlockingFreedom
for a man who spent 2 horrific years in forced labour, tricked + deceived by ruthless traffickers who preyed on his desperation.
Now he is free, and restoration and healing can begin.
JUSTICE UPDATE: Two weeks ago we told you 50 girls had been rescued in one day. Today we can share that THIRTEEN people have been arrested for trafficking, including two brothel owners.
Read the full story about the rescue here:
Stamp your feet, shout out loud and raise the roof, let’s celebrate
#UnlockingFreedom
together!
Our investigators have just rescued a young woman who lived through months of exploitation and despair – she’s now safe, away from her traffickers.
Three young girls are now safe in our care after being rescued from forced labour.
They were ‘loaned’ to a trafficker who made them beg on the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The perpetrator has been arrested and the girls are now receiving aftercare at our Lighthouse 💛
Great to see substantial, in-depth reporting today of the largest trafficking case in UK history! Here's our CEO
@BenCooley
on BBC News explaining how our outreach workers and investigators first identified the gang's activities, and helped support victims
A man who spent years in exploitation is free tonight! He had managed to escape his trafficker but did not know where to go and ended up destitute, sleeping rough on the freezing streets.
Today we celebrate 12 years of
#HopeforJustice
Thank you to our supporters, donors, volunteers and staff for your incredible support. Each lock on our Freedom Wall represents a life changed by our work, and it reminds us every day why we're fighting to
#endmodernslavery
A 15-year-old girl who was sexually abused live on social media has been RESCUED! 🙌
The girl was found by Hope for Justice’s team in the US, after they received information from a woman they had trained to spot the signs of
#humantrafficking
Read more at
We are proud and excited to announce the formal launch today of Slave-Free Alliance
@sfaglobal
, our new membership scheme for businesses who have chosen to take seriously the issue of modern slavery in supply chains! Read the full story here:
We have an incredible team of women as part of
#TeamHopeforJustice
, working on staff, as volunteers, as ambassadors, in Abolition Groups, and much more. A few of them are pictured here, because a world free from slavery is not possible until we are
#EachforEqual
#IWD2020
#IWD
"We were asleep as a society...but we are waking up to the reality of modern slavery."
Powerful words & personal testimony from our UK Advocacy Manager, Janet Fisher, whose team has supported survivors of the trafficking gang over years
Skip to 10m40s:
Hope for Justice is glad to have been able to assist in an operation that led to the rescue of two teenagers who are thought to be victims of human trafficking!
We LOVE
#UnlockingFreedom
and today we celebrate the rescue of Lukas! He'd been sleeping in a filthy room with 10 strangers, forced to work backbreaking shifts 7 days a week, not even allowed to cook for himself – living in an atmosphere of terrifying violence...
#ModernSlavery
is happening all around us. Did you know there have been cases in EVERY large town & city? We can all play our part in helping the victims.
Fri Oct 18th is
#AntiSlaveryDay
. A great day to learn to spot the signs and to share the message!
So proud of the 22 new graduates at our Shine School in Cambodia. These young girls were rescued from sex trafficking and have now gone on to complete catch-up education. And delighted to be working with 2 other organisations to provide education for more survivors.
'Traffickers jailed for 24 years after a trial in which evidence was given by survivors supported by Hope for Justice'
Hope for Justice has been supporting two of the victims of the gang since January 2015 and was involved in the original rescues in 2013
Victims of slavery need the right support to rebuild their lives. We're backing the
#FreeForGood
campaign in favour of a new law that helps guarantee this support. Find out more and sign up:
We are celebrating
#FreedomFriday
at Hope for Justice as we add a name to our Freedom Wall!
This is our International Development Director, Tim Nelson, adding Jon's* name to the Freedom Wall with joy and pride!
RESCUE! After 6 brutal months in forced labour, controlled and degraded and exploited, this man is FREE tonight! He needs intensive help & is extremely vulnerable, but we will walk alongside him so he can lean on our support as he takes his first steps on the road to restoration
Such powerful words from the singer Duffy, who calls on viewers to "reflect on the reality of kidnapping and trafficking, of force and sexual exploitation", after her own horrifying experience.
Today we celebrate the achievements of women and we wave a flag of hope for all.
We pledge to fight for the 30 million girls and women who are victims of
#humantrafficking
because THEY MATTER.
#internationalwomensday
#empowerall
Proud to say he works for Hope for Justice! Incredible work for many years alongside a dedicated team. Click the video at the top of the article to hear from him firsthand.
We are delighted that teenagers Mary, Joan and Prisca, from
#Uganda
, are now home and excited to begin a new chapter, after they were trafficked into
#modernslavery
by a pastor who promised to care for and educate them. Full story here:
12-year-old Tizita* has been reunited with her mother after being forced into domestic work and abused. She'd been told her mother was dead, but our Lighthouse team worked to discover that she was ALIVE and brought the family back together. Full story:
12 girls FREE from their traffickers and receiving care at the Hope for Justice Lighthouse!! Here's our Cambodia Director, Josh Bailey, to share this amazing news!
#ChangeLives
#EndSlavery
LOVE adding more rescued lives to our Freedom Wall!
Celebrate
#UnlockingFreedom
with us! Every single unlocked padlock is a real life rescued from modern slavery and human trafficking thanks to your support.
This is why we do what we do! We're working in cities, slum areas, brothels and the streets to help vulnerable and exploited children, to get them to the safety of our Lighthouses and then reintegrate them back safely to their families and their communities.
Proud to have been an integral part of this case, the largest of its kind in UK history. More than 50 of the victims who were brave enough to act as witnesses in the case were first identified by Hope for…
This is the moment we reunited 10-year-old Alem with her mother after she was ruthlessly exploited and then left homeless on the streets. Read the full story here:
Hope for Justice was honored to convene and sponsor a second roundtable event in the U.S. Senate on February 1st for anti-trafficking stakeholders who want to
#stophumantrafficking
at the policy level.
Celebrate
#UnlockingFreedom
with us, another life is free! We rescued this man at the lowest point of his life – hungry, freezing and having been beaten so badly he was left with permanent, disfiguring injuries...
SO GOOD to see this at the summit of Kilimanjaro! The
#ExtremeChallenge
team have done two amazing things: conquered this incredible mountain, and raised vital funds for our work to change lives and end slavery. Can you help them raise more?
A man who was trafficked to the UK and forced to work 70-hour weeks for just £30 has been RESCUED and REUNITED with his family in Poland: .
Please help prevent trafficking by learning to spot the key signs, as shown here in Polish. .
Great news! In
#Uganda
, 14-year-old Becky is safe from
#HumanTrafficking
, & living with her aunt, who'd been looking for Becky for 12 years. Becky said: “I want to work so hard in
#school
, succeed and make Hope for Justice proud.” More here:
We’re excited to welcome a new girl to our Dream Home. She’s recently escaped trafficking and is determined to recover from her experience, as well as to further her education and provide a better future for herself. She already knows she wants to be a teacher.
#UnlockingFreedom
Young survivors of trafficking at our Lighthouse in Cambodia took part in a group exercise designed to let them know they are not alone even when they move on, and to encourage them to understand what will make them stronger and more resilient.