Zavian from the Kids’ Freedom Club is about to embark on a journey to India. Together with his mom, Petra, they will spend one week volunteering with an Indian anti-slavery partner organization, TSN. TSN is one of the organizations that has received support through the fundraisers that the Freedom Club hosts and UUSS members contribute
Thanks to all your help we have raised a total of $10,060.52. Our recent bike-a-thon raised $880.00. Freedom club rode a total of 94 miles. There was loud cheering and applause when our calculating was done and we realized what we had done. We also held a pancake breakfast where we collected a total of
The Freedom Club representatives who traveled to India shared their experiences during the service and invited everyone to get involved in the work to end human trafficking. Meg Burnett shared about the partners that we worked with, Patty Budding gave the stories of people that we met, Linnea Stanton shared her experiences and about her
In the village that we visited today we met many former slaves who are now self employed. One of the women shared how she had been in debt bondage slavery for 20 years in a brick kiln. The activists from the partnering organization enabled her to get freed through community organizing and legal support. She
Today’s post comes to you from Linnea Stanton, age 10: Today we did a six hour meeting with the Indian staff of the partnering organization. We talked about community health and the group shared about how important health is in preventing slavery. When someone is sick, often the family will go into debt to pay
We have been so amazed at the work being done by our partners here in India! They are an amazing group of individuals who are so knowledgable about how to overcome slavery, trusted by the communities that they serve, and dedicated to facing hardships and opposition every day in the field. Today we visited with
