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Free the Slaves Partners with Three New Organizations in Vietnam
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Free the Slaves Partners with Three New Organizations in Vietnam

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Free the Slaves is excited to announce our new partnerships in Vietnam. These partnerships will allow us to understand more about the country and its need to have more players in the human trafficking space. These partnership endeavors are essential for developing successful programming in the future. We are partnering with three organizations with a long history of working in Vietnam: HopeBox, Pacific Links, and Hagar International.

HopeBox

HopeBox is a social enterprise established in March 2018 in Hanoi. They offer read more >

I still have hope in my 50s
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I still have hope in my 50s

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Last year Free The Slaves joined HopeBox, an NGO based in Vietnam, to serve survivors of domestic abuse and slavery. While working in the city of Hanoi, Free The Slaves and Hope Box had the privilege of meeting Tina*. This is Tina’s story of overcoming fear and finding freedom with FTS.

All the abuse started when her husband accused Tina of seeing another man. This later turned into constant accusations and heated arguments that resulted in physical and sexual abuse. Oftentimes, read more >

The Dreams of Nina: Surviving Forced Marriage and Labour Trafficking
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The Dreams of Nina: Surviving Forced Marriage and Labour Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

In Vietnam, it’s estimated that there are 421,000 people living in modern slavery. Nearly 70% of modern slavery victims in Vietnam are women and girls who work in forced prostitution or domestic servitude through fraudulent job opportunities or brokered marriage. To help address this situation of modern slavery in Vietnam, Free the Slaves (FTS) partnered…