Fighting Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, and Slavery with Fair Trade and Economic Empowerment

Build a Home Video

Video: To build a home

Made By Survivors works to bring children rescued from slavery into safe, love-filled shelter homes like this one, operated by our partner Women's Interlink Foundation.

These children, through empowerment, education and employment, now have a future of freedom. 

 

The need is great and Made By Survivors is spearheading an initiative to build a new shelter for slavery survivors in Darjeeling.  Please watch this short film and pass it on to those you love.   Help give the gift of Freedom.

"To Build A Home" courtesy of Patrick Watson and Intrigue Music.  Learn more and Join this effort.

Made By Survivors Short Documentary

 This new documentary short film about our work empowering survivors of slavery and human trafficking was created by a team of women filmmakers from Real Deal Productions

Hear from the survivors about their hopes and dreams, and meet heroes in the anti-slavery movement.

Free Forever Campaign

Made by Survivors' newest project is to build a shelter for 125 survivors, along with a training and employment center, in partnership with Womens Interlink Foundation. The employment center will train, employ and place in outside jobs hundreds of survivors and high risk women in the Darjeeling region of India.

A Lesson in Human Trafficking - Border Towns

india nepal borderUS Mexico BorderLiving in or near an international border town greatly increases the likelihood of a person becoming a victim of human trafficking, for a variety of reasons:

Year of Giving

We all spend hundreds of dollars in gifts each year.  Why not also save a life through your gift-giving?!  The Year of Giving Club enables our supporters to help women build slavery-proof lives, while enjoying and giving inspiring products Made By Survivors.  Club members receive a selection of beautiful Made By Survivors products 2-4 times a year, as well as special reports and stories, so you can share our joy in seeing lives transformed and feel a personal connection to the people you are helping.

Moment in Time

There are times when you can really begin to see a difference in the people you are working with or trying to help. A moment when it becomes clear that you are getting through to them and that your effort just might be paying off. I experienced one of those moments last year with the girls in the Made By Survivors / Women's Interlink Foundation Jewelry program at Child Care Home and it has stuck with me ever since. 

In Their Own Words

All year long I've shared - in my blog, newsletters, and on our website - how I feel about slavery and about our girls' incredible potential.  Now you can hear what the survivors themselves have to say.   The quotes below come from women and children in our jobs and school sponsorship programs, and members of communities hardest hit by slavery.  Learn what matters to former slaves, and what they want you to know about them, their dreams, and how we should go about ending slavery forever:

Thanks Rosie and the team at Rosie Radio!

Rosie O'Donnell and Sarah Symons discuss Human TraffickingI was on Rosie Radio with Rosie O'Donnell, and not only did I have a great time, but  Rosie's listeners really came through and supported Made By Survivors!  So a big thanks to Rosie, her senior producer Deirdre and the entire crew.  If you missed the show - we put the interview to pictures and you can hear/watch it here:

The Evolution of a Made By Survivors Jewelry Program

Join us in following the creation of our new metalsmithing and jewelry manufacturing social enterprise for survivors of human trafficking in India! Though this blog you can follow our progress, the good and the bad, and learn how we create the programs that hire survivors of human trafficking.   All this in our new blog - From Dust To Dazzle

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