He was 12 years old, growing up in an informal settlement in Nairobi. In the afternoon, he left school to walk the five kilometers home, as he always would. That day, a car he had seen frequently near his school stopped next to him, and the driver offered him a lift...
Human trafficking won’t disappear on its own; it will take commitment and concern from people the world over to really make a dent. It’s especially important that young people engage with the cause. Twenty-one-year-old Finali Galaiya is both a contestant in this...
A new video from IOM explains the connection between human trafficking and social media. It’s something that traffickers use primarily for recruitment, but we also use it to fight human trafficking; to create awareness and get in touch with victims and hopefully...
“Thank you for giving me my voice back. I thought my traffickers had taken it forever. I know this is not true because you have taught me that it is not true and I can use my voice to fight human trafficking.” (Testimony from a victim) Last year at this time, we were...
Virtue has a voice, and sometimes it starts with one; Fatuma’s Voice. The other evening, I attended a function organized by Fatuma’s Voice at PAWA254 under the auspices of HAART and a host of other partners. The topic of discussion was human trafficking and associated...
