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Slavery
More than 550 Rescued in IJM's Largest Anti-Slavery Operation Ever
In an ongoing rescue operation, Indian police and IJM staff have rescued 564 children, women and men from forced labour slavery at a massive brick...
March 04
Fighting the Headwind
My name is Philip Calvert and I have recently started as the new Director of Development and Mobilization for the Prairies here in Canada. I come...
February 23
A Culture of Remembrance
I spent three days last month in Berlin with my IJM colleagues Terry Tennens, Caroly Houmes and Dietmar Roller (chief executives of IJM UK,...
February 19
Sex Trafficking
Streets Are Safer Today in Manila
Stardust Showbar is no longer open for business. Philippine authorities closed it last week, just three months after IJM helped police rescue 13...
February 16
Sex Trafficking
It's Easier To Be Indifferent (Travel Brave - Part 3)
I work for IJM, so I encounter hard stuff all the time. Sometimes, it feels too much. Sometimes, I want drown it out and watch something that makes...
February 11
Sex Trafficking
Move Into Action (Travel Brave - Part 2)
Andrew Kooman writes for the page, stage, and screen. He is the author of the highly acclaimed stage play She Has A Name that is now a feature film....
February 10
Sex Trafficking
A Catalyst for Change (Travel Brave - Part 1)
Have you ever heard or seen something that altered your direction in life? A marker that you can look back on as a catalyst for change? Learning...
February 09
A New Year's Reckoning
Imprisoned and eventually executed by the Nazis for his role in a plot to assassinate Hitler, Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer penned a New Year’s...
January 25
We Can Change the World
As I reflect on 2015, I think that no other experiences will have the lasting impact of my visits to the genocide memorial sites in Rwanda, both the...
January 15