Shawn Kohl, Director for IJM in Central and Eastern Europe, shares about the current climate at the Ukraine-Romania border with The Independent. "There is a risk when you have millions of individuals who are extremely vulnerable coming across the borders in large waves."
Meesanallur began in 2015 as a dream to help families break cycles of poverty and trafficking for good. Over 143 families are now flourishing in the innovative planned community in south India, modeling a scalable solution of how to protect vulnerable communities from violence and exploitation.
A group of survivor leaders in the Released Bonded Laborers’ Association (RBLA) helped authorities free 11 people from an abusive wood-cutting business, including an 11-year-old boy who had been forced to work alongside the adults.
IJM Champions serve as local representatives of IJM and fuel IJM’s mission by mobilizing their community to engage in policy change, catalyze prayer and generously give. Champions can connect with other supporters in their city and have access to exclusive IJM resources.
Noonday founder Jessica Honeggar sits down with Melissa Russell, Regional President of IJM North America to celebrate International Women’s Day and highlight IJM Guatemala’s work. "We started our Guatemala office there in 2005 and before we went, we had... discussions with experts in the field to talk about creating sustainable change in the justice system... They said it would be impossible, literally. They said it would be like squeezing blood from a rock to ever get a conviction" shares Melissa. It turns out the experts were wrong.
Rennie* bravely confided to her mother that her headteacher had sexually abused her in 2014. After 8 years of seeking justice, the headteacher was convicted of his crime and sentenced to life in prison.
This “will build legitimacy and trust in the criminal justice system to deliver accountability and deterrence to perpetrators of violence against women and children.”
