The Freedom Project-
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FUNDRAISE FOR THE FREEDOM PROJECT Help end human trafficking and slavery Help us make a difference by choosing to create your own community fundraising event, or by joining a pre-existing event. No matter what your choice, you will be helping to end human trafficking and slavery. Follow the link below and you can create your [...]
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Turning a blind eye
Every year, hundreds of thousands of women, men and children are deceived or coerced into situations of exploitation. Modern-day slavery, also known as trafficking, can be found in just about every country. It is present in the Australian sex industry in the form of foreign women held in debt bondage; in the Russian construction sector, [...]
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Modern-day slavery
A Nigerian woman has been convicted of human trafficking and several other charges after forcing two women to work unpaid for her for years, in what US prosecutors called “a case of modern day slavery”. Bidemi Bello, 41, was convicted by a federal jury of eight counts: two counts of forced labour, two counts of [...]
Burma
1. Rescue The first critical step in caring for children in armed conflict is fairly obvious: rescue. We diplomatically (without military force) negotiate the release of these children by building relationships with the armed groups that use them and by investing in what they believe is important for their communities. In most cases, these groups [...]
Advocacy
Advocacy is simply pleading on someone else’s behalf. An advocate is someone who pleads, stands for, speaks up for someone else. The Freedom Project is building a community of ADVOCATES who will be a voice for the voiceless. Men, women and children who are being trafficked and enslaved are unseen, unheard, unknown. TFP is committed to reversing that so that they are SEEN, HEARD [...]
Our History
The Freedom Project was established in 2010 by Michael and Liz Newton-Brown, as an International Christian Justice Organization working to eradicate human trafficking and slavery. Missionaries to Uganda and Kenya during the 1990’s, Michael, Liz and their 3 young children, returned home to Sydney, Australia in 1998. They spent the next few years building a [...]
Our Vision & Mission
Vision
“The Freedom Project exists to end human trafficking and slavery. We’re building and equipping a community in the free world to help rescue and restore those enslaved around the world.”
Mission
The mission of The Freedom Project is two fold.
- To engage and equip the Australian community in the fight to end human trafficking and slavery by creating awareness, providing education and promoting advocacy.
- To partner & support local and global projects working in the prevention, rescue and restoration of those trapped in the cycle of this injustice.
Start Fundraising
FUNDRAISE FOR THE FREEDOM PROJECT Help end human trafficking and slavery Help us make a difference by choosing to create your own community fundraising event, or by joining a pre-existing event. No matter what your choice, you will be helping to end human trafficking and slavery. Follow the link below and you can create your [...]
Turning a blind eye
Every year, hundreds of thousands of women, men and children are deceived or coerced into situations of exploitation. Modern-day slavery, also known as trafficking, can be found in just about every country. It is present in the Australian sex industry in the form of foreign women held in debt bondage; in the Russian construction sector, [...]
Modern-day slavery
A Nigerian woman has been convicted of human trafficking and several other charges after forcing two women to work unpaid for her for years, in what US prosecutors called “a case of modern day slavery”. Bidemi Bello, 41, was convicted by a federal jury of eight counts: two counts of forced labour, two counts of [...]