Swapna's story: 2022 End Of Financial Year Appeal
By Sara Ralphs
In the slum cities of Bangalore, life for kids is nothing like here in Australia. Our kids play with smartphones and consoles, go to clean, safe schools and are mostly sheltered from the many horrors that take place in this broken world.
Sadly, this same protection is not afforded for the more than 18 million people still trapped, trafficked or enslaved in India alone. But we are fighting to change that, one life at a time.
Swapna’s story: From Victim to Advocate
One life transformed, now fighting to transform others.
Swapna was kidnapped as a baby by a trafficker. She grew up in a syndicate that forced children to beg for money. Every day she walked many kilometres begging in the streets of Bangalore, desperately trying to reach the amount of money the traffickers demanded.
Some years ago, a team of city police and TFP staff rescued Swapna and 300 other children in a drive against child beggary. She was 9 years old at the time. All attempts to trace her birth family yielded no results and so she was placed in a residential school to begin her education.
After turning 18 we brought her to our Azadi shelter home where she completed her 10th grade exams and is now studying at University! Her ambition is to become a social worker who rescues and rehabilitates young children like her, to give them a brighter and better future.
‘I dream of an India where no child has to beg.’
Today, Swapna is a confident young woman full of joy and energy. She enjoys organising and running events and displays tremendous leadership skills. Hers is a testimony of hope and gratitude for the gift of freedom.
A gift of just $97 can help us perform a rescue operation
like the one that saved Swapna from a life of forced labour.
Your support helps girls like Swapna, will you give today?
The need is great and we could do so much more but our capacity is limited to the funds we can raise. We need your help now to transform lives.
Will you consider partnering with us today by making a $97 Donation?
Each gift helps us to rescue and restore some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Your generous donation helps us bring freedom and transform lives.
This EOFY, we’re looking to raise $55,000!
which can help rescue 500 people from the jaws of slavery
$97 can help us a rescue precious life:
how many lives will you save today?
Will YOU help us rescue and raise the next generation of anti-slavery advocates like Swapna, by giving today?
100% of all support for our programs comes from donors like you! We have had so many wonderful successes this past financial year, but there is still so much left to do, and we need YOUR help to do it! Your generosity keeps our projects in prevention, rescue and restoration alive and thriving.
From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you. Not for our sake, but on behalf of those we serve.