TRAFFICKING

Human trafficking in India is a significant problem, despite being illegal under Indian law. People are often trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and forced or bonded labor.

We know of several people who are struggling to care for and protect children that are most vulnerable to human trafficking, but with our intervention and your donations we are helping where we can.

Rural missionaries are using your donations to provide clothing, shelter and cultivating areas to grow their own food.

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Below is a group of children being protected from human trafficking and poverty in rural India.

Protected Children
These children are being protected from human trafficking.

While no reliable study has quantified forced and bonded labor, estimates suggest that it affects 20 to 65 million Indians.

Here are some key points:

Reasons for Trafficking:

  1. Men and Boys: Trafficked for labor purposes and may also be sexually exploited as gigolos, massage experts, or escorts.
  2. Children: Subjected to forced labor in various roles, including factory workers, domestic servants, beggars, and even armed combatants for terrorist groups.
  3. Women and Girls: They are trafficked within India for commercial sexual exploitation and forced marriage, especially in areas with skewed sex ratios.
  4. International Trafficking: India is also a destination for women and girls from Nepal and Bangladesh trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation.
  5. Middle East Migration: Indian migrants who willingly go to the Middle East and Europe for work may end up in the human trafficking industry due to fraudulent recruitment practices

Domestic Trafficking:

  1. Currently, 90% of human trafficking in India occurs domestically, not across borders.
  2. Traffickers often lure victims from rural villages to cities with promises of well-paid work, only to subject them to exploitation.

Efforts to combat trafficking involve addressing economic injustice, social inequality, cultural attitudes, and corruption among officials. 

However, much work remains to be done to protect vulnerable populations and hold traffickers accountable.

Below we have photos of groups of locals being fed and protected.

protected children