In Ethiopia, Hope for Justice is supporting the government there to protect children and families who are vulnerable. The organization sits on the Ethiopian government-led but non-profit driven National Anti-Human Trafficking and Smuggling Task Force. It is also developing programs to facilitate community-led reform. Hope for Justice now runs six Self-Help Groups in Ethiopia and three in Uganda, with a focus on family reintegration. The women in these Self-Help Groups are often from very poor, marginalized villages. They are being empowered and equipped to make change at an area level.

Alongside Self-Help Groups, Hope for Justice runs child wellbeing clubs and focuses on raising awareness within village settings. Working through these three grassroots projects, the organization is making long-term sustainable change. Children, women, families and entire neighbourhoods are hearing about trafficking, child labor, and exploitation. This vital learning is literally saving lives in this generation and generations to come.

These same lessons are also being applied to Hope for Justice’s work in Vietnam and in Cambodia, where it recently helped brief and train police and military leaders from each of that country’s provinces about human trafficking and improving care for young victims. 

August 1, 2019