Understand the Toll Trafficking Takes on Communities of Color
February is Black History Month in the United States. Honor this time by learning about how human trafficking affects communities of color.
Stop Slavery
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History
Buddy and Jen Rathmell founded Stop Slavery on October 5, 2009. In January 2011 they moved to Southeast Asia to start a discipleship training school so they could be more directly involved in the work of fighting human trafficking. Buddy is on the board of The Freedom Foundation.
- Contact Information:
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- Thailand
- Active In: Thailand, United States, Cambodia
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Forced Labor, Child Labor
- Tel: +66 (0) 82 764-5546; +1 (0) 540 632-1759
- Email: buddy@stopslavery.org
- Additional Locations:
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- 6646 Northway Drive
- , Virginia 24019
- United States
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