Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on those most vulnerable to forced labour and human trafficking. Around the world, communities already suffering from poverty and exploitation have borne the brunt of the pandemic and its economic fallout.

This report shares the outcomes of The Freedom Fund’s program Emergency Response Fund. It summarises the lessons learned during the Covid-19 crisis and highlights the life-saving response fielded by dozens of grassroots initiatives.

Reflecting on the year that was: Lessons from the covid frontlines - The Freedom Fund, 2021 DOWNLOAD

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Around the world, something in the region of 40 million innocent men, women and even children have been forced into various forms of modern slavery. Many are here in the UK. Still more are abroad. All are victims of a vile business that has no place...Read More

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