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TK’s Journey: From Refugee to UN Award Recipient – A Beacon of Hope and Change
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From The Frontlines: Vi Do’s Transformational Journey from Streetchild to CEO
Watch our first 'From The Frontlines' video series. We are thrilled to present an intimate and...
Great News: Massive Bipartisan Support for Vital Legislation in the U.S. House
On February 13, 2024 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking...
Happy Birthday! Celebrating 17 Years of Not For Sale!
Dear Friends & Supporters: Today -- February 5th -- is Not For Sale's 17th birthday. We at Not...
Not For Sale – Thanksgiving 2023 Message from David Batstone
How You Help Transform Lives
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Fighting Human trafficking with Not for Sale
Types of Modern-day Slavery and Human Trafficking Firstly, what are the types of Modern-day...
Empowering Change: Aydee Chaeta’s Inspiring Journey
In the heart of Madre de Dios, a region of the Peruvian Amazon, a remarkable journey unfolds...
Uganda: Inspirational Video Update
🚨🎥🇺🇬 Inspiration Alert 🚨🎥🇺🇬 In 2018 Not For Sale invited refugees throughout Uganda to apply to...
Mo Farah to speak at M Restaurants charity supper in support of Not for Sale
Very cool news story in the Evening Standard (London) announcing our November 1, 2023 gala at M...
Fast For Freedom Prayer Guide
People of faith have an important role to play in ending modern-day slavery and creatingnew...
Not For Sale University Curriculum
Welcome to the abolitionist movement! Yes, you may have chosen Not for Sale as a readerfor your...
The Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme of the European Union funded Not For Sale to create Awareness Guidelines for companies wanting to help stop forced labor and human trafficking
Companies, reaching billions of consumers each day, can play a crucial role in raising awareness...
EMPLOYEE TRAINING GUIDE: RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
This training guide is based on the online training tool Human Trafficking Awareness Course,...
A war without glory
Conversations about human trafficking often use the language of war. We’re fighting slavery....
More than just a game
The headline figures are pretty exciting. Over 1,000 people rescued from slavery. That means:...
Real freedom
The rescue operation went exactly to plan. We located Sẻng in China, about 500km from the border...
Child v. Child
The call for help reached Not For Sale Vietnam's partner Blue Dragon early last year. It was...
From Street Kid to CEO
I met Vi on the streets of the city in a chance encounter one Sunday afternoon. He was walking...
Love Finds A Way
Mảy didn’t fit the typical profile of a victim of human trafficking. Happily married and with an...
Dirty Word
Phuong had to pretend that she was sleeping. Every second was more terrifying than the last. She...
Impossible
We thought that Lan was dead. Her last call to the Blue Dragon Rescue Team late one night in March...
The Pinky Friend
Mai is seven years old, and has always lived in fear. Her mother loves Mai and her younger brother...
COPING MECHANISMS
“What kind of painting do you do?” That is equally the most daunting and exciting question I am...
Behind the story
The first time I saw him, Tan was standing alone on a street staring into nothing. He was down the...
Leap to freedom
Hoa was not yet 17 when she was trafficked. How it happened is a very familiar story. She was...
The Decision
Tung’s early years had wonderful moments of joy. He has some very happy memories of his mother....
Almost Impossible
Phuong disappeared 3 years ago. She was offered a chance to work in a restaurant in another town,...
A Little Boy Found
It was about a year ago that Dak first came to Not For Sale Vietnam partners Blue Dragon. His...
An Everyday Hero
In coming weeks, Not For Sale Vietnam partners Blue Dragon will reach the milestone of 1,000...
Life After
When Anh was rescued from slavery in June, she returned to Vietnam hoping to start life over....
May’s Story
Mrs Do and her husband An were working in the fields the day May disappeared. When they came home for dinner, their daughter was gone. At first they thought she might be playing with some friends.
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Morphing
Has COVID-19 slowed down the global trade in human beings? With the world reeling from the impact...
Lockdown
Ha had been trafficked and sold; every moment of her life was terrifying. Then her city went into...
A Shocking Revelation
Anh’s rescue seemed like a miracle. But at the time she crossed the border back into Vietnam, none...
NFS Vietnam – After lockdown, a narrow escape
Alang and Chue were glad to see the end of Vietnam’s lockdown. The two young men live in one of...
NFS Vietnam – The Chance
Phi ran away from home as soon as he could. For 3 weeks, during Vietnam’s pandemic lockdown, he...
NFS Vietnam – Your Little Bit
It’s hard to NOT feel like the world is broken. For months we’ve been struggling with a global...
NFS Vietnam – The Challenge Ahead
People sometimes ask me what a typical day is like at Blue Dragon. I have to answer very honestly...
NFS Vietnam – Mothers Day
Many countries around the world celebrated Mother’s Day on Sunday. It’s no international holiday...
The story of a 7 year old girl from Northern Thailand
Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving and unity in response to the unprecedented need...
NFS Vietnam Update – The Secret To Healing
I heard a story once about survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York. The story went that...
NFS Vietnam Update – The Field
There’s a story in the Vietnamese newspapers at the moment about 6 boys robbing a man in a guava...
Co-Founder Update
This week I'd like to provide you updates from several of our projects in the field. The effects...
NFS Vietnam Update – Yesterdays Normal
We’ve all been in isolation for – how long now? At this point we’re all thinking about the end of...
Finding happiness
Finding happiness during these difficult times can be hard. That’s one of the lessons I’ve had to...
Vietnam Update – disBelief
Trang is 24. As the coronavirus pandemic started impacting Vietnam just a few short months ago,...
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Doing Good is Good Business – Mark Rampolla
Thank you, Dave. My wife Maura and I are honored to be here and I appreciate the opportunity to talk about something that matters very much to both of us and I know most of you as well.
I used to think that being a good business person and doing good were polar opposites. You were either Gordon Gekko, or you were Gandhi.
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The Court Rejected Her, So Faida Fought for Herself
She had bruises. She had scars. And she had stories of abuse. But she didn’t have enough evidence of trafficking, according to the Netherlands courts.
The courts threw out her case.
Faida had escaped slavery in Amsterdam. And she needed help.
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