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Rescue is just the beginning o

long road to restoration. At

the physical rescue, we must he

set them ree rom the chains

psychological bondag

Pranitha Timothy, IJM Chenn

Ater release, lie wont

be easy. You will ace lots

o difculties, but you

have to make sure you

work hard.

Ramesh, a rescued slave

RESCUE IS JUST THE BEGINNING

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graduating rom high school, even college.

Men are petitioning their local leaders

or water, electricity and better services or

their entire village.

Tis is the kind o transormation we

dream about on the day o rescue. But

this kind o complete reedom takes time

and investment. We need you.Last year we helped rescue more than 500

children, women and men rom slavery in

India. With your investment, we can bring

restoration to those who desperately need it

and advance the mission o IJM. Teir journey

in our two-year program is just beginning.

Will you help restore and empower rescued

slaves, so they can thrive in reedom?

Grateully,

Pranitha imothy,

IJM Director of Aftercare, Chennai

Help us

and empow

rescued

Please giv

IJM.o

hey must re-learn how

plan, how to dream,

w to be ree.

I have been on more than 65 operations

to help rescue amilies trapped in

slavery. I am still shocked by the brutal

actories and arms where grown men and

women are held captive, the closet-sized,

cement rooms where children are born and

raised to inherit this same uture.

During the rescue operation, I still get a

pit in my stomach when I see tiny children

packing up their amiliar tools and ollowing

dazed parents to the trucks that will carry

them to reedom. My social workers and I

stand beside the amilies as they recount their

stories to the police. Ive heard athers tell

about working 16-hour shits, seven days a

week; and how they watched their pregnant

wives aint rom exhaustion.

And yet, Ive also had the incredible privilege

o celebrating with more than 4,500 rescued

slaves. Ive escorted hundreds back to their

villages, witnessing sweet reunions or

amilies torn apart by slavery.

But that pit in my stomach doesnt go away

ater we drop them o. Because this is when

the hard work really begins or my team o

social workers. In captivity, slaves are robbed

o everything that makes them human. Tey

learn to ocus on simply surviving the day.

Rescue brings physical reedom, but now

we must help break the chains o

psychological bondage.

When I started with IJM Chennai ten years

ago, I looked or models o how to best care

or people rescued rom orced labor slavery.

I ound none. So my small team pioneered

a program that is designed to teach rescued

slaves how to thrive in reedom. Tey

must re-learn how to plan, how to dream,

how to be free.

oday we have a comprehensive, two-year

program or rescued slaves. Its working.We

are not just setting slaves ree, we are helping

them fourish in reedom.Women, once

enslaved, are teaching other women to speak

up or their rights and leading the way to

economic empowerment. Teir children are

ng the Rescue Operation

social workers go with police

e the places where slaves

held captive. Beore escorting

m to their home villages, we

ide urgent medical care and

e sure the rescued slaves have

t meal.

Rebuilding Foundations

at Home

There are huge challenges in the

rst weeks o reedom. Families

are homeless. Parents are jobless.

Every amily is assigned their own

IJM social worker, and adults get

a kit with basic tools so they can

nd work right away.

Freedom Training

A three-day Freedom Training

ocially kicks of IJMs two-year

program o intensive care and

empowerment or rescued slaves.

We teach them basic skills like

budgeting and decision-making

to help them plan or a sae and

strong uture.

Setting up a Sustainable Future

We help parents enroll their

children in schoaol and help adults

identiy their skills and passions

many reed slaves have gone

on to start their own businesses,

rom arming to raising livestock to

making charcoal.

Graduation from IJMs

Two-Year Program

Ater two years o trainings,

monthly meetings and home

visits, IJM hosts a graduation

ceremony or the amilies. We

celebrate the children who are

thriving in school and parents

who are working sustainable jobs.

Leadership Training

The community o rescued s

nominates men and women

who have emerged as leade

join IJMs leadership class. T

receive more in-depth traini

become advocates or their

villages, helping protect oth

rom becoming enslaved.

has pioneered a transformational program for rescued slaves in India.how it works:

On average, it costs $237 to support one person in this two-year program.

U R G E N T M E S S A G E F R O M P R A N I T H A T I M O T H y, I J M C h e n n a I D I r e C t o r o f a f t e r C a r e

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Our Visiono rescue thousands, protect millions and prove that justice or the poor is possible.

International Justice Mission was highlighted byU.S. News and World Reportas one o 10 non-prots making a dierence.

o give online, simply go to IJM.org/give

o give by phone, please call (703) 465-5495

Beore:Chinnayan was trapped as a slave

or eight years. He was one o our men who

sneaked out o the brutal rock quarry to meet

IJM investigators. His bravery helped rescue

35 more slaves.

Now: Ater graduating rom IJMs two-year

atercare program, Chinnayan was elected

to join the leadership training class. Now

Chinnayan shares his strength with others as

he regularly advocates to government ofcials

on behal o other rescued slaves. He owns

goats and works as a wood-cutter, providing a

sae uture or his amily.

Watch this video to hear how

Chinnayan has been restored

and is now empowering others:

IJM.org/restore-and-empower

RESTORE AND EMPOWER OTHERS LIKE CHINNAYAN!