Volunteer for an Anti-Trafficking Organization on International Volunteer Day
International Volunteer Day is December 5th. Honor it by volunteering for an organization fighting modern-day enslavement.
New Life Center Foundation
http://www.newlifecenterfoundation.org/History
The New Life Center Foundation works exclusively with young ethnic minority women throughout the Mekong sub-region (Thailand, Burma, China and Laos) who are at risk for, or victims of, human trafficking, forced labor and sexual abuse. Since its inception in 1987, the NLCF has partnered with the Royal Thai government and international NGOs to provide legal, psychological and repatriation assistance.
Mission
To provide safe shelter to girls at risk of exploitation and those who are already victims of human trafficking, exploitation or abuse; to support education at all levels and changing and empowering young women with the education, life skills and knowledge they need to make wise life decisions; and to provide vocational training that results
in marketable skills and viable employment
- Contact Information:
- P.O. Box 29
- Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai
- Active In: Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, China
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Policy Making, Prosecution, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor
- Tel: +66 (0) 5 331-5312
- Email: newlife@pobox.com
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