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Global Action for Freedom 2026: Communities and Experts Unite to Prevent Human Trafficking in Disaster Contexts Freedom in Disasters will convene international organisations, practitioners, and community participants in Kathmandu this April as part of Global […]

1. Overview In late October 2025, Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, struck Jamaica with devastating force. The hurricane caused catastrophic flooding, widespread power outages, and severe damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and tourism assets. Thousands […]

Event Details Date: 2 May 2025Time: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PMVenue: Alfa House, Bamboo Hall, Buddhanagar, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal Freedom in Disasters (FiD), AATWIN (Alliance Against Trafficking in Women and Children in Nepal), and […]

On September 8th, 2023, an earthquake of the magnitude 6.8 devastated parts of Morocco (Rafferty, 2024). More than 2,900 people got killed and at least 5,500 people were injured. According to UNICEF estimates, up to […]

‘If you do not change direction, you might end up where you are heading’. This quote, contributed to Lao Tzu, highlights the basic requirement to adjust from time to time in order to grow. Freedom […]

The trip to Timor-Leste was indeed a productive and insightful one for Freedom in Disasters. I’d first like to express gratitude for how warm and welcoming everyone was and how generous they were in giving […]

This week, our Director of International Programs Jean Stewart commenced on a three weeks’ counter trafficking program scoping trip in Timor-Leste. Jean has been extremely passionate about improving the human trafficking situation in Timor-Leste and embarked […]

In 2021, Freedom in Disasters (FiD) partnered with the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of its disaster relief program following the 2020 storm and floods in the Tha Thien-Hue […]

We are proud to join the Legal Empowerment Network, a community of justice-seeking organizations knowing, using and shaping the law to make this world better. As we all know, human trafficking in disasters is a […]

Our Resource Hub is drawing Counter Human Trafficking in Disasters information from a custom-built repository which was designed to facilitate knowledge exchange to support vulnerable children, woman, and men in times of need.   After identifying […]