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“Not only to Hope for change but to be Instruments of it” In her opening remarks, Sr Jane Wakahiu, Associate Vice President. Program Operations and Head of Catholic Sisters Conrad N. Hilton Foundation set the tone for the evening, stating that “the SATAs are a summons to system change and a reminder that protection for […]

The General Assembly opened in a spirit of urgency and solidarity — a continental chorus of sisters, partners, survivors and youth advocates gathered to ask the same hard question: How do we stop human trafficking and rebuild lives? The answer was never a single policy or program. It came in stories, in statistics, in witness

By Sr Ethel Munsaka When I first walked through the heavy gates of the correctional facility, I experienced a mix of anxiety and curiosity. I was part of a team from Talitha Kum Zambia (TAKUZA), a faith-based national network under the Zambia Association of Sisterhoods (ZAS). TAKUZA’s mission is clear: to combat human trafficking and

What happens when passionate youth meet experienced changemakers? You get conversations that inspire action. As part of our ongoing efforts to raise awareness about human trafficking, especially among young people, the Talitha Kum Zambia (TAKUZA) Youth Ambassadors recently had the exciting opportunity to sit down with the Country Director of Kids Alive Zambia, Mr. Bestone Banda for

By Owen Chibambo (Collaborator, TAKUZA) Our team embarked on a mission that lies at the very heart of our work—restoring dignity, hope and human connection to those often forgotten in our society. We visited Mwembeshi Correctional Remand Facility in Mumbwa, Central Province where dozens of inmates, many of them migrants, are held for immigration related

Migration and human trafficking are two terms that describe an interconnection especially that migrants are targeted by traffickers. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in a publication issued on 5th July, 2019. Migration is defined as an understanding of a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether

Migration is the movement of a person or group of people from one place to another. It can either be within a country’s boundaries or across borders. Meanwhile Migration policy is a government’s problem-solving effort to reach a desired state of affairs with regards to migration through comprehensive and coherent interventions, anchored in regulation, including