How to help: Charities, country-by-country

If you would like to donate to a charity in a particular country you’ve seen highlighted on CNN, explore our country-by-country list below. (More: How to help)

Afghanistan
- UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan.html
- UNIFEM
http://www.unifem.org/afghanistan/UNAMA.html
- Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
http://www.aihrc.org.af/mon_inv.htm

Argentina
- María de los Ángeles Foundation
http://www.fundacionmariadelosangeles.org/eng/victimas.htm
- La Casa del Encuentro
http://www.lacasadelencuentro.com.ar/portada.html
- ECPAT International
http://www.ecpat.net/ei/Ecpat_directory.asp?id=106&groupID=2

Australia
- Anti-Slavery Project
http://www.antislavery.org.au/
- Stop the Traffik
http://stopthetraffik.org.au/
- Project Respect
http://projectrespect.org.au/

Bangladesh
- Rights Jessore
http://www.rightsjessore.org/
- Save the Children Bangladesh
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6150521/

Brazil
- Happy Child
http://www.happychild.org/index.php

Cambodia
- AFESIP Cambodia
http://www.afesip.org/
-  Chab Dai
http://www.chabdai.org/home.html
- Child Rights Foundation
http://www.childrightsfound.org/index.php
- ECPAT Cambodia
http://www.ecpatcambodia.org/index.php
- Somaly Mam
http://www.somaly.org/

Denmark

- Center Mod Menneskehandel (Center Against Human Trafficking)
http://www.centermodmenneskehandel.dk/in-english/in-english
- Hope Now
http://hopenow.dk/?page_id=25&langswitch_lang=en

DRC
- Free the Slaves
http://www.freetheslaves.net/Page.aspx?pid=579
- Heartland Alliance
http://www.heartlandalliance.org/international/wherewework/project-pages/burundi-drc-the-great.html

England
- Unseen(UK)
http://www.unseenuk.org

Germany
- Ban Ying
http://www.ban-ying.de/pageeng/start.htm
- ECPAT International
http://www.ecpat.net/EI/Ecpat_directory.asp?groupID=4&ID=45

Ghana
- Not For Sale
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/projects/ghana/
- Free The Slaves
http://www.freetheslaves.net/Page.aspx?pid=449
- Challenging Heights
http://www.challengingheights.ort/index.html

Haiti
- Restavek Freedom Foundation

http://www.restavekfreedom.org/

- Limyè Lavi (Light of Life Foundation), Free the Slaves Partner
http://www.freetheslaves.net/Page.aspx?pid=291
- Restavec Freedom Alliance
http://www.restavecfreedomalliance.org/

India
- Free the Slaves
http://www.freetheslaves.net/
- Tronie Foundation
http://www.troniefoundation.org/
- Odanadi Seva Trust
http://odanadisevatrust.org/
- Anti-Slavery
http://www.antislavery.org/english/
- Vidhayak Sansad
http://www.vidhayaksansad.org/
- Rural Institute for Development – Kandhipuram
http://www.rideindia.org/
- Dalit Network
http://www.dalitnetwork.org/
- Apne Aap Women Worldwide
http://apneaap.org/index.php

Israel
- Freedom Foundation
http://www.freedomfoundation.org.il/
- Isha L'Isha
http://www.isha.org.il/eng/docs/P172/

Ivory Coast
- Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/25/case-intervention-ivory-coast
- Cavoequiva
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ongcavoequiva.org%2F

Japan
- Polaris Project Japan
http://polarisproject.jp/engsite

Liberia
- World Hope International
http://home.worldhope.org/2010/11/12/training-the-enforcers-in-liberia/

Malaysia
- CAMSA
http://www.camsa-coalition.org/en/

Nepal
- Maiti Nepal
http://www.maitinepal.org/
- Free The Slaves
http://www.freetheslaves.net/
- Shakti Samuha
http://www.shaktisamuha.org.np/introduction.php
- Saathi Nepal
http://www.saathi.org.np/

Romania
- Not For Sale
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/projects/romania/
- ECPAT International/Save the Children Romania
http://www.ecpat.net/EI/Ecpat_directory.asp?id=61&groupID=4

Sweden
- World Childhood Foundation (Founded by H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden)
http://www.childhood.org/eng/
- Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/

Thailand
- Not For Sale
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/projects/thailand/
- DEPDC
http://www.depdc.org/
- ECPAT International
http://www.ecpat.net/EI/Ecpat_directory.asp?groupID=3&ID=83

USA
- Friends of Maiti Nepal
- Polaris Project
http://www.polarisproject.org/
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PublicHomeServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US
- Not For Sale
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/
- Free the Slaves
http://www.freetheslaves.net/
- Frederick Douglass Family Foundation
http://www.fdff.org/
- CAST LA
http://www.castla.org/

Vietnam
- ECPAT International
http://www.ecpat.net/EI/index.asp
- Action Aid
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/100191/human_trafficking.html
- VietAct
http://www.vietact.org/
- CAMSA
http://www.camsa-coalition.org/en/

Related: How to help
- Global organizations
- Country-by-country list
- Learn signs of trafficking victims | List of hotlines
- Explore our parents and educators guide
- e-mail The CNN Freedom Project: freedomproject@cnn.com
- More ways to help

Topics: How to Help

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  1. Jennifer J Redfield Rainey

    PEHT & the SW PA Anti-Ht Coalition (SWPAAHTC) is the focus group in Western Pa that is fighting the fight – check out PEHT's webpage at http://www.endhumantrafficking.org to get involved and show support for victims, porgrams and comprehensive Anti-HT legislation in PA, by county and abroad.

    April 6, 2011 at 12:09 am | Reply
  2. Anna

    Discover the successes and challenges in Israel on http://www.freedomfoundation.org.il or http://www.jij.org.il

    April 7, 2011 at 4:58 pm | Reply
  3. Rubi

    Being a slave is not something we can not stop,but those victims who will help them???some people even today they are slave in one way or another.But may be it is difficult to understand the meaning (SLAVE).and if you come from very poor country,and you are afraid of sending you back to your country!!that is the big problems,victim decide to close there mouth and hope may be one day things will be better.I do not know,some one must listen to the victims,and am not sure if anyone in Sweden will get help for that,especially poor girls,no one listen.My self I would like to do something about it.God bless you people.

    April 12, 2011 at 7:00 am | Reply
  4. Amanda Scott

    Please add Honduras to your list of countries and She Dances to your list of charities. She Dances has a safe house outside of Tegucigalpa. The most recent trafficking victim they rescued just turned 12.
    http://shedances.org/

    Amanda Scott
    Tegucigalpa, Honduras

    April 14, 2011 at 6:55 pm | Reply
  5. Apne Aap

    Please add "Apne Aap Women Worldwide" (India), http://www.apneaap.org to your list of charities. The organization was featured in the March 29th piece, "The Trafficked Women of India's Brothels" Thanks!

    May 19, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Reply
  6. john wiede

    Please add Nicaragua to your list of countries and Casa Hogar to your list of charities.This organization takes in ,boards and educates young daughters of prostitutes ,-seems like first line of defense in a cycle of abuse from generation to generation.$ 4 / day will take a girl from going on the streets !

    May 31, 2011 at 11:11 pm | Reply
  7. Melissa Paul

    Please add StreetLight Phx to the list – http://www.streetlightphx.com. It is a safe house for girls ages 11-17 who have been rescued from sex trafficking. It's located in Phoenix, AZ. Also – http://www.agapewebsite.org. Agape International Missions is helping children in Cambodia.

    June 24, 2011 at 12:52 am | Reply
  8. john wiede

    no charities in Mexico ? Anyone wants to start one in Juarez ?

    June 24, 2011 at 4:13 pm | Reply
  9. Bill Osei Akomea

    Plight of the Child International , Ghana is also running projects focused on child labour and child trafficking. you can contact us for partnerships and support or be a volunteer. find us at plightofthechild.org. email us at info@plightofthechild.org

    July 23, 2011 at 7:36 am | Reply
  10. Timothy Ayub Waihumbu

    What about Lebanon? Many foreigners are suffering there.Please try and highlight their cases.

    September 7, 2011 at 5:47 pm | Reply
  11. laida

    Turkey should be included asap.

    October 13, 2011 at 9:58 am | Reply
  12. Holland Saltsman

    Please add http://www.thecoveringhouse.org to your list of USA charities, in St. Louis where we are sometimes ranked #13 in the nation. Working diligently to move down that ranking. Thanks for taking this on!

    December 1, 2011 at 7:07 pm | Reply
  13. Julia

    Please add Back to the Roots, http://www.backtotheroots.org to your list in the United States!
    We are a social enterprise which uses our funds to rescue at-risk children!
    We have a rescue home in India and are starting another in Nicaragua!

    January 9, 2012 at 1:38 pm | Reply
  14. Estefany van der Biezen Cespedes

    I think it's sad that they are only 2 latin american countries in the list.In Venezuela, Peru, Colombia they are a lot of children being trafficked.In Peru especialy.It would be nice to see some attention drawn to these countries where horrible stuff happens to young innocent children.

    February 2, 2012 at 9:25 am | Reply
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    Why there is no organizaiton in Venezuela?

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