2023 Global Slavery Index Reveals Rise in Nigerian Survivors of Modern Slavery

MAY 24, 2023- The 2023 Global Slavery Index, a flagship publication created by Walk Free, in conjunction with the ILO and IOM, effectively captures the grim reality of global slavery in over 160 nations.  Since its 2018 Report, the Index examined more than 160 nations and the existence of modern slavery around the world using […]

Pathfinders Business Academy Rounds Off Classes for Cohort A Students- The Freedom Project

MAY 10, 2023- THE FREEDOM PROJECT. On May 10th, 2023, a month after Pathfinders’ Business Academy (PBA) kicked off with 60 beneficiaries enrolled, the impact of the classes was obvious by the response of the students who participated in a business pitching session to close off their training.  This closing session followed earlier classes wherein […]

Pathfinders Graduates 3rd Adult Literacy Education Program Class

BENIN CITY, EDO- It was an exciting day, as all twenty-three (23) students enrolled in our Pathfinders Adult Literacy Initiative (PALI) concluded their 3-month education course. The students, from our Ogba and Faith campus, were trained in the basics of English and Arithmetic and sensitized on the dangers of human trafficking. These 3rd batch of […]

PATHFINDERS LAUNCHES BUSINESS ACADEMY FOR ‘THE FREEDOM PROJECT’ BENEFICIARIES 

BENIN CITY, EDO STATE- To equip female survivors of trafficking, SGBV and at-risk women with the necessary skillset and mindset for identifying, launching and sustaining new business ventures, Pathfinders Business Academy classes began on April 11th, 2023. The overall objective is to ensure that all beneficiaries have transferable business and life skills to run their […]

UNODC Launches 2022 Global TIP Report

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- FEBRUARY 2023.  The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime recently released its seventh edition of the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. This biannual report explores 141 countries’ responses to trafficking in persons from 2018-2021, with a focus on changes in detections and convictions when compared to data since 2003 when UNODC […]

Pathfinders Conducts Food Drive for ‘The Freedom Project’ Beneficiaries

DECEMBER 2022- BENIN CITY. The hardship for our beneficiaries that began with the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to end. In an effort to ensure that they can meet their basic needs while we simultaneously reintegrate them into society and prevent them from being re-trafficked, PJI organized a food drive on December 15th, 2022 for all […]

PJI Conducts Food Drive for OUR Project ‘RISE’ Beneficiaries

DECEMBER 15, 2022- BENIN CITY, EDO STATE.  On December 15, 2022, Pathfinders Justice Initiative conducted a food drive for the 5 survivor beneficiaries of our Operation Underground Rescue (OUR) funded Project RISE. The food drive was intended to provide humanitarian support towards their basic needs the festive season. Each beneficiary received rice, beans, sachet tomatoes, […]

Pathfinders Conducts Medical Outreach for UN’s OHCHR Beneficiaries

NOVEMBER 30th, 2022- BENIN CITY, EDO. Continuing our efforts to provide holistic support to our beneficiaries, we conducted a medical outreach for 30 beneficiaries of our Pathway to Freedom Project on November 30, 2022. Collaborating with a team of medical doctors from the Association of Resident Doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) […]

‘The Freedom Project’ Begins Year 2 with Life Skills Training for Incoming Cohort

BENIN CITY, EDO STATE- NOVEMBER 17, 2022. In an effort to ensure that our beneficiaries are adequately equipped with psychosocial competencies and interpersonal skills to make decisions, build back healthy, problem solve and think critically and creatively, Pathfinders organized a life skills training in November on decision making, strategic planning  and boosting creativity for our […]

Project Close Out for Vital Voices’ ‘Each One, Reach One’ Project

OCTOBER 2022- BENIN CITY, EDO STATE. Pathfinders organized a close-out event for its Vital Voices’ funded ‘Each One, Reach One’ project in October 2022. The event was a final project effort to serve our beneficiaries and put smiles on their faces following the year long project. The ceremony kicked off with beneficiaries sharing their success […]