As we approach the end of 2018, there is so much to celebrate concerning what we have collectively accomplished this year! Here are some of the highlights: -providing services and training to almost 300 women in Nigeria –sensitizing millions of Nigerians on the dangers of sex trafficking via our radio, television, print and social media presence […]
Ways YOU Can Fight Human Trafficking!
There are currently over 40 million people worldwide enslaved in 2019, more than at any other time in history. In Nigeria, recent statistics indicate that there are over 1.3 million victims. The total number of Nigerian victims outside Nigeria is unknown. Here are simple, easy ways that YOU can help in the fight against human […]
Meet Our Latest Graduating Class!
BENIN, NIGERIA- As part of our sex-trafficking prevention efforts at Pathfinders, we are providing skills training, in partnership with CWFI Skill Acquisition Centre, for hundreds of women annually. As part of this effort, on October 13, 2018, we proudly graduated 11 young women from our skills training program. They are our most recent graduating class. We […]
R. Evon Idahosa Speaks at The Platform Nigeria (2018)
LAGOS, NIGERIA- On October 1, 2018, Nigeria’s Independence Day, R. Evon Idahosa, our founder and Executive Director, was a featured speaker at The Platform, the largest and leading one-day conference in Nigeria that culls together leading global experts, politicians, innovators and influencers to educate and inspire others into action. The Conference is aired live on […]
We Survived- Pathfinders’ Survivors Share Testimonies of Triumph!
After several years of being trapped in sex slavery in Russia, sex trafficking survivor, ‘Sonia,’ returned to Nigeria with nothing but broken dreams. Pathfinders was able to help her change her narrative from victim to survivor. She is now a proud business owner (specializing in ankara shoes and bags) and advocate, using her voice […]
Pathfinders Sensitizes Over 25,000+ Women at CWFI Convention 2018
BENIN CITY, EDO STATE- on August 8, 2018, Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa spoke at CWFI’s annual women’s convention, which gathers between 20,000-35,000 women annually in Benin City, Edo State. Taking the stage, Ms. Idahosa informed the 25,000+ young women and mothers in the crowd about the dangers of sex trafficking and irregular migration. She discussed […]
NAPTIP Launches New Application to Fight Trafficking
AUGUST 1, 2018- LAGOS. Well done to NAPTIP, Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency, for launching the “NAPTIP iReport App,” an application to report and fight human trafficking in Nigeria (available on Google Play for Android). The application allows users to submit reports or complaints and includes answers to frequently asked questions concerning human trafficking in Nigeria. It is […]
Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa Speaks at TEDxAideyanSt
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA- On July 28, 2018, Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa participated as a speaker at TEDxAideyanSt in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. Ms. Idahosa spoke on the three lies that Nigeria has embraced concerning the value of our women and girls that has led to Nigeria becoming globally recognized, infamously, on the issue of […]
Pathfinders Trains 150 Women Survivors of the Boko Haram Insurgency
EDO STATE, NIGERIA-Our Pathfinders team, in partnership with CWFI Skill Acquisition Center, was at the ICCF Missions- Internally Displaced Persons Camp for survivors of the Boko Haram insurgency in Benin City on July 26, 2018 to train 150+ female survivors on catering and how to produce air freshener, perfume and bleach. Our goal is to […]
2018 Global Slavery Index Reveals Increase in Nigerian Victims of Slavery
JULY 19, 2018- the latest 2018 Global Slavery Index by Walk Free Foundation, released this week, maintains that there are still 40.3 million slaves trapped in modern slavery worldwide. (‘Modern slavery’ is defined in the Index as “situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, abuse of power, or […]