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Manuel Capellin

Manuel Capellin

Honduras Manuel Capellin

Honduras

2008

  • Sex Trafficking
  • Child Labor

In 1992, Manuel Capellin joined Covenant House’s Casa Alianza Honduras, and began caring for street youth, homeless children, and victims of trafficking.

Nirmala Bonat

Nirmala Bonat

Indonesia Nirmala Bonat

Indonesia

2008

  • Domestic Servitude
  • Prosecution

A domestic worker from Indonesia, Nirmala Bonat suffered at the hands of her employers, until she brought them to court.

Major D. Tumenbayar

Major D. Tumenbayar

Mongolia Major D. Tumenbayar

Mongolia

2008

  • Forced Labor
  • Awareness Building
  • Prosecution
  • Sex Trafficking

A high-ranking Police Officer in the South of Mongolia, Major Tumenbayar has been crucial to the fight against cross-border human trafficking.

Marietta Dias

Marietta Dias

Bahrain Marietta Dias

Bahrain

2008

  • Sex Trafficking
  • Forced Labor
  • Domestic Servitude
  • Victim Aftercare

After retiring from the Airline industry, Marietta Dias devoted her life to helping fight for the rights of migrant workers in Bahrain.

Sompong Srakaew

Sompong Srakaew

Thailand Sompong Srakaew

Thailand

2008

  • Child Labor
  • Forced Labor

Thailand exports a large amount of the world’s seafood, and Sompong Srakaew has set out to make sure they do this without using slave labor.

Bhim Lama, Ganesh Shrestha, & Kumar Giri

Bhim Lama, Ganesh Shrestha, & Kumar Giri

Nepal Bhim Lama, Ganesh Shrestha, & Kumar Giri

Nepal

2008

  • Child Labor
  • Forced Labor
  • Rescue

The Esther Benjamin’s Memorial Foundation Rescue Team have liberated many Nepali girls from circus slavery in South Asia.

David and Julie Brown

David and Julie Brown

Morocco David and Julie Brown

Morocco

2008

  • Sex Trafficking
  • Victim Aftercare

During their time in Morocco with the French Protestant Church, David and Julie Brown worked to help migrants and trafficking victims from all over Africa.

Emma Skjonsby Manousaridis

Emma Skjonsby Manousaridis

Greece Emma Skjonsby Manousaridis

Greece

2008

  • Sex Trafficking

Brandishing kindness, tea, candles, and whatever else available, Ms. Skjonsby and her team would approach Greek brothels in order to help victims.

Guy Jacobson & Adi Ezroni

Guy Jacobson & Adi Ezroni

Cambodia Guy Jacobson & Adi Ezroni

Cambodia

2008

  • Sex Trafficking
  • Awareness Building

In 2004, Guy Jacobson, a lawyer, and Adi Ezroni, an Israeli Actress, founded the Redlight Children Campaign to combat child sex trafficking.

Jean Claude Mbvoumin

Jean Claude Mbvoumin

France Jean Claude Mbvoumin

France

2008

  • Forced Labor
  • Awareness Building

After retiring from a successful soccer (football) career, Jean Claude Mbvoumin made it his mission to help African victims of fraudulent football recruiting.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas

Anas Aremeyaw Anas

Ghana Anas Aremeyaw Anas

Ghana

2008

  • Sex Trafficking
  • Awareness Building

A secretive investigative Journalist from Ghana, Anas Aremeyaw Anas helped to bring down two major human trafficking rings in Ghana in 2007 and 2008.