Year-End Report at a Glance in 2013
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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION 2013 Year-End Report At a Glance in 2013 IJM and IJM-trained partners Relieved more than 3,400 victims of oppression our highest annual total ever. Restrained more than 300 violent criminals securing more convictions and arrests than ever before. Launched 2 new field offices (In Delhi & Dominican Republic) for a total of 18 field offices. Launched 3 new demonstration projects for a total of 8 offices that have an intensive focus on reforming their justice systems. COVER: Zambia—This year, IJM helped restore Grace’s rights to her home after it was stolen by stronger members of her community. Now, she can provide a stronger future for her grandchildren. IJM’s Vision: Rescue thousands. Protect millions. Prove that justice for the poor is possible. A Message from support to ensure their courts and law enforcement were IJM President Gary Haugen serving the poor. These are the kinds of changes that will make the most vulnerable people safe from violence far This year, we saw the beauty of individual lives transformed beyond our direct assistance. These are the kinds of and hope restored. A trafficking survivor courageously led changes that will impact history. a rescue operation to free other victims. A young woman who was once a slave proudly enrolled in nursing school. We invite you to rejoice with us, because these miracles A widow returned to the home that had been stolen from of change are possible simply through the faithful her with joy that was so uncontainable, she led our team partnership of friends who believe that justice for the poor in dancing. is possible. And we also saw the very fabric of history beginning to In every IJM field office around the world there is a sense change before our eyes. of momentum. We want to take hold of it. We are ready to press forward. Thank you for your support of IJM’s The people we serve are utterly defenseless simply because 2017 Vision. they are poor—their justice systems offer them no protec- tion from violence. In every new area we go to do our work, Together, we can protect the poor from violence. we face opposition, obstacles and disbelief that the system can ever change. But my colleagues in the field pains- takingly build relationships of trust, relentlessly provide support, and partner with local authorities on case after case. In 2013, we witnessed progress that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. We saw governments Gary A. Haugen responding proactively to violence against the poorest— President & CEO from initiating cases, to requesting additional training and International Justice Mission 2017 Vision Fund With the partnership of entrepreneurial supporters The 2017 Vision Fund positions us to bring order around the world, we are seeking to meet an ambitious and restoration to broken justice systems, and build set of goals by 2017 in pursuit of IJM’s vision—to rescue a united movement of churches, students and global thousands, protect millions and prove that justice for leaders fighting to end the plague of everyday violence the poor is possible. against the poor. VISION FUND OUTCOMES BY 2017 Fuel a worldwide justice movement to allow for effective and sustainable work 3000 22–25 victims relieved from injustice every year field offices around the world 500 10 violent criminals restrained each year demonstration projects to measurably reduce violence To accomplish our goals in the field, IJM will: Engage leaders in all Mobilize 5,000 Equip the next Enhance IJM’s sectors from our offices churches globally to generation of strong organizational around the world: economics, actively seek justice in their future leaders of the sustainability so we are well business, international communities and around justice movement. positioned to achieve our goals. development, and government. the world. IJM’s Field Presence PARTNER OFFICES LATIN AMERICA FIELD OFFICES SOUTHEAST ASIA FIELD OFFICES INDIA FIELD OFFICES AFRICA FIELD OFFICES IJM NETHERLANDS IJM UK IJM GERMANY IJM CANADA IJM HEADQUARTERS KOLKATA, INDIA DELHI, INDIA SANTO DOMINGO, CHIANG MAI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GUATEMALA CITY, MUMBAI, INDIA THAILAND GUATEMALA MANILA, BANGALORE, INDIA THE PHILIPPINES CHENNAI, INDIA PHNOM PENH, CEBU, GULU UGANDA , CAMBODIA THE PHILIPPINES CASEWORK ALLIANCE GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR KAMPALA, UGANDA NAIROBI, KENYA PAMPANGA, CASEWORK ALLIANCE KIGALI, RWANDA THE PHILIPPINES HUANUCO, PERU LA PAZ, BOLIVIA LUSAKA, ZAMBIA IJM AUSTRALIA 2017 Vision Fund Progress: Field Highlights In 2013, we rescued more victims of violence than ever before and continued to expand our impact. CNN reported on one rescue operation in which IJM helped set 149 people free from slavery in a single brick factory, including IJM provided training to more than 18,000 people around the world, these children. including law enforcement officials. Expanded Impact Changed Lives We launched two new field offices, expanding In the Philippines, we rescued several children to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Delhi, India. who were being sexually abused in videos uploaded to the In Santo Domingo, we will leverage our expertise to fight internet. Our long track record of combating trafficking sex trafficking outside Asia for the first time. In Delhi, we gave us the expertise needed to assist police on this new will grow our impact by training partner organizations on type of case for us. how to effectively rescue and restore slaves. We provided critical training to more than This summer, an IJM investigative team deployed to 18,000 individuals in the developing world, including Ghana to determine the extent of brutal child slavery in police, government officials, judges and community the fishing industry on Lake Volta. In 2014, we will launch members, equipping them to recognize and combat an office in Ghana to partner with local officials and rescue violent crimes against the poor in their own communities. children who today are suffering in slavery. In India, we multiplied our impact by providing intensive training for partner organizations on how to work with authorities to rescue and restore slaves. Until last year, IJM was working with local authorities to fight slavery in three states; now, through these partnerships, our impact has expanded to nine states. In 2013, IJM and our trained partners rescued more than 2,100 from people slavery. We continued to advocate for widows like Catherine (pictured, second from left), one of the first women we met after we opened our office in Gulu, Uganda. Former LRA soldiers stole her home and threatened her life with spears and machetes. We’ve helped her children and grandchildren get back in school, and we’ve helped police coordinate arrests of the dangerous men who abused her. “There are so many widows like Catherine in Gulu. It’s a place ravaged by war and forgotten by so many. But it’s a part of my country, and it’s a place where justice can reign. This fight will not be easy, but thankfully, we are not walking alone.” – Eva Kadi, IJM Director of Gulu 2017 Vision Fund Progress: Movement Highlights IJM rallied thousands around the globe to join the movement to protect the poor from violence. Governments, churches, businesses and students worldwide are better equipped than ever before to make justice for the poor a reality. At the invitation of the Guatemala government, we trained more In their sixth year of running a lemonade stand, 11-year-old than 300 prosecutors and over 100 judges—all of the officials Kayleigh Zubrod and her brothers raised $2276 to support responsible for overseeing trials of child sexual assault in the IJM’s work. 3 districts where we work. Mobilizing the Movement Engaging Global Leaders Our staff shared their mission with more than Thousands of IJM supporters—representing all 400,000 people, as they spoke at forums, conferences 50 states, for the first time ever—lobbied their members and churches around the world. of Congress to build support for the Human Trafficking Prioritization Act. We continued to equip the next generation to lead the fight, engaging with more than 80,000 student The Philippine President signed a new and stronger advocates, including at our first NorthStar student anti-trafficking law after years of concentrated advocacy leadership conference. by IJM and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (a government taskforce that includes IJM among its three For the first time in the Philippines’ history, the three NGO representatives). The “Expanded Anti-Trafficking in largest church councils joined together to launch a united Persons Act” strengthens the prosecution of traffickers movement against human trafficking at an event co-hosted and provides greater protection for survivors. by IJM. “The stricter provisions of the strengthened anti-trafficking In partnership with Oxford University Press, law should be matched with its effective implementation. Our government agencies should partner with concerned IJM President Gary Haugen completed organizations, such as IJM, and our police force should a new book on the plague of violence undergo continuous training because human traffickers against the poor, The Locust Effect, to be have become more innovative in their actions.” released in February 2014. To see how – Senator Loren Legarda to the Philippine Congress leaders like President Bill Clinton, In Guatemala, we helped develop nationwide Cindy McCain, Tim Keller and others standards for handling child sexual assault cases, and have responded and for more this year the Supreme Court and Attorney General information, visit implemented the standards nationwide. These policies, TheLocustEffect.com created in partnership with government and private In The Locust Effect, “Gary Haugen has issued a moral call stakeholders, will ensure child victims and witnesses to arms that informs the brain and touches the heart.” are treated fairly and sensitively in court. – Madeline Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State DESIGN: LEVINEDC.COM A Story behind every statistic In 2013, IJM secured the convictions of 153 criminals for abusing and exploiting the poor.