Employment

The core element of our work is the belief that to rescued slave is truly free if they are still living in a shelter. Reintegration is the last step in the path to freedom and employment and self sufficiency is one of the cornerstones of reintegration.

Employment, along with education, is also one of the most powerful ways of preventing slavery and human trafficking. Therefore job programs are a vital part of our slavery prevention programs.

The first step in our jobs programs usual starts in the rehabilitation shelter or prevention program. These programs are typically run by social workers and activists with limited business experience so we help by brining in the business skills so the job training and jobs provide a real path to outside employment.

Outside the shelter we have two employment models. The first model is our Destiny Center model where we hire survivors directly into enterprises that make Made By Survivor products. We are expanding the number of Destiny Centers and you can help us open more centers with your donations. In addition to the Destiny Center, some of our partners have set up their own outside production centers and we provide them with free consulting and support.

The second model we use is working with local fair trade business to find employment for the survivors. In return for helping the survivors, we help the businesses grow their markets.

You can support these employment programs by shopping at our store!

We believe that there are other important types of jobs programs that do not involve creating Made By Survivors products. We also help the survivors set up businesses to sell products or services into their local markets. These businesses include carpentry, catering, diary and any other business that employs survivors in the local markets. Our newest project is a program to combine a dairy business selling milk and cheese with a manure to energy faculty. This project combines local business with innovative green social enterprise. You can learn more about this project by clicking here.