Meet Yacoub, Survivor from Mauritania For years, Yacoub moved from country to country seeking reprieve and refuge. Mauritania has been called “slavery’s last stronghold,” with an estimated 17% of the population still living in inter-generational slavery. As a child of the Wolof tribe, a disenfranchised ethnic group, Yacoub was forced into punishing labor and street...
Meet Rehema, Women’s Rights Activist from East Africa On any given day, you’re likely to find Rehema buzzing away at her newly donated Singer sewing machine. The intricate seam work and concentration she pours into every stitch helps drain the rampant energy she has stored and prevents her from lingering too long and hard on...
Meet Adriana, Survivor from El Salvador Adriana grew up in Central America, a region which has one of the highest murder rates in the world due to endemic gang violence, but it is lesser known that it has the highest rates of LGBT violence in the world as well. Hate crimes against transgender individuals have continued to rise within a culture...
