'At the Freedom Fund, we're keen to make sure everyone understands how slavery operates & what are the most effective ways to tackle it.'

Nick Grono spoke to EBC WORLD about how we're working with survivor-led organisations in Ethiopia. Watch here 🔽

youtube.com/watch?v=D1NEkn…

Shameful.

One of the hard things about writing a book is putting my views out there for everyone to critique.

So it's been gratifying to get some generous endorsements of my forthcoming book from leaders and experts I deeply respect.

See more (and pre-order) at leadnonprofits.org

An estimated 850M people worldwide lack official documentation.

The The Freedom Fund & UN University Centre for Policy Research have launched groundbreaking research examining how lacking access to official documents can lead people to becoming trafficked and re-exploited.

Read more! 📷
freedomfund.org/our-reports/cr…

Dear Azadi Kenya, thank you for hosting me and my board and staff colleagues at your wonderful resource centre. It was a joy to hear from staff, partners and members about the hugely important and effective work you do. And to join in a yoga and zumba session!

Organised crime rings who fuelled an 'explosion' of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to $3 trillion a year, according to the head of Interpol.

reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

'At the Freedom Fund, we're keen to make sure everyone understands how slavery operates & what are the most effective ways to tackle it.'

Nick Grono spoke to EBC WORLD about how we're working with survivor-led organisations in Ethiopia. Watch here 🔽

youtube.com/watch?v=D1NEkn…

It was great to meet Deputy Chief of Mission Wendy Green at U.S. Embassy Addis and discuss human trafficking in the context of migration to the Middle East, and the challenge of addressing exploitative child domestic work. We appreciate the partnership and support from U.S. State Dept. Trafficking in Persons Office

Celebrating 30 years of the hugely impactful Global Witness with its three co-founders, Charmian, Patrick and Simon. And I'm very pleased to play a role in its current work as a member of its advisory council along with Mabel van Oranje

A post on the origin story of my forthcoming book on nonprofit leadership. open.substack.com/pub/nickgrono/…

A new report from The Bridgespan Group's explores how funds like The Freedom Fund add value through impact measurement. Great to see more attention given to the many ways that collab funds are innovating & influencing the broader philanthropic field. bridgespan.org/insights/measu…

In order to effectively address modern slavery in supply chains, the EU's proposed forced labour ban must include effective remediation measures. Read a statement signed by 29 businesses, NGOs & unions: antislavery.org/reports/the-eu…
Anti-Slavery International

Funders like to talk about the beginnings of donor-grantee relationships, but what about endings? In a new piece for Humentum, Havovi shares how The Freedom Fund changed our approach to closing programs, starting with principles for responsible exit: humentum.org/blog-media/how…

It’s now five months till my book “How To Lead Nonprofits” is published ⏰🎯🎉

Here’s my website for the book. It gives an overview, shares some of the generous blurbs I’ve received so far, and tells you where you can pre-order (hint, hint). leadnonprofits.org

Child labour is not new in Lebanon, but it has taken on more exploitative forms due to economic pressures.

The Freedom Fund commissioned a study in #Lebanon finding that children frequently engage in exploitative child labour.

Read our recommendations ⬇️
freedomfund.org/blog/child_lab…

Was your seafood dinner caught with forced labour?

55% of US seafood imports aren't covered by the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, allowing illegally caught food to end up on your plate.

We joined 20 NGOs calling for President Biden to #StopIllegalFishing ⬇️
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'Now is exactly the wrong time to halt funding for UNRWA.'

nytimes.com/2024/02/03/opi…