If you want to bring an end to the injustice of trafficking and slavery, and help bring freedom to India’s Dalits, you can become a Dalit Freedom Champion. Champions help us by raising awareness, or lobbying their MP, or fundraising for our anti-trafficking projects, or starting a Dalit Freedom Action Group.

[why bother?]

The main reason for becoming a champion of India’s Dalits, is that Dalit leaders have asked for our help. They have asked for the international community to raise awareness of the issues facing their people, and to be a voice for those who so often feel they have no voice. This is a human rights issue on a mammoth scale, affecting millions of people from one of the poorest and most oppressed people groups in the world. It is a grave injustice that needs to be brought to an end. There is a strong affinity between the British and India given our history, with its mixture of good and bad. Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a new relationship between the two countries; what better way to affirm this than by bringing freedom, hope and justice to millions of Indians.

[stand up and speak out]

Dalit Freedom Champions can be part of raising awareness about issue of trafficking and slavery among India’s Dalits, and can lobby their MP to give their support to the cause and help bring about change. DFN helps champions with ideas and resources - see our Dalit Freedom Action Pack - and enables them to network with each other. We keep you up to speed with the latest issues and campaigns. [Read more...]

[raise funds for our anti-trafficking projects]

Dalit Freedom Champions can organise events or take part in sponsored activities to raise funds for our anti-trafficking projects in India and for our work in the UK. We have already seen Indian meals, comedy evenings, car boot sales and concerts organised around the country - the only limit is your imagination. We have also had individuals doing sponsored half-marathons, parachute jumps and fancy-dress walks to raise sponsorship. Again the only limit is your imagination. [Read more...]

[start a dalit freedom action groups]

Champions can become even more effective by linking up with others who share their passion for Dalit freedom. Dalit Freedom Action Groups (D:FRAGs) are being set up across the UK. You can play your part in building up this network in your area. [Read more...]

[free a dalit child]

DFN estimates that 30-40% of children in our schools would otherwise be trafficked. For this reason alone it is worthwhile seeing as many Dalit children as possible being given a quality education that can be their key to freedom, equipping them to escape the cycle of poverty and exploitation that makes them so vulnerable to trafficking. For just £15 a month, you can give a child an education, and help set them free [Read more...]

[help us help them help themselves]

Dalit Freedom Champions can also help raise money or personally donate to bring freedom to India’s Dalits

• Help Us Help Them – funds our work in the UK, enabling us to generate more support and funds for the work in India
• Help Them Help Themselves – funds anti-trafficking projects in India, making a real difference on-the-ground
• Help Us Help Them Help Themselves – is a strategic way of giving to projects in India, and to the work in the UK which will generate more funding for India.

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[stay in touch]

However much or little you want to get involved with our campaigns to bring freedom, hope and justice to India’s Dalits, you can stay in touch with the latest news and updates from DFN UK by requesting to stay in touch on our email update request form.

However you engage with our campaign, you can get involved right now. Together we can End Dalit Trafficking.

Panel photo: RACHEL ROBICHAUX. Used by kind permission.