Watch a Documentary Dealing with Modern Day Slavery
For your next movie night, consider showing a documentary that deals with issues of modern day slavery to help bring awareness to the movement.
Idia Renaissance
http://www.idia-renaissance.org/#Mission
To challenge society to be more responsive to the needs and aspirations of the less privileged with a view to restoring hope and dignity to the lives of children, youth and women
Vision
To promote positive cultural values and to restore human dignity through education, information, communication, advocacy, mobilization and counseling
- Contact Information:
- 2, Ihama Road, G.R.A
- Benin City,
- Nigeria
- Active In: Nigeria
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Aftercare
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Child Labor, Forced Labor
- Tel: +234 (0) 806 293-2409
- Email: info@idia-renaissance.org
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