As part of a wider program of monitoring and evaluation, all of our partners report into a common set of metrics. This data is used to both monitor performance at a local level – and can be aggregated to provide a global picture of results. The metrics cover a number of common areas, including who we are reaching, the outputs we produce and project cost.
Current results for hotspots in Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand are up to end-2022. Results for northern India, southern India, and Rajasthan are for up to the end of 2021.
INDICATOR |
Total |
Hotspot Breakdown |
Lives impactedNumber of active, regular participants of programs supported by the Freedom Fund. Includes members of community vigilance committees, self-help groups, individuals rescued from slavery, and those given educational, psychosocial or income generation services. Excludes those provided with one-time information. |
1,512,042 |
Brazil: 9,013 |
Total investedTotal funds invested in hotspot programs since the Freedom Fund’s inception. |
$78.0m |
Bangladesh: $0.4m |
Cost per personAverage cost of community interventions per active, regular participant. Excludes grants made to partners working indirectly, e.g. at international policy level or for research and evaluation. |
$40 |
Brazil: $143 |
Victims liberatedNumber of people liberated from any form of slavery, be it through gradual change of circumstance or shorter “rescue event”. Includes From July 2016 onwards, only people liberated with follow-up services to sustain their recovery are counted. |
31,078 |
Brazil: 71 |
Individuals accessing social & legal servicesNumber of individuals provided with social and legal services by Freedom Fund partners. These services help slavery survivors recover from mental trauma as well as provide at-risk individuals with legal protection and options for recourse. |
854,408 |
Bangladesh: 666 |
Individuals with new access to government servicesNumber of people supported by our partners who gain access to government services that they did not previously have, such as employment rights, schools, pensions, compensation payments, ID cards, land rights. |
1,062,204 |
Bangladesh: 8 |
Community freedom groups supportedNumber of active, local groups, including community vigilance committees and self-help savings and loans groups, formed or supported by Freedom Fund partners. |
12,075 |
Bangladesh: 6 |
At-risk children in schoolNumber of previously out-of-school children in slavery-affected communities now enrolled in formal or informal education as a result of Freedom Fund support. |
192,318 |
Bangladesh: 362 |
Graduates of vocational trainingNumber of slavery survivors or highly vulnerable individuals completing vocational training courses. |
24,172 |
Brazil: 42 |
Micro-enterprises startedNumber of slavery survivors or highly vulnerable individuals who have started micro-enterprises or gained a new form of income as a result of Freedom Fund support. |
34,220 |
Brazil: 15 |
Legal cases assistedNumber of individual legal cases that our partners provide any kind of support to, including advice, testimony, direct litigation, and witness protection. |
6,724 |
Brazil: 3 |
ArrestsNumber of arrests of traffickers and slaveholders in which one or more Freedom Fund partners played a role. |
855 |
Myanmar: 17 |
ConvictionsNumber of convictions of traffickers and slaveholders in which one or more Freedom Fund partners played a role. |
183 |
Ethiopia: 20 |
Changes in public policyNumber of changes to public policy attributable in part to Freedom Fund partners. |
241 |
Brazil: 5 |
Media storiesNumber of stories about slavery that can be attributed at least in part to the Freedom Fund or its partners' efforts to generate media attention to the issue. |
4,627 |
Brazil: 4 |