Volunteer for an Anti-Trafficking Organization on International Volunteer Day
International Volunteer Day is December 5th. Honor it by volunteering for an organization fighting modern-day enslavement.
All Bengal Women's Union
http://www.abwu.org.in/History
Beginning its work in the 1930s, All Bengal Women's Union helps trafficked women and children.
- Contact Information:
- 89, Elliot Road
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- India
- Active In: India
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Child Labor
- Tel: +91 (0) 332 229-3292
- Email: abwuallhome@yahoo.com
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