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By Naomi Zacharias   Last week we received the shocking news that our respected friend, Norita Erickson, had suddenly passed away.  Flu complications led to a massive heart attack, and her [...]

By Naomi Zacharias In doing a little research today, I came across articles like this BBC story referencing 2012 UK government reports on the growing number of victims of human trafficking.  This [...]

by Sarah We at Wellspring International join with the nation in grieving this tragedy.  We would like to share the thoughts penned by our founder, Ravi Zacharias, as he expresses both our grief [...]

by Sarah On December 10, 1948, world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly and affirmed the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all people. In adopting the Universal [...]

by Sarah Somaly Mam grew up as an orphan living in extreme poverty in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province. A man posing as her grandfather sold Somaly as a young girl into sexual slavery. Forced [...]

by Sarah A new report released by the United Nations-backed Global Commission on HIV and the Law recommends that nations around the world should legalize prostitution and intravenous drugs in [...]

by Sarah The U.S. Department of State released the first Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report in 2001 as mandated by Congress in the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. [...]

by: Sarah I had a moment not too long ago where I stopped in my tracks, quite literally. I was out to dinner with friends and the television set hanging in the corner of the restaurant caught my [...]

R. A. Dickey, the Mets pitcher, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for Bombay Teen Challenge, an organization that rescues and cares for women and girls in Mumbai who are at risk of [...]

Activists say India’s continuing preference for male children is leading to the loss of 800,000 girls a year, reports the BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi. Until her son was born, [...]