Child Freedom Coalition
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Child Freedom Coalition fights child slavery by caring for children rescued from human trafficking and by ending generational cycles of poverty through education and vocational training. Slavery still exists in many places around the world. Money lenders and loan sharks prey on poor families in times of illness or other unexpected expenses. When the families default on the high interest debt, these lenders take children as collateral. These children are then sold to rock quarries, brick factories, brothels and other jobs where physical and sexual abuse are regular occurrences.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Caring for Children Rescued from Slavery
Child Freedom Coalition rescues children from human trafficking and provides them with long-term care. Each child receives a basic education and is eligible to enter our vocational training program where they learn a trade that allows them to own their future. Our graduates started giving back out of gratitude a decade ago, and over that time the 780 graduates have now given back over $1 million to fund the rescue and long-term care of other children. That sustainability will allow us to add children's homes and rescue more children.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants engaged in programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Caring for Children Rescued from Slavery
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This metric represents the number of children rescued from human trafficking currently living at the children's home we operate in South Asia.
Number of program graduates
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric represents the number of kids who have graduated from vocational training programs and work apprenticeships in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Child Freedom Coalition is ending child trafficking through rescue operations and by ending generational poverty through educating rescued children. After the children are rescued, generous donors provide for their daily needs, a basic education, a nurturing environment, and opportunities for vocational training. When we cannot immediately reunite children, we focus on giving the kids a new life through education.
Child Freedom Coalition gives former child slaves the opportunity for new life by simply teaching them to read and write. Rescued children make new friends, and many learn for the first time that they learn that they are loved. Beyond basic education, CFC works with local businesses to provide apprenticeships and on the job training, so that graduates can break the cycles of poverty as they grow older. Many of our children receive formal vocational training so that they can compete for higher paying jobs.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Children rescued from human trafficking attend school, many for the first time. Rescued kids have a hunger to learn, and our graduates have an excellent track record as adult workers. Many companies want to hire our students as they become adults because they have a drive to overcome the difficulties of the past and work hard for a new life.
Our partnerships with local companies is key to this success. Graduates have gotten jobs in tailoring, fashion design, plumbing, construction, technology, tourism and health services. Out of gratitude and a desire to see other kids rescued graduates started to give back. Over the past 5 years, we have 780 graduates who have given back over $1,000,000 to rescue and provide care for other children just like them. These voluntary and sacrificial actions on the part of the graduates means that the local buy-in will continue to grow as hope and freedom spread.
While there is a long path ahead, we are making good headway towards sustainable programs fully funded by graduates. As graduates continue to get good jobs, they are able to break the cycles of poverty that continue to devastate the lives of their parents and grandparents.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Child Freedom Coalition has established and maintained dozens of key partnerships with businesses, and individuals for the advancement of the anti-slavery/anti-human trafficking movement. These partnerships are key to our success. Our team has decades of experience in the non-profit sector. Our main partner in India recently won social worker of the year for his state and is a respected leader in his community.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our partners have almost completed a central children's home to care for rescued children. This home currently houses 1200 children. 14,000 children have been reunited with their families. 780 graduates have gotten jobs and have given back over $1,000,000.
Looking to the future, we're hoping to complete the campus and bring it to its max capacity of 2000. Along with this, we want to complete the medical wing and expand the vocational training capabilities available on site. By expanding what our partners can do in one location, we'll lower costs and increase our ability to train a new generation of India leaders committed to battling slavery from first hand experience.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, We don't actively use collected feedback
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
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Child Freedom Coalition
Board of directorsas of 02/08/2024
James Moorhead II
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.