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SIL Global's Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative

Awareness Empowers

Human trafficking threatens minority language communities in large part due to a lack of awareness and resources in their languages. With 6,300 of the world's 7,000 languages spoken by minority communities, these groups experience a disproportionate threat of exploitation simply due to the languages they speak or sign.

SIL, working with trusted organizations such as A21 and The Salvation Army, aims to address this inequity by creating educational materials, developing language technologies, facilitating community assessments, and hosting awareness events that focus on non-dominant languages. This program seeks to impact 10 local language communities annually — including Deaf communities — in countries such as Nepal, Indonesia, South Africa and Cameroon.

With your support, local leaders can take steps to protect the most vulnerable in their communities.

SIL International is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. We will email you your receipt upon successful completion of your donation. Please keep your receipt as your official record.

Real work. Real Impact.

By leveraging our linguistic expertise and impact in nearly 90 countries, we empower vulnerable minorities through tailored, context-specific language resources. This initiative will enhance regional awareness in highly exploited regions such as Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Program Impact Highlights

- Conduct Community Needs Assessments

- Translate awareness materials into local languages

- Participate in regional anti trafficking conferences

- Create Bloom (TM) books for minority language communities

- Introduce AI solutions for under developed languages

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SIL Global is a nonprofit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. IRS code.

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SIL International is a nonprofit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. This contribution is made with the understanding that SIL has complete discretion and control over the use of the donated funds. SIL International provided no goods or services in consideration of this gift. All contributions to SIL are tax deductible to the extent allowed by U.S.A. law. For non-US tax-deductible receipts, please forward your email receipt to donor_services@sil.org for help.