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Human Trafficking in South Africa COVID-19 and online prostitution

Lack of jobs and poor living conditions, minors, and young people from surrounding countries, desperate for a better life, accept job offers without doing any research. They leave home, in hope of a better life, and living conditions. Earning an income, means that they can send money back home for their loved ones. They are […]

Little or no Food Relief Hampers from the South African Government during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown, Hope to Heal Foundation stepped in to feed vulnerable people in Belhar, Western Cape

By Seema Naidoo South Africa had an extremely high unemployment rate before the pandemic, with millions living in poverty and starvation. The lockdown has resulted in a spike of job losses due to business being affected, leaving thousands more jobless. Restriction of movement during lockdown affected the daily wage people, whereby on normal circumstances, they […]

Ghislaine Maxwell trained underage girls as sex slaves, documents allege

Unsealed testimony from 2015 case reveals series of claims about Briton’s role in Epstein sex-trafficking ring Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused underage girls and joined Jeffrey Epstein in directing Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be sexually abused by others, Giuffre claimed in a cache of documents that has been unsealed in the US. She “trained me as a […]

Documents detail sex abuse allegations against Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein

Hundreds of documents and transcripts from a 2015 defamation lawsuit against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell have been unsealed by a judge. They detail her alleged role in running a sex trafficking ring with Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joined CBSN to explain what the documents said and how they can be used […]

International Human Trafficking Day 2020

By Seema Naidoo To mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July, Hope to Heal Foundation invited a few Civil Society Workers, from the Gauteng Province to be interviewed outside the Sandton Police Station (Salvation Army, Love Justice, ACT Africa). Due to social distancing, we are unable to have mass gathering thus we limited […]

THE PAIN BEHIND THE SMILE Sushant Singh Rajput, Suicide has shaken Bollywood to its core By

By Seema Naidoo Hope to Heal Magazine, June 2020 issue Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, was an Indian actor, dancer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was reportedly suffering from depression and is believed to have taken his own life. Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic demise has not only left his family, friends, and fans in a state of […]