As a father of young children, I find it difficult to comprehend the daily life of abuse, exploitation, pain and torture that children across the world face. For my family and myself this is unacceptable and we have pledged to do everything in our power and in our lifetimes to strive to end child abuse of any sort – child trafficking being at the worst end of the spectrum. In the light of that, I am delighted to share our Foundation’s work with you.

It is indeed shocking that government figures state that every 8 minutes a child goes missing in India and 40% of them are never found! Another statistic hard to come to terms with is that of the 3 million people engaged in sex work, more than 40% of them are below the age of 18 years, some as young as 5.

I congratulate my colleagues at iPartner India and each of the NGOs we have funded for the courageous work they continue to do in upholding and protecting children who have been trafficked. My warmest wishes to all our partners who remain at the frontline and fight against the odds every single day.