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Western New Yorkers plan to walk 900 miles for Human Trafficking Awareness Karys Belger © Karys Belger Free Them Walk Fighting human trafficking has been a long-time passion for Kelly Galloway. For years she traveled across the globe to raise awareness and rescue people who have been impacted.  She founded Project Mona’s House in Buffalo, a center designed to help human trafficking survivors and help them get back on their feet. Her latest project, she says is one of her most ambitious.  "Myself and 13 other courageous and bold people are taking the journey of freedom s...

902-Mile Journey Called The Free THEM Walk Will Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking   40 Kelly Diane Galloway is doing her part to help victims and survivors of human trafficking. She strives to light a path toward freedom for them. Photo courtesy of Kelly Diane Galloway Human trafficking has increased during the pandemic, according to Polaris, a nonprofit data-driven social justice movement holding the largest known data about human trafficking in North America. The nonprofit organization has undertaken a systematic examination of relevant data from the Polaris-operated U.S. National H...

Just last week the Erie County Legislature Chair April Baskin and a crowd of supporters gathered to witness humanitarian Kelly Galloway open The FreeTHEM Center at a ribbon cutting ceremony. The FreeTHEM Center is Buffalo's new drop-in center for human trafficking victims and at-risk women and girls. The organization, located in the Eight Days of Hope building at 852 Kensington Avenue, is the sister location to Buffalo's first human trafficking restoration home, Project Mona's House, founded by Galloway in 2017. QUISHARA WILLIAMS   Through organizations like Project Mona's House, human traff...

There is a new home for women surviving human trafficking.

The FreeTHEM Center will provide programs to at-risk women and girls, as well as help survivors of human trafficking recover and start anew.