Rotary Action Group Against Slavery • Freedom Seat • 3Strands Global Foundation
International Human Rights
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Sacramento, CA
The Rotary Action Group Against Slavery is committed to connect, empower and equip Rotarians to engage their communities to eradicate all forms of Modern Slavery/Human Trafficking locally and around the globe. This Rotary Action Group operates in accordance with Rotary International policy but is not an agency of, or controlled by, Rotary International.
RAGAS Community Awareness and Prevention Education (CAPE) Grant Program
Three years ago, RAGAS developed a grant program to engage Rotary clubs or districts in over 90 countries to launch local CAPE programs. RAGAS believes that Rotary clubs are uniquely positioned to end human trafficking through their proven ability to pull communities together for a common humanitarian cause.
Thus far, 22 grants have been funded and implemented. 2024 marks the third year that RAGAS has launched a worldwide request for CAPE grant proposals. The grant deadline is June 30th and the RFP can be accessed through the RAGAS website: www.ragas.online
As Rotarians enter the world of human trafficking and explore what they can do together to end this global crime, RAGAS has seen how individual clubs or Rotary districts have taken up this urgent cause and become present-day abolitionists. The CAPE grants have incentivized clubs and districts to commit "boots on the ground" Rotarians to work to educate/prevent the heinous crime of human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
Some of the CAPE grant projects have focused on arming and protecting school-age youth from all forms of trafficking and protecting youth from exploitation. Other grants have funded training for teachers and parents, local law enforcement, community awareness forums, and rescue stickers with national hotline phone numbers. Almost all Rotary Club grantees have partnered with local anti-trafficking and survivor service nonprofits.RAGAS maintains a prevention/education toolbox with resources and ideas for executing a CAPE project.
RAGAS believes that human trafficking is preventable through education, prevention, and advocacy. Effectively engaging local communities is essential to ending human trafficking and the CAPE grant program is making a meaningful contribution to this goal.