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At JJS-Kenya, our mission is rooted in survival, resilience, and transformation. Founded by a survivor, we believe in putting lived experience at the center of anti-trafficking solutions. Here’s how we’re making a difference across Kenya and beyond

  • 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏾 200+

    Survivors of human trafficking and GBV supported through referrals to therapy, business mentorship, and peer-led support

  • 🧒🏾 1000+

    Young People Reached through school visits and children’s home outreach programs

  • 🌐 15,000+

    People Reached Online through social media campaigns, digital safety content, and virtual trainings

  • 🎬 1

    Community Documentary produced to elevate survivor voices and promote awareness

  • 🌍 1

    Research Project on recruitment, employment, and reintegration of Kenyan migrant workers

  • 🛫 1

    Rescue and safe return facilitated for Kenyan domestic workers in the Gulf and access to long term support

  • 🏳️‍🌈 1st

    Anti-Trafficking PRIDE Event in Kenya hosted by survivors, for survivors

  • 🗣️ 10+

    Trainings & Workshops led by survivors to empower communities and allies

  • 🧭 1

    Survivor Consortium (CHECHE) co-created with fellow survivor-led organizations and ally organization for long-term advocacy

Stories of Change

Jimmy Paul, JJS Community Member
“Through JJS, I got to visit a training school in Githurai I never even knew existed. Listening to real human trafficking stories—it felt like a movie, I never thought human trafficking was real until I heard it firsthand.”
Philip, Survivor Advocate & Community Leader
“As a survivor of human trafficking and modern slavery from Kiambu, I now use my lived experience to empower others and push for real change. At JJS-Kenya, I coordinated community outreach, led capacity-building workshops, and advocated for safer migration systems. What once broke me has become my strongest tool for impact.”
Quan,Survivor Advocate
“JJS is the organisation that supported me both before and after I returned to Kenya, especially mentally. JJS connected me with opportunities and referred me to another organization that helped them grow in different ways. JJS is a safe space.”
Sophia Amimo, Rights Advocate, Founder & Director , Domestic Worker Returness of Kenya (DWRoK)
“Only when you see the outcome of a thousand miles that began with a single step do you truly understand the journey. That’s what JJS represents—the spirit of hope and a vision for a brighter future.”

How We Make an Impact

Prevention

  • Migrant education on safe migration practices

  • Outreach to schools and children’s homes to raise awareness among vulnerable youth

  • Monthly community dialogues and digital safety campaigns

Protection

  • Referrals pathways with partners to rescue operations & safe returns

  • Emergency support for GBV survivors escaping trafficking or abusive work

Empowerment

  • Peer-to-peer survivor mentoring for GBV and trafficking survivors

  • Referrals to business support and marketing for survivor-led ventures

  • Survivor-led art therapy, SRHR, and mental health workshops

  • Art as Healing Program — helping survivors of trafficking and GBV express trauma, build confidence, and reclaim agency through painting, poetry, graffiti, photography, and storytelling

Mapping and enrolling GBV survivors of trafficking into long-term empowerment programs

Online Engagement

We believe awareness must go where people are—and today, that’s online. JJS has built a vibrant digital community for learning, connection, and action.

Through platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and WhatsApp, we:

  • Share survivor stories and lived experience reflections

     

  • Publish content on digital safety, job scams, and safe migration tips

     

  • Run online campaigns for Anti-Trafficking Day, Pride Month, and 16 Days of Activism

     

  • Offer virtual trainings and Q&As in both English and Kiswahili

     

  • Host community conversations and amplify voices from the CHECHE Consortium

     

Our reach? Over 15,000 online engagements and counting!

The Power of Story: Our Documentary

In 2024, we launched our first community documentary, featuring survivors from across Kenya. Through raw, powerful storytelling, it:

  • Sheds light on the realities of trafficking, domestic servitude, and GBV

  • Celebrates the strength and agency of survivors

  • Promotes survivor-led solutions to prevent future exploitation

Educates communities, policymakers, and youth

Educating the Next Generation

We believe change starts early. Through our school and children’s home outreach, we:

  • Talk with teens about trafficking risks, online safety, and fake job agents

  • Host creative sessions using art, storytelling,sports, and drama

  • Train school staff on how to identify and respond to trafficking and GBV risks

Partner with local child protection officers and caregivers

Collaboration & Advocacy

Ongoing Work

We’re currently:

  • Mapping and enrolling GBV survivors of trafficking for long-term empowerment
  • Expanding the reach of our documentary through community screenings
  • Scaling our Art as Healing program