In the 1800s, when slavery was still legal in many parts of the world, the Underground Railroad was an informal network of abolitionists, secret routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape to freedom.

Slavery still exists. But now that slavery is illegal in every country, the worldwide network of people fighting to end this injustice doesn’t need to be secret any more. The New Underground Railroad™ (NUR) is the world’s largest directory of abolitionists, volunteers, facilities, service providers, and organizations working to end modern slavery. As more and more people join from around the world every day, NUR becomes even more valuable in the fight against human trafficking.

Feel free to use the NUR to search by city, state or country to find the resources you need. We built it for you!

Volunteers – list yourself according to the activities you’re willing to do to end modern slavery.

Facilities and service providers – list your information so people who need you can find you.

Nonprofits and community organizations – Need help with an activity? Use NUR as a volunteer manager!

Celebrities and musicians – list your business manager’s information so people can contact you to help fight the cause.

No, anyone can search the NUR. You don’t have to join first. But if you’re interested in helping to end modern slavery, we think you should! :)

No. Your listing is anonymous. Only your username will be listed in search results. Choose your username carefully!

All requests for volunteers are sent through a blind email that passes through the NUR server to you. The sender never sees your personal information, only your username. You’ll receive the email at the address you provide, and you get to decide if you want to respond. If not, just delete the email.

No. You can only receive volunteer requests for the things you say you’re willing to do. For example, if you only list “pass out flyers,” you will not receive a volunteer request to “put up posters.”

We LOVE crowd-sourcing! Please send us your idea at info@endslaverynow.com and if it fits, we’ll get it listed.

We would be very sad to hear you’ve lost interest in the fight against human trafficking! But we understand if you’re no longer able to support the movement. If that should happen, it’s easy to opt out -- when you login, you have the option to unregister by clicking the “Please unregister me” link.

You ROCK! Literally. :) And we respect your privacy. Please use the Contact Person field to list your Business Manager and provide their contact information in your listing.

All listings are validated before publishing. For all service providers and organizations, we manually validate every request for a listing.

Please be patient! :) It takes time for our team to manually validate each and every request for service provider and organization listings, to ensure the NUR is not being abused.

The NUR is quite literally new – it went live on January 1, 2010. Many organizations are just now learning about us. If you know of one that isn’t listed yet, please contact them and let them know about this great resource, so everyone can find them!

We’re glad you found them! Please send them an email and ask them to join us. :)

By all means, let us know! Please follow the “report abuse” instructions included with each email. We have a zero tolerance policy on abuse and we will take action immediately.

End Slavery Now and the New Underground Railroad do not accept donations from individuals or corporations. We encourage you to give to one of the organizations listed on our homepage, or to support the work of your local community-based anti-trafficking organization.

End Slavery Now and the New Underground Railroad are self-funded. By remaining financially independent, ESN/NUR are able to remain fully neutral and non-partisan. One of ESN’s purposes is to support the work of other anti-slavery organizations, not to compete against them by diverting precious donation resources.

Yes! ESN/NUR is a volunteer-based nonprofit. Please click the “Careers” link to check out our current listings.

Keep in mind there are lots of ways you can help. One of the easiest things you can do to spread awareness is to put up flyers at your school or in your community. You’ll find End Slavery Now flyers in our Take Action database.

You can also help by joining End Slavery Now on facebook and inviting your friends! And if you’re on twitter, please follow @27millionslaves and retweet our tweets to your friends. Every time you spread the word you’re helping end modern slavery.

And if you’re REALLY bold .. ;) … get yourself an endslaverynow.com email address and help raise awareness with every email – slavery still exists!

Yes! ESN/NUR offers unpaid internships during the summer, as well as during the fall and spring semesters. Summer internships are half-time and require you to dedicate 20 hours per week to a position. Fall and Spring internships require a 10-15 hour per week commitment. All internships are Internet-based. You must have access to a computer and the Internet. Please click the “Careers” link for our current listings.

Please click the “Careers” link to see our current listings.

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