John Studzinski (Arise Founding President)                                         Ian Sweet (Arise CEO)      Hello John, thank you for taking the time to sit and talk with me today. It's an exciting milestone for Arise Foundation as 2026 is our ten year anniversary. Ten years since you decided to create Arise to confront one of the most entrenched and often hidden injustices of our time; modern slavery and human trafficking. I have the privilege of leading

Conversations about Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps often centre on visible needs such as food, shelter, healthcare and protection. Far less attention is given to leadership, the quiet but powerful structures that sustain community life and hold people together amid loss, disruption, and uncertainty. During my visits to IDP camps across Benue State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) , one truth stood out clearly; displacement does not erase leadership, it reshap

(A local women's group attends a tailoring training) When she first arrived in the settlement in Faridabad, Asha (name changed)  rarely left her home. Her family had migrated from Bihar in search of work, carrying little more than their belongings and hope for stability. Without local identity documents, her children could not enrol in school. Without secure income, the family lived day to day, vulnerable to unsafe work and constant pressure to move again. Stories like Asha’s