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Nick Grono

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Nick is the inaugural CEO of the Freedom Fund. Previously, Nick was deputy president and COO of the International Crisis Group. He is a lawyer by background and worked as chief of staff and national security adviser to the Australian attorney general from 1999-2001

February 2016

  • Syrian children refugees jump out of the truck that takes them to work at a farm in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley.

    Modern-day slavery in focus
    double quotation markCarrying bricks, picking potatoes: all in a day's work for Syrian children in Lebanon

    Nick Grono
    The Lebanese government prevents most refugees from working or even residing legally, meaning child labour and early marriage are widespread

November 2015

  • Workers toil from dawn to dusk for meagre pay in the brick fields of Bangladesh

    Modern-day slavery in focus
    double quotation markPerpetrators of modern slavery are devastating our environment too

    Nick Grono
    Criminal gangs who employ slave labour are often involved in deforestation or pollution. Fighting slavery will also protect our natural resources
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