Rohit Upadhyay found evidence tribal women are being trafficked for domestic bonded labor in Jharkhand - but finding out why and who is committing these atrocities is the next step in his investigation. Using video and animation story-telling techniques Upadhyay plans to make a 20-minute documentary. He needs to travel to remote areas to speak to family members of the women, police and district officials, activists, and kin of other girls who have been trafficked. Journalism Centre on Global Trafficking is raising $6,000 USD to complete his investigation and cover costs such as travel expenses, equipment, production, and post-productionexpenses. Upadhyay will share the documentary with his community of over 524,000 YouTube and 127,000 Instagram subscribers.

As droughts and crop failures intensify, more workers are pushed into forced labor by contractors who pay them below the minimum wage. Families become trapped in a cycle of debt in a region with high rates of farmer suicide. Ruchi Kumar's investigation will take her across drought-prone Maharashtra to uncover the network of farm and factory owners and contractors who target farm hands Journalism Centre on Global Trafficking is raising $5,000 in funds to help cover her travel expenses via train and car to remote parts of the region. Ruchi was one of 27 fellows from India selected for training to report on trafficking.