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With global and concrete actions, the organization works to sensitize the governments, different organizations, and the public to modern day slavery in order for it to be recognized and that the fight to counter it be well structured and efficient

The organization, established in October 2015, is a mixed group of men and women, administered by a board of seven professionals with different areas of expertise.
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Founded by Coleen Mackinnon in 2012, as a group named Half the Sky Quebec, that wished to encourage the provincial government to put forward a strategy to fight human trafficking, it changed it's name to "Les Affranchies". Beacon of the Freed transformed this group into a not-for-profit organization and widened the mission of the organization.