Nashi ( uk, Наші; ''Nashi''; "Ours") is a

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, Canada-based organisation that opposes human trafficking by

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through education. Savelia Curniski is the president of NASHI. The organisation has established a

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, Ukraine, to teach girls and women

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, and

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so they will not become trapped in Ukraine's human trafficking network. NASHI also founded the Maple Leaf Centre, a resource centre and

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in Ukraine for young people who are at risk of being trafficked. In 2011, NASHI hosted the Saskatoon portion of the Canada Freedom Relay to raise awareness about

human trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...

. The event lasted 45 minutes and raised funds for various programs that aid human trafficking victims. In 2012, NASHI organised the Youth Unchained conference in Saskatoon that presented approximately 900 youth with information about human trafficking. Betty Lawrence is one of the co-founders of NASHI. The organisation's activities are facilitated by volunteers.

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