Aruna Project

An international human rights non-profit, the Aruna Project is dedicated to freeing, employing, and empowering survivors of human trafficking. The Aruna Run Race Series is the catalyst of the freedom process, with the money raised flowing into Training Centers in areas of high sexual exploitation in South Asia. Enslaved women come to the Training Centers to receive skill and trade development, a hot meal, and trauma counseling in a safe environment. 

Once freed, the women are offered full-time employment in Aruna’s Freedom Business, where they learn employable skills and are equipped to produce the line of Athleisure bags and headbands sold in its online store, at events, and at select retail locations. Proceeds from the sale of the products are reinvested into the Freedom Business to fund the holistic care each woman receives. 

To also contribute to the fight to end human trafficking in the United States, Aruna welcomed its first local survivor, Katie, to its US team in 2020.