Retrak

What Retrak does

Retrak was a nonprofit charity organization operating specialized child protection and anti-trafficking programs in Uganda and Ethiopia, providing victim identification, rehabilitation, community education, and systemic advocacy for at-risk and exploited children. The organization employed 42 staff focused on East African field operations prior to its 2023 absorption into Hope for Justice, an international charity founded in the UK in 2008.

Hope for Justice runs a multi-disciplinary anti-trafficking model across the UK, USA, Ethiopia, and Uganda, reaching approximately 150,000 adults and children per year, and has absorbed six organizations into its structure: Abolition International, Transitions Global (Cambodia), Retrak, Break the Cycle 200 (USA), Lily Pad Haven (USA), and No More Traffik (Northern Ireland). The combined entity operates a wholly-owned social enterprise subsidiary, Slave-Free Alliance, which supplies B2B supply-chain protection services to corporations.

The merged charity's revenue model is primarily donation-based, supplemented by fee-based training through the Hope for Justice Learning Academy (launched 2022) and commercial revenue from Slave-Free Alliance. Strategic priorities include IMSA accreditation pursued in partnership with the British Red Cross and Snowdrop Project, expansion into Australia via a newly registered entity, and continued roll-up of fragmented anti-trafficking capacity. Retrak no longer exists as an independent operating entity.

Name

Retrak

Legal name

Hope for Justice

Website

https://retrak.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Retrak was a nonprofit charity delivering child protection and anti-trafficking programs in Uganda and Ethiopia, absorbed into Hope for Justice in 2023 as part of a multi-organization consolidation serving 150,000 beneficiaries annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Reentry & Justice-Involved Support Services (BPAGAEAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reentry, Rehabilitation & Reintegration Programs (Education, Vocational, Case Management) (BPAKANAH), Alternative Education & Dropout Prevention / Re-Engagement Programs (EDANAJAF)

Keywords

• Child protection services
• Anti-trafficking programs
• Victim rehabilitation services
• Modern slavery prevention
• Human trafficking rescue

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Retrak was a non-profit charity that provided direct services to victims and survivors of child trafficking and exploitation in Uganda and Ethiopia. Its work encompassed victim identification and rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration support, community education, and long-term systemic change through policy advocacy. Following its merger with Hope for Justice, these programmes continue as part of the combined organization's multi-disciplinary anti-trafficking model.

Product overview

Retrak was an organization operating in Uganda and Ethiopia that has since merged with Hope for Justice. As part of Hope for Justice, the combined organization offers a multi-disciplinary model working to bring freedom from human trafficking and modern slavery. The organization reaches approximately 150,000 adults and children per year through active programmes in the UK, USA, Ethiopia and Uganda.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child protection and anti-trafficking programmes in Uganda and Ethiopia Direct victim identification and support, rehabilitation services, community education, and long-term systemic change through policy work for at-risk and exploited children in Uganda and Ethiopia, delivered as part of Hope for Justice's combined international anti-trafficking programmes.
• Slave-Free Alliance membership services Hope for Justice's wholly owned social enterprise providing services to organisations that wish to protect their own operations and supply chains from modern slavery, offered as a membership to businesses.
• Hope for Justice Learning Academy accredited training courses Accredited online human trafficking training courses delivered through the Hope for Justice Learning Academy, offered as part of the combined organization's training and education portfolio that includes Retrak-origin expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hope for Justice reaches approximately 150,000 adults and children per year across UK, USA, Ethiopia and Uganda

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hope for JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Retrak in Uganda and Ethiopia merged with Hope for Justice, becoming part of the larger international charity. Hope for Justice was founded in the UK in 2008 and has since grown to include multiple organizations including Abolition International, Transitions Global, Break the Cycle 200, Lily Pad Haven, and No More Traffik. Retrak brought specialized child protection expertise in East Africa to the combined organization.
• British Red CrosscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHope for Justice is developing a framework for the accreditation of Independent Modern Slavery Advocates (IMSAs) in the UK with the British Red Cross and the Snowdrop Project.
• Snowdrop ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHope for Justice is developing a framework for the accreditation of Independent Modern Slavery Advocates (IMSAs) in the UK with the British Red Cross and the Snowdrop Project.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Hope for Justice: The merged parent entity that absorbed Retrak; operates the same anti-trafficking programs in the UK, USA, Ethiopia, and Uganda using an identical multi-disciplinary model.
• Free the Slaves: US-based anti-trafficking organization running community liberation, survivor rehabilitation, and field programs in multiple countries including parts of Africa; comparable programmatic model and geographic reach.
• A21: International anti-human-trafficking organization running rescue, restoration, and prevention programs across multiple regions including Africa; comparable programmatic model and target population.
• International Justice Mission: One of the largest global anti-trafficking NGOs, operating rescue, aftercare, and justice-system transformation programs in multiple low-income countries; directly comparable mission, geographic footprint, and beneficiary profile.
• Love146: International anti-trafficking NGO focused on child trafficking survivor care and prevention education; directly comparable beneficiary population (trafficked children) and service mix.

Emerging players

• Not For Sale: Anti-trafficking social enterprise combining direct services with ethical supply-chain ventures; intersects with Retrak/Hope for Justice's victim-support and Slave-Free Alliance supply-chain work.

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: Major international child-welfare and community-development NGO with substantial Uganda and Ethiopia operations; comparable at-risk-child beneficiary population and East Africa footprint.
• Compassion International: Large international child-sponsorship NGO operating across Uganda and Ethiopia; comparable child-focused programs in the same geographies, though its core model is sponsorship rather than anti-trafficking.
• Polaris Project: Operates the US National Human Trafficking Hotline and runs global anti-trafficking programs; broader US-centric scope but overlapping victim-identification, survivor-support, and training services.
• Anti-Slavery International: The world's oldest human-rights organization focused on slavery; comparable advocacy and survivor support mandate, with a broader thematic scope than Retrak's child-trafficking focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Hopeforjustice
• Facebookfacebook.com/hopeforjustice
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/retrak
• Instagraminstagram.com/hopeforjusticeintl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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