We are currently in a situation where we have many people who are fleeing their home countries because of war, poverty, and persecution. As a result of this human beings are at risk of being exploited into situations that can be detrimental to themselves and society. As community development workers we thought it would be great to bring other community, youth and statutory agencies who provide services to the public together to receive training about how to identify human trafficking and support people who are experiencing it.

MECPATHS is a social justice response to the growing prevalence of Human Trafficking (also known as Modern Day Slavery) and the exploitation of people, in Ireland. They collaborate closely with private, statutory, and non-statutory agencies and organisations working to counter Human Trafficking including An Garda Síochána and The Department of Justice).