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Scientology Media Productions takes home Gold at the 2025 Viddy Awards for a Voices for Humanity episode featuring Ghanaian educator Richmond Atta-Williams.

Scientology Media Productions takes home Gold at the 2025 Viddy Awards for a Voices for Humanity episode featuring community activist Pastor Jeffrey Mack.

Scientology Media Productions earned Platinum at the 2025 dotCOMM Awards for an episode of Voices for Humanity featuring Rwandan human rights activist Ladislas Nkundabanyanga. The episode was recognized for its impact in the Cause Related Video category.

More people are trapped in slavery today than at any other time in history, with over 40 million human trafficking victims worldwide. The rise of social media and online platforms has made it easier for traffickers to target and lure victims. Isabelle Vladoiu is working to change that by raising awareness and empowering leaders—from businesses to government offices—to protect human rights for all.

Across Brazil, thousands of youths, some barely 10 years old, are lured into gangs, trading childhood for a life of crime, drug trafficking and violence. Chief Marcos Santos Jr. is leading a movement grounded in discipline, honor and the power of character.

Fiji has become a favorite stopover for maritime drug traffickers en route from Asia and South America to Australia and beyond, fueling a rise in drug abuse and related crime across the islands. Determined to reverse the trend, Kalesi Toga Volatabu launched a nationwide campaign to educate the public about the realities of drug use, helping pave the way for Fiji’s first official national drug policy.

The tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups that led to Rwanda’s genocide in 1994 still linger today. Ethnic discrimination remains ingrained in the country’s youth, threatening prospects for a stable future. Ladislas Nkundabanyanga is working to change that by promoting respect and reconciliation through human rights education.

With an estimated 40,000 gang members, Ecuador is caught between vicious drug wars. Catalina Maldonado is having a transformative impact on the nation, earning praise from government and civic leaders.

In Middelburg, South Africa, substance abuse affects 70 percent of households, leaving deep scars across the community. Morgan Bruiners is leading efforts to prevent youth drug use through education.

After a decade of civil war left Nepal’s youth facing a grim future, Meena Sharma is leading a movement to reduce violence and discrimination and guide the country back to its traditional roots.

Ghana’s struggling education system has left many students without the skills needed to become productive citizens. With 65 percent of students never finishing high school, the country faces a growing crisis.

Determined to restore the nation’s core values, Antónia and Ferenc Novák are leading a nationwide campaign to bring integrity and compassion back to Hungarian life.

Mauritius may be known for its stunning beaches and island charm, but behind the beauty lies a history of inequality and systemic abuse. Generations have grown up unaware of their basic freedoms, leading to discrimination, domestic violence and police brutality.

Brazil is the world’s largest consumer of crack cocaine, and its third largest state, Mato Grosso, ranks second highest in the nation for drug trafficking. For many youth, drug use leads to crime, prison—or worse.

Among European nations, the Czech Republic ranks fourth-worst in English language skills. Eva Rehorova viewed learning English as a necessity to prospering in the post-communist economy.

Liberty City, a Miami neighborhood marked by decades of violence, now faces a homicide rate nine times the national average. Leading the effort to turn the crisis around is Pastor Jeffrey Mack, whose “One Brother, One Hood” approach is planting the seeds of tolerance and unity in the community.

Zelia do Rosario, a certified teacher and Applied Scholastics educator, is introducing an effective study methodology that’s helping one of the world’s youngest countries lift itself out of the darkness of its past.

The Honorary Dr. Warees Majeed, in partnership with The Way to Happiness Foundation, is guiding young people in the nation’s capital, transforming their lives with common sense moral values.

Julie Delvaux understands the link between “occasional” drug use and the dangerous path it can lead the nation’s youth down, and so spearheads an educational movement to help people throughout the country live drug-free.

Karin Verheijen, a passionately dedicated educator, is uplifting students across the country with a breakthrough technology for learning.

Hungary is a nation with millions of drug users. Cheap synthetic drugs flooding into the country are just the latest enticements endangering its youth.

Human rights advocate Nicole Crellin tirelessly spreads the message of human rights throughout Canada and has been honored for helping to reduce tensions between ethnicities.

Washington was the first state to legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational use. In the aftermath of that legislation, drug-related crimes, drug overdose deaths and suicides (where toxicology tests indicated marijuana use) soared.

David Lopez, a Scientology Volunteer Minister, leads far-reaching efforts to provide the people of Puerto Rico with humanitarian and spiritual aid.

Mexico is in an existential battle against drugs. With drug cartels preying on children as young as eight and entire districts falling under cartel control, the very future of Mexican society is threatened.

Jen Nickerson is working to help stem the shockingly high levels of illiteracy and school drop-out rates with an innovative program that focuses on the fundamentals of studying, bringing new hope to students and their families.

Robert Galibert, undaunted by the presence of powerful drug gangs, began a movement to educate the public on the true dangers of drugs.

Panama ranks as one of the most corrupt countries in Latin America. That comes as no surprise to its citizens, who witness crime in the streets and dishonesty in law enforcement every day.

Glory Matipile has made it her mission to rescue victims of human trafficking and to spread the knowledge of human rights.

Kim Bey works to spread The Way to Happiness throughout Washington, DC, inspiring her community with its common sense message of morality.

Florida is a point of entry for illegal drug traffickers moving their products from Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. With such widespread access, drug use in Florida has soared.

University teacher and Way to Happiness Ambassador Miao-Hsiang Lin is the driving force behind a nationwide movement to restore moral values and create a safe and peaceful Taiwan.

János Dobos and Klára Hídvégi are successfully fighting the corruption of the psychiatric industry in Hungary, and their work is bringing hope and justice to the nation.

Oreste Depaoli unites community members and elected officials, revving up a nationwide motorcycle tour up and down the Italian boot to bring lifesaving drug education throughout the country.

Finding practical solutions in The Scientology Handbook, Reverend Shadrack Lekoana is at the forefront of a movement uplifting the lives of millions across South Africa.

Lance Dyer is educating the nation about synthetics, facing the crisis head-on—and winning.

Clement Manfouo is spearheading a movement to restore dignity and respect by bringing the message of Youth for Human Rights to young people living in some of the nation’s poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods.

Working to eradicate human rights violations, Rahul KC plants the seeds of a grass-roots movement, from schoolyards to the halls of power, educating citizens on their human rights.

Look beyond Aruba’s sparkling blue waters and shimmering white sands, look behind the veneer of paradise and you find a troubled island nation.

By introducing Scientology technology to his people, Daniel has brought Kenyans together, unleashing their combined power to create the kind of society they want.

The Ukrainian psychiatric industry rakes in well over $2 billion each year by stripping its citizens of their legal rights, subjecting them to abuse and human rights violations in institutions across the country.

Two decades after the end of a civil war that claimed 200,000 lives, the people of Guatemala still struggle with the human rights abuses committed by their military.

Costa Rica is the picture of idyllic natural beauty. But beneath the surface, it’s a land of unnatural suffering, with nearly a quarter of the population in poverty and children as young as five sold into human trafficking.

Husband-and-wife activists Bernd Trepping and Nicola Cramer courageously take on the powerful vested interests of the psychiatric industry in the country where it all began, exposing its past crimes to stem its present-day corruption.

In the Philippines, meth is one of the most commonly abused drugs. And with dealers working finance deals with their addicts, it is easier to buy drugs than a burger.

For over two decades, the people of The Gambia suffered under a brutal dictatorship. In the year 2000, government soldiers fired live ammunition into a crowd of student protestors, ending a dozen young lives.

For nearly 30 years, civil war has torn Sri Lanka apart, driven by religious factions intolerant of one another.

If Colombia gained ground in its war on drugs by breaking up the cartels, it lost its battle to stop drug abuse amongst its own people.

Twenty-first-century Mexico has become a killing field—clocking nearly a hundred murders every day.

In Florida, 22 people are forcibly committed every hour. It’s all part of a scheme taking advantage of the vagaries of the law that contributes to $165 million in fraudulent Medicaid billing in a single year.

In Kenya, the number of drug abusers stands at nearly 5 million. All of which has plunged the nation into crisis, with more than 1,400 crimes committed every week.

In Washington, DC, the murder rate escalated 38 percent in a single year, equating to 5 killings every single week in one of the city’s worst wards.

Los Angeles. With over 700,000 drug users, 6 of whom die every day, it’s no revelation that it’s officially classified as a “high-intensity drug zone.”

Scientology Network’s VOICES FOR HUMANITY, the weekly series presenting heroic change makers from a variety of faiths, cultures and nations, working to uplift their communities.

María Lara, named one of the most beautiful artists in Colombia, gained international fame as a model and actress, appearing in some of the highest-rated shows in television history.

Twenty-two percent of foster children in California are prescribed powerful, mind-altering anti-psychotic drugs.

When endemic human rights abuses threatened 5,000 years of Chinese culture, Taiwan native Simone Hsu began a movement to bring human rights back to Asia.

By the time he was 15 years old, Darren Tessitore attended a succession of funerals for close friends—seven in all—who lost their lives to drug-related causes.

In Denmark, a country with a rich literary tradition and the homeland of some of the world’s most beloved writers and poets, a study showed an estimated 700,000 citizens were functionally illiterate.

The Dominican Republic is plagued by societal challenges—much of which stem from the breakdown of moral values and its attendant breakup of the family unit.

Lee Spiller is a Texas cowboy turned human rights activist who’s taking on “bullies” in the psychiatric industry.

Malaysia may be one of the world’s toughest countries when it comes to drugs. Owing to its proximity to the “Golden Triangle” of Burma, Laos and Thailand…

In the third busiest hub for child sex trafficking in the U.S., Christopher King is called “The Gentleman of Tampa.”

The disturbing reality of “medical kidnapping” is a threat to every child in America.

Janice Storey and other residents of a small coastal town, sitting on a major drug trafficking route, take action.

With the number of drug addicts in India nearing 70 million, Vasu Yajnik-Setia spearheads a movement to combat the country-wide culture of drug use.

It’s one of the most dangerous countries in the world with the third-largest youth population. Thirty-four percent of the people cannot read or write.

In a country with a history of corruption, drug abuse, crime, violence and terrorism, business strategy consultant Jorge Perez de Tagle sees a solution after reading the book The Way to Happiness.

Over 190 billion dollars are spent every year in the U.S. on mental health. Seventeen million American children have been determined to be mentally ill.

Actress and model Sheena Chohan courageously uses her fame to raise awareness and fight for human rights in South Asia.