Dust coats everything in a pale shade of brown, hiding reality from those who walk by. If they glanced for a moment, they would see what is going on. From toddlers to old age the poor beg. Some for themselves and others for someone else. A few sit in front of plastic sheet houses that cannot keep weather and people out. The luckier ones in front of tin shacks, but not inside for it becomes a sauna in the heat of the day. As the light fades the women move toward dark corners in order to sell themselves to feed their children. But still, after all that, it is not enough, it's never enough. In order to survive in India you either have to be rich, courageous or numb. Dr Lalita Edwards is more than courageous.

Right now, a group of 15 bicyclists is making its way along an 1,800-mile stretch of the United States—the Underground Railroad. They’re officially at the halfway point of International Justice Mission’s 5 Weeks for Freedom, a campaign to raise funds for and awareness of modern-day slavery. Their path is taking them from Mobile, Ala., to Buffalo, N.Y. Getting up at 5:30 a.m. and biking by 7 five days a week, the group takes a break on weekends to speak at churches along the way. We caught up with Brittney Andrist, a college student from Canada and one of the riders, while the group was in Kentucky.