Human trafficking/Exploitation

 

imageOver 600,000 people are enslaved each year in our world. A majority of those are children being force into prostitution. This is an unthinkable crime that seems impossible to beleive. The Department of Justice reparted in 2004 that over 200,000 American Children are at risk of human trafficking for the commercial sex trade. Slavery in our world in a growing industry.http://www.justice.gov/images/spacer.gifhttp://www.justice.gov/images/spacer.gif

The fact is that Slavery in our world is at an all time high - 27 million people are slaves in our world. half of them are children as young as 5 years old.

This must stop!

What you can do:

Give-

  • StudentReach has partnerships with workers in Asia, the Philippines, the Caribbean and in Northern Caliifornia. You can give to those projects or sponsor specific women rescued from sex trafficking. contact us to find out how.

 

What you can do:

Download our free "emancipation" binder insert with the following information to share with your freinds:

  • Learn human trafficking red flags and ask follow up questions so that you can detect a potential trafficking situation.
  • In the United States, report your suspicions to law enforcement at 911 and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1-888-3737-888. Victims, including undocumented individuals, are eligible for services and immigration assistance.
  • Be a conscientious consumer. Make socially responsible investments. Let your favorite retailers know that you support their efforts to maintain a slavery free supply chain. Encourage your company or your employer to take steps to investigate and eliminate human trafficking throughout its supply chain and to publish the information for consumer awareness. Refer to the Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor.
    Donate funds or needed items to an anti-trafficking organization.
  • Organize a fundraiser and donate the proceeds to an anti-trafficking organization.
  • Join or start a grassroots human trafficking coalition.
  • Encourage your local schools to include modern slavery in their curriculum. As a student, be aware of how traffickers target school-aged children.
  • Meet with and write to your local, state and federal government representatives to let them know that you care about combating human trafficking in your community.
  • Create and distribute public awareness materials such as t-shirts, posters, and public service announcements for radio. Or distribute already existing materials available from the Department of Health and Human Services or Department of Homeland Security.
  • Host an awareness event to watch and discuss a recent human trafficking documentary. On a larger scale, host a human trafficking film festival. Several noteworthy films and documentaries have been produced in the last several years that bring attention to the plight of victims worldwide.
  • Write a letter to the editor for your local paper about human trafficking in your community.
  • Incorporate human trafficking information into your professional associations' conferences, trainings, manuals, and other materials as relevant.
  • STUDENTS: Join or establish a university club to raise awareness about human trafficking throughout the local community and identify victims. Request that human trafficking be an issue included in such university courses as health, migration, human rights, social work, and crime. Increase scholarship about human trafficking by publishing an article, teaching a class, or hosting a symposium.