Modern-day slavery….
DO SOMETHING
Sounds uncommon to you but honestly, it's right in your backyard. Most Americans think it’s only something you see on Law & Order or television in general but this is SERIOUS and it happens constantly. Atlanta is the hub of human trafficking in America.
Even cities in Alabama have reports of human trafficking: Dothan, Florence, Northport, Montgomery, and Arlington. These people were just ones that were caught. The women they trafficked were used as slaves; Sex slaves, nannies, restaurant waitresses, and servants. These women are abused and brain washed and don’t know why this is being done to them but they accept it because they were promised a brighter future for coming into America and being able to live the “American Dream.”
This is a website to “slavery map” it marks all the reports of human trafficking and present-day slavery since 2008, and these are just the people who just happen to get caught.
How can we just sit by idly and do nothing about it!?
The more facts we know, the more aware we are, and the faster we, as Americans, as a Fighting Generation, can put an end to it.
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/
FACTS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING:
1) The average cost of a slave around the world is $90.
2)Trafficking primarily involves exploitation which comes in many forms, including:
-- Forcing victims into prostitution
-- Subjecting victims to slavery or involuntary servitude
-- Compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating pornography
-- Misleading victims into debt bondage
3) According to some estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor exploitation.
4) It is estimated that there are approximately 27 million slaves around the world.
5) 68% of female sex trafficking victims meet the clinical criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder.
6) Around half of trafficking victims in the world are under the age of 18 (usually beginning around 8-11 years).
7) More than 2/3 of sex trafficked children suffer additional abuse at the hands of their traffickers.
8) Trafficked children are significantly more likely to develop mental health problems, abuse substances, engage in prostitution as adults, and either commit or be victimized by violent crimes later in life.
9) Women who have been trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation experience a significantly higher rate of HIV and other STDs, tuberculosis, and permanent damage to their reproductive systems.
10) There is only one shelter in the U.S. designed specifically to meet the needs of trafficking victims, and it currently only houses a total of seven to nine victims.
How can you just sit there after you read this? At least pass it along, at least pray about it, at least feel something for these women and children.
WHAT IF it was your: sister / niece / grandchild / daughter / cousin / best friend ??
Because these people are family to someone. They are not objects for pleasure.
