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GOT SHOES? Creative Colorado woman plans shoe drive to stomp out sexual slavery in Cambodia |WakePeopleUp.com A shoe drive in Colorado to stop sexual slavery in Cambodia? Your old shoes can make a difference. Click here for a Facebook link about the shoe drive in Colorado for August 14, 2011. If you or your organization want to sponsor a shoe drive to adopt Phalla through Transitions Global, contact Pam Harvey at 303-668-4463 or pam.harvey@transitionsglobal .  Creative Colorado woman plans shoe drive to stomp out sexual slavery in Cambodia Posted: 2/8/2011 | Author: Tracy Greenhalgh - examiner.com Like thousands of young girls in Cambodia, sixteen-year-old Phalla (fa-la) became a victim of human trafficking as a sex slave in Phnom Penh when she was just fourteen-years-old. It wasn’t by choice; it was because her step-mother sold her twice to pay-off her own gambling debts after Phalla’s father left the family. During their captivity, girls like Phalla service 10-20 customers each day. Human Slavery Approximately 600,000-800,000 victims are trafficked worldwide every year, and a high percentage of them are children. These victims are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion, for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor. According to INTERPOL, after drug dealing, trafficking of humans is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world, and is the fastest growing. Phalla collected the courage to run away and find her estranged father, then he told Phalla’s brother, who finally summoned the Cambodian police. Her Cinderella-like outcome places Phalla into a new story: now safe and thriving as she’s joined other rescued girls at the Transitions Global living center. She says she wants to become a nurse to help people. Pam Harvey, Denver’s representative for Transitions Global, a recognized international anti-human trafficking organization, says that one by one, we can make a dent in this epidemic, and she’s convinced that “Change has to come largely through the women in the third-world countries affected.” James Pond, International Director of Transitions Global, estimates that there are between 50,000-60,000 young girls, sadly many as young as eight-years-old, held as prostitutes in Cambodia. READ MORE  There will be an abundance of information, and free snacks as well! Donate your used shoes to help raise money to fight trafficking. A prize will be awarded to the person who donates the most pairs of used shoes. Bring your friends, bring your shoes and join us on Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 6:00 pm -8:00 pm at the Vineyard Church of the Rockies, 1201 Riverside Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521.  Freedom Transitions Global is a stand-out among human trafficking restoration groups because it has the highest success rate, at 79%. Their tagline reads: “Rescue is not an event, it’s a process.” Harvey cites Transitions Global’s holistic philosophy of restoration, with an emphasis on a strong, transitional aftercare program of mentoring and communication for the long-haul as the reason. Besides receiving girls from rescue organizations in Cambodia, Transitions Global also helps girls out of sexual slavery in Greece, India, Indonesia and even the U.S. Harvey says when a girl comes to Transitions Global, she receives housing, clothing and food, but “She also gets a real education and skills for a career, so she can build a solid future.” GO TO TRANSITIONS GLOBAL WEBSITE
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Students Rally For Darfur You can help end the genocide in Sudan by taking small steps that will make a big difference for the people of Darfur. By lobbying your member of Congress, educating friends and family, planning a local event, or generating coverage in the media about the crisis, you will help build the political power needed to end this conflict. The horrific violence that has gripped Darfur over the past few years may be less prevalent today, but Sudan is still threatened by the potential of a return to war and genocide. Be part of the fight to end the violence and help bring peace to Darfur and all of Sudan by joining the Save Darfur Coalition today. Sign Up For Email UpdatesSign up for regular Email updates! We'll keep you informed about the situation in Darfur and let you know what you can do to help. GO TO SAVEDARFUR'S WEBSITE  Pakistan's largest human trafficking problem, according to the report, is that of bonded labour. Concentrated in Sindh and Punjab provinces, it is particularly common in brick kilns, carpet-making, agriculture, fishing, mining, leather tanning, and production of glass bangles. Estimates of victims of bonded labour vary widely, but together with those in forced marriages and women who are traded between tribal groups to settle disputes or as payment, are likely to exceed one million, it said.
Apart from paying debts, parents also sell, or attempt to sell, children for other reasons. In the southern Punjab town of Vehari, Ghazala Bibi, once stood at a city square for over seven hours, seeking “buyers” for her three children, Mahnoor, aged nine, Abdullah, seven, and Masooma, four. “My husband is a drug addict and I can no longer manage to feed my children,” Ghazala, a domestic worker, said. She said that by selling them, she hoped they would gain a better life. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE CLICK BELOW TO READ MORE  RELATED NEWS
A GROUP OF FATHERS SET OUT TO End Child Trafficking BY STARTING A UNIQUE COFFEE SHOP - JANUARY 20111/22/2011 STRAIGHT FROM SAN FRANSISCO & COMPANY The trafficking of children for sexual, labor and other modes of exploitation is a global epidemic. The need to make a change and do something may be in the hearts of many, but thinking about making a difference doesn't lead to action. A group of fathers in Rocklin who were moved to do something about this issues, decided to join in the fight to stop child trafficking and enable hundreds of others to do their part to end this horrenddous crimes as well and all starts with a coffee bean. The men have opened up a coffee shop called Origin Coffee & Tea in Rocklin where all of the profits will go towards organizations working to stop and save children that are caught up in the world of sex trafficking. Melissa and Guy chat with the two founders of Origin Coffee & Tea Chad Salstrom and Mark South about their effforts and what those in the community can do to help, one cup at a time. For more information on Orgin Coffee & Tea go to origincoffee.org. CLICK ANY IMAGE TO GO TO THE ORIGIN COFFEE & TEA WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE      Pascale Harter writing for the BBC news states, "It seems the government has little interest in really wiping out slavery. Meanwhile slavery remains Mauritania's best kept open secret." Interviewing Mohamed, a former slave, "Everyone knew we were slaves. It's a normal thing, to have slaves in Mauritania."   Skyra is a runaway Mauritanian slave. Her earliest childhood memories are of fetching water, tending animals and cooking and cleaning. Skyra was born into slavery - but her children are now free. "I was tied up all night and all day. They only untied me so I could do my chores. In the end I could barely move my limbs." She never earnt a single penny. "All those years," she told me, "and I don't even own a goat". Mohamed was another slave. "He could not tell me his surname or his age," writes Harter in his BBC article. "As a slave he didn't own the right to either." But in a candlelit shack in the sandy outskirts of the capital, Nouakchott, he told Harter the story of his life. "I don't know how I became a slave," he told Harter. "I was just born one. My family were slaves. We did all the hard work for our master and all we received in return was beatings." Proof, Rape, Count The Slaves - READ THE FULL STORY AT BBC NEWS  Central mosque in Nouakchott the capital of Mauritania - |
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