Today is National Human Trafficking awareness day and I just wanted to take some time to share some statistics with you.
- Human trafficking can be defined as modern day slavery.
- There are 27 million people today that are victims of Human trafficking.
- People that are trafficked are sent to various forms of involuntary servitude including agriculture, child soldiers, pornographic industry, sweatshops, house servants, prostitution, etc.
- It is estimated that 200,000 American children are at high risk for trafficking into the sex industry each year.
- It is estimated that 80 percent of human trafficking victims are female and 50 percent are children.
Those are only a few stats about Human trafficking. Please take the time today to educate yourselves on Human trafficking. Also, find a way to help put a stop to Human trafficking either by volunteering time to an organization, spreading awareness about the subject to all those you know, or donating to one of the organizations listed below.
some HT resources:
Not For Sale
The Polaris Project
Somaly Mam Foundation
International Justice Mission
Loose Change to Loosen Chains
Thanks for reading this folks. God Bless.
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