Hello! Thanks for stopping by.
I recorded a cover of one of my favorite Christmas songs in order to both raise awareness of human trafficking, as well as to comprise a special Christmas donation to A21, a non-profit, anti-human trafficking organization, whose mission is to REACH, RESCUE, and RESTORE.
Reach | Reducing Vulnerability- They prevent slavery from ever happening by engaging people through events, student presentations, and education programs.
Rescue | Identifying Victims - They work closely with law enforcement on the ground to support police operations, identify victims through our hotlines, assist in the prosecution of traffickers, represent survivors in court proceedings, and collaborate with governments and other NGOs to eradicate slavery at every level.
Restore | Empowering Survivors- They work face-to-face with every person in their care based on their individual needs, providing them with access to housing, medical treatment, counseling, education, employment, and repatriation to help them reach a place of independence.
Please consider making a donation, and joining the fight to abolish slavery, everywhere, forever!
Merry Christmas :)
--- further reading on the global impact of human trafficking below---
Although slavery is commonly thought to be a thing of the past, human traffickers generate hundreds of billions of dollars in profits by trapping millions of people in horrific situations around the world, including here in the U.S. Traffickers use violence, threats, deception, debt bondage, and other manipulative tactics to force people to engage in commercial sex or to provide labor or services against their will. While more research is needed on the scope of human trafficking, below are a few key statistics:
The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 40.3 million victims of human trafficking globally.
81% of them are trapped in forced labor.
25% of them are children.
75% are women and girls.
The International Labor Organization estimates that forced labor and human trafficking is a $150 billion industry worldwide.
The U.S. Department of Labor has identified 148 goods from 75 countries made by forced and child labor.
In 2017, an estimated 1 out of 7 endangered runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely child sex trafficking victims.
Of those, 88% were in the care of social services or foster care when they ran.
Find out more here:
www.a21.org
humantraffickinghotline.org/states
polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/facts
humantraffickingsearch.org/human-trafficking-statistics-2017/
released December 19, 2018