National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month as well as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
According to Hope for Justice, there are 4.8 million people in forced sexual exploitation, including 1 million children.
The Exodus Road reports over 400,000 of those trafficked are in the U.S. They also report that 71% of trafficking victims are female. While 72% of the traffickers are male. Another interesting statistic they report is that the average price for a slave in the 19th century was $40,000. Today, a slave can be purchased for $90.
According to Rescue America, sex trafficking is one of the top three criminal industries in the world, generating $150 billion of annual illegal profits worldwide. Their research shows that there are more sex trafficking points of sale than there are Starbucks in America.
Here are some organizations you can support that are fighting against this awful and evil set of crimes.
Hope for Justice: https://hopeforjustice.org/ – Mission is to End slavery. Change lives.
El Pozo De Vida – https://www.elpozodevida.org.mx/ – Fighting to eradicate human trafficking in Mexico and Central America.
Stop Human Trafficking – http://www.stoptraffickingmo-il.org/ – Easter Missouri and Southern Illinois Network.
Phoenix Dream Center – https://phoenixdreamcenter.org/ – Stopping human trafficking. Ending childhood hunger. Educating tomorrow’s leaders.
The Exodus Road – https://theexodusroad.com/ – They strategically and holistically fight human trafficking through prevention, intervention, and aftercare work around the globe.
Operation Underground Railroad – https://ourrescue.org/ – They exist to rescue children from sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Tim Tebow Foundation – Anti-Human Trafficking – https://www.timtebowfoundation.org/ministries/anti-human-trafficking
Rescue America – https://rescueamerica.ngo/ – They exist to rescue, revive, and empower the sexually exploited.
There are many more. National ones as well as local ones. If you’re looking for something closer to home, search the internet for human trafficking organizations in [your city/town here].
Human trafficking is a problem everywhere! Please support the fight against this scourge on our world.
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