Wendy and I want to thank everyone who participated in the Change Their Story campaign, either by giving money or by becoming aware of
the child sex slavery problem here in the United States and purposing to get involved in some way in the future.
Linda Smith goes into great detail about how many children are enslaved, where they come from, how they are enslaved, what is being done to stop
child sex slavery, and what organizations are out there that you and I can get involved with.
Not exact matches
Children's Hope Chest has similar plans to rescue dozens of such girls from
sex slavery in Russia.
These men and women have fought for the abolition of
slavery (Wilberforce), established orphanages for abandoned
children (Mueller), advanced civil rights for racial minorities (King), fought against HIV / AIDS (Koop), provided human touch, restored dignity, and shelter for the poor (Mother Teresa), created places of belonging and contribution for people with disabilities and special needs (Tada), and fought against the
sex trade and human trafficking (Caine).
They work with
children in many parts of the world, and one of the areas they specialize in is with rescuing
children for the horrors of
sex slavery.
There are upwards of 27 million people trapped in
slavery today, and an estimated 100,000
children are in the
sex trade in the U.S., as well as countless others trafficked into the country for forced labor.
Global poverty,
sex trafficking,
slavery, unfair wages,
child labor, environmental exploitation — I'm proud to see and support Christians confronting these injustices and more, as an expression of our faith and calling.
Children are sold into
sex slavery.
Sex slavery and forced
child prostitution a bigger issue than most realize, and it is is huge problem right here in the United States.
The ministry we are raising funds for is
Children's Hope Chest, and they recently partnered with India Rescue Mission to help four girls escape from
sex slavery in India.
Between hunger, poverty,
child abuse,
sex slavery, kidnapping, gun violence, and everything else, it's hard not to feel discouraged by the state of the world.
This goes to show that a woman who has the appropriate tools to support herself and her
children would not necessarily see a reason to sell her daughter into
sex trafficking or
slavery, this is because she is empowered enough to fight traditional and cultural beliefs.
With texts on each of these projects and an essay by expert and author Kevin Bales, this compendium explores a range of examples, including
child labor in Bangladesh,
sex slavery from Ukraine to Western Europe and the sexual enslavement of South Korean women by Japanese troops during the Second World War.