Thursday, April 23, 2009

Online Campaigns to End Human Trafficking


Human trafficking is one of the largest illegal money makers in the world mostly affecting women & children. The sad reality is that you can make more money off exploiting one person or child than selling one illegal gun or drugs, because  you can sell the human being over and over and over again. According to the F.B.I., in the United States alone, 300,000 children are being trafficked for sex each year. The numbers reported by UNICEF are 1.2 million children worldwide. The numbers and the stories are horrifying.  

Thankfully, there are amazing organizations working to end modern day slavery through spreading awareness, education, case management, rehabilitation, & rescue. In addition, several have instituted clever campaigns to raise funding to support their work. Born 2 Fly used the $10 x 10k Campaign encouraging donors to contribute just $10 to provide educational materials to at-risk children worldwide. While the campaign was running, donations could be made through the website or mailed. You can still make a donation through their website. Recently Transitions Global launched a new campaign to support their goal of building housing for victims of human trafficking. The effort is called the Buck Up Campaign and asks people to make a minimum donation of $1 to change 1 life.

If you have a dollar to spare, you can't give it to a more worthy cause than ending human trafficking and exploitation.  Check out the sites for yourself and if you work for a non-profit, consider an online campaign for your own organization.

2 comments:

Diana Scimone said...

Shellie,

Thank you so much for mentioning our ongoing $10x10K campaign! Our goal is 10,000 people giving just $10 each to help stop child trafficking.

It all goes toward the B2F Project, which will give at-risk kids and their parents all over the world info they need to keep from getting trafficked.

Each year a MILLION kids enter the dark work of child sex slavery--and the B2F Project has the potential to keep so many of them from this horror.

Thanks again!

Diana Scimone
President
Born to Fly International, Inc.
Stopping child trafficking...setting kids free to soar
www.born2fly.org
www.dianascimone.com

Transitions said...

Thanks for mentioning our new "Buck Up Campaign". This is a powerful movement for communities, businesses, and individuals to actively participate in helping American victims of sex trafficking.

The concept of having a dollar campaign is to keep it simple - everyone can afford to give a dollar for each member of their family and the result? The money from this campaign goes directly to building a domestic trafficking shelter that restores futures and builds new lives.

Thank you.

Best,

James Pond
Founder & Executive Director
Transitions Global
Building New Lives
www.transitionsglobal.org
www.buckupcampaign.org