The photos taken by Jonathan Taylor, allows us to witness the horrific truth of Human Trafficking.
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Human Trafficking was a topic that crossed my path in 2010. Since then, it has become an issue that will not escape me.
I was first informed about the topic at my church here in Gainesville, Fl.
The Sunday sermon on human trafficking began to generate questions of why…
-Why would men sell women and children as if they were packaged store market meat?
-Why would the innocence of a child be exploited for profit?
-Why would someone do this?
Then the pastor went on to expressed that a child whose life that is confined to a brothel or the sex industry, has no way out unless they are rescued.
From there he tells the story of a missionary whose purpose is to rescue children from this industry. He poses as a pimp in Asia and buys these children and places them in his orphanage.
An orphanage of rehabilitation and hope.
From there, the children are treated and tested for all diseases and given the opportunity to become kids again. This is the hard part because it take time for the children to trust again.
As he is telling this story, my heart begins to break.
I began to think of how little boys and girls are being abuse, while their bodies take on sexual blow after sexual blow.
The REASON: temporary sexual pleasure.
They are snatched out of childhood and forced into a life of sexual slavery.
I was disgusted and felt the call to do some! As a college student my call to action became this blog as well as covering this issue in prayer.
Therefore, every chance I get to inform someone of this horrible reality, I take full advantage because if I were in their place, I’d hope someone would open up there month to make a difference for me.
Holly Burkhalter,
IJM Vice President of government and advocacy stated: “The TIP Report is an international treasure. Its honest accounting of slavery and trafficking in the U.S. and around the world is a tool that benefits government reformers, anti-trafficking activists, and most of all, enslaved children, women and men.”
Human Trafficking is estimated to be a seven billion dollar industry that consumes the lives of innocent little boys and girls, abroad and in the United States.
Children are sold off to whom they believe are self established businessmen by their families. The families of these children are told that their child will be offered better opportunities in the United States. In reality, after laving their country, these children are stripped of their visas and placed in the industry of human trafficking.
This type of modern-day slavery takes many forms including child forced labor. For instance, many children in Central and South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and even America are sold and forced to work in sweatshops, cocoa fields and the commercial industry (pornography).
The health and living conditions of these children are outrageous. Many of them live in crowded, dirt brothels to satisfy the pleasures of sex tourist.
The owners, known as dealers, sell children as young as two years old and as old as 14. They are often referred to as meat. It is known among buyers and sellers, the younger the child, the more expensive.
The Children suffer from HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis, Cholera, and Hepatitis while being sold to potential buyers.
As readers, you may ask, why would an individual take part in such corrupt activity?
My response is this, the same question has fueled the purpose of this blog and through my postings I hope to answer this question.
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Human Trafficking our Modern Day Slavery 