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Everyone has the power to effect change. You can help in advocacy, information-dissemination, and by making wise consumption choices.
You could also volunteer or contribute financially to support organisations that work against trafficking. |
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Discover the truth - find out what human trafficking (modern day slavery) is, and how widespread the problem is. |
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Do you know how victims are trafficked? Are they offenders? Or are they victims ? |
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Do you victimize the victims? Do you have bias against them? |
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What are the root causes of human trafficking? |
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What is your slavery footprint?
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Inform yourself. |
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Spread the word and talk about the problem. |
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Raise awareness at school, in communities and with friends. |
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Support the cause by donating to and volunteering with organizations that tackle human trafficking, rescue and rehabitilate survivors. |
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Know the signs of trafficking and report to authority. |
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Influence others in their attitudes and actions. |
Many groups have been formed and activities are being organized around the world. Here are some examples of things you could partake in or emulate. These groups / organizations have great ideas to help you get started. Use your imagination!
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Jim Keady was a soccer coach and a university student doing theology, turned activist to fight for workers in Nike factories in Indonesia. He wants workers to be paid fairly in order to live with dignity, as a human being to have the necessity of life. Nike's maximising profit at all costs, exploiting workers whose pay is not even enough to get children to school or enough to eat. He founded "Educating for Justice" for fair living wages and working conditions for Nike's factory workers in Indonesia.
"Educating for Justice" brings their work in Indonesia to the classrooms to raise awareness about labour exploitation and human rights. This help to show how students, and consumers, have tremendous power in helping to tackle such problems. This aims to multiply and reach the critical mass to seek fairness for all people. |
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http://educatingforjustice.org/ |
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“PROJECT FUTURES” empowers a passionate network of socially-engaged volunteers, activists, and young professionals to raise awareness and funding to combat human trafficking and sex slavery worldwide. You can use your skills and talents, your social networks, and a passion for this cause to build grassroots events, campaigns and activities. |
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http://projectfutures.com/ |
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MTV EXIT aims to increase awareness and prevention of human trafficking through television programs, online content, live events, and partnerships with anti-trafficking organizations. Check out this site to learn more about trafficking and how you can get involved in the fight against trafficking. Watch or download our celebrity-presented documentaries as well as the short films and promos, plus get information on live events we are producing.
MTVEXit works with local communities in Cambodia to develop programmes to help to educate potential victims in rural Cambodia. |
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http://www.mtvexit.org |
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Anti-Slavery International relies on the support of individuals. There are many ways to help, from making a donation to joining their Campaigns Network, setting up anti-slavery group, organizing events to raise awareness or to raise funds. |
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http://www.antislavery.org/ |
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The mtvU Against Our Will Campaign was launched in September 2011 in partnership with Free the Slaves, GEMS, and Polaris Project. The campaign amplifies America's college students' efforts to end modern-day slavery in the U.S., and empowers them to learn more and get involved. The name mtvU's Against Our Will Campaign, reflects the simple fact that this violation of our most basic human rights is against the will of the college students mobilizing around the issue, against our will as a free society, and against the will of those trapped in modern-day slavery. |
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http://www.againstourwill.org |
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The mission of Yoga Freedom Project is to unite the yoga community around the issue of sex trafficking through education, awareness, and fundraising for organizations they believe in. |
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http://www.yogafreedomproject.com/ |
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Free2Work provides consumers with information on how products relate to modern-day slavery. Through the site you can learn how your favorite brands are working to address forced and child labor. You can additionally access in-depth information about industry issues through our industry pages and news feeds, and you can learn more about trafficking and supply chains through our blog posts. |
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http://www.free2work.org/ |
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The Chain Reaction Project (TCRP) is a Singapore non-profit organization that was born in 2009, when four women committed to help change lives in some of the world's least-developed nations.
United by a passion for adventure and philanthropy, TCRP seeks physical challenges and local organizations that can benefit from their efforts.
TCRP's mission is to find a cause, and have an effect and from there, grow their initiative by inspiring others to be catalysts for change as well. |
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http://thechainreactionproject.com/ |
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A video from Walk Free, the movement to end modern slavery, on our new approach to a centuries-old abuse. |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB0pKRaew_g |
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Walk Free is a movement of people everywhere, fighting to end one of the world's greatest evils: modern slavery. |
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http://www.walkfree.org/ |
If you wish to donate and raise funds for this cause, here are some organisations which you may wish to consider. This sector is under supported due to lack of knowledge by the general public.
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