HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

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HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

• STOP PEOPLE TRAFFICKING

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PEOPLE TRAFFICKING

• Taking people by DECEPTION OR VIOLENCE from their
  homes for EXPLOITATION
• Taking advantage of those in extreme poverty or
  vulnerability

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PEOPLE TRAFFICKING IS HUGE

• MORE SLAVES TODAY than in Wilberforces day, many
  of whom are trafficked
• A GLOBAL BLACK MARKET worth 7 BILLION a year
• The fastest growing of the TOP THREE ILLEGAL
  WORLD TRADES, alongside arms drugs

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PEOPLE TRAFFICKING

• People trafficking affects virtually every
  country and particularly affects people who are
  vulnerable or poor.
• Parents sell children for AS LITTLE AS 30
• Traffickers circle natural disaster sites for
  orphans
• Trafficking supplies forced prostitution, child
  soldiers, camel jockeys, sweat shops

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IT AFFECTS US ALL

• YOUR CHOCOLATE may have come from West African
  cocoa farms, where trafficked children are often
  used

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

• A GLOBAL MOVE leading Up To 25.3.07, the
  bicentenary of the abolition of the Transatlantic
  Slave Trade
• Our cry is
• PREVENT THE SALE OF PEOPLE
• PROSECUTE THE TRAFFICKERS
• PROTECT THE VICTIMS

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WHAT ARE WE DOING?

• Education Create awareness and understanding of
  the subject. Capture peoples imaginations and
  inspire them to act
• Advocacy Show people how they can make a
  difference. Help put pressure on those who have
  the power to minimize the activity
• Fundraising Financing new projects (safe houses,
  vocational training, awareness campaigns etc)
• Freedom Day Focal day for local ran activities
  across the world on 25th March 2007

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YOU CAN HELP

• Sign the global Declaration
• Buy a Freedom Key
• Tell others
• Run a Freedom Day event
• Set www.stopthetraffik.org as your home page
• And get your organisation to join as a
  coalition member

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YOUR ORGANISATION CAN HELP

• Individuals sign the declaration
• Use our logo
• Distribute Freedom Keys
• Run projects using downloadable resource packs
• Celebrate Freedom Day on 25th March 2007
• Set a web link
• Feed the press
• Hang a banner
• Tell others
• Watch Amazing Grace

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THANK YOU AND PLEASE JOIN US

• www.stopthetraffik.org