19. The truth is and it is happening in our own backyard Slavery Still Exists
20. 14,500-20,00 women are trafficked into the United States every year Although 50% of trafficking victims are sold into prostitution , the other half are forced to work in factories, harvest crops, wash dishes in restaurants and clean in motels and offices There are more than 25,000 people living in slavery, in America, right now
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23. “ It is easy for these people (women/children forced into the sex trade) to get lost in the shuffle . Most people don’t know what human trafficking is, and when you explain it to them, they say ‘So what?’ But it’s going on right here .” - Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas
24. WJZ Special: Human Trafficking BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― “As you read this report remember somewhere in Maryland someone is being virtually enslaved.” Plaguing Maryland
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27. In 2008, the tireless efforts of New York Anti-Trafficking Coalition resulted in the state passing its first ever Anti-Human Trafficking Law . This anti-trafficking law was the harshest the nation has ever seen .
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29. “ This has to be a top priority … What we have to do is create better, more effective tools for prosecuting those who are engaging in human trafficking… Sadly, there are thousands who are trapped in various forms of enslavement here in our country… It is a debasement of our common humanity.” - President Barack Obama
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33. “ Nobody is free until everybody is free ” -Vivek Pandit, Indian anti-slavery campaigner
34. How are men, women, and children forced into modern day slavery? Human Traffickers often prey on people in poverty who have little access to education, health care, or jobs. They disguise themselves as recruiters or employment brokers and promise paid work and sometimes education to men, women, and children. It seems like an amazing opportunity, but these people are often never seen again .
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38. The Cost of Freedom: $400 = average cost of freeing and rehabilitating one person $14 = pays for books, uniforms and a satchel so a former child slave can go to school $92 = cost per child to rescue a group child slaves from the fishing industry in Ghana $94 = provides a year of specialized education for a former child slave in India $132 = pays for a raid to free child slaves in India who are then helped to rebuild and recover their lives $174 =provides a family in Ghana the means to start a small-scale business, this helps prevent children from being re-enslaved $500 = provides a sewing machine, spare parts, and materials to a Sudanese women’s cooperative to help former slaves earn a sustainable living
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41. According to J.F. Rischard, author of High Noon if every nation in the world gave a small percentage of their Gross Domestic Product per year, world poverty would be SOLVED . Here is the GDP of top five nations according to estimates by the CIA World Factbook from 2008 and how much money would go towards global poverty if each gave .05% annually (monetary value in millions US dollars): Our Solution to Poverty: At the Global Level Nation Gross Domestic Product 2007 (millions) .05%-1% of the GDP United States 14,330,000 71,610-143,300 Japan 4,844,000 24,220-48,440 China 4,222,000 21,110-42,220 Germany 3,818,000 19,090-38,180 France 2,978,000 14,890-29,780 United Kingdom 2,787,000 13,935-27,870
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