CHILDREN IN NEED; WHY NOT HELP ANGEL TREE AND THOSE IN NEED? CHRISTMAS GIFT CATALOGUE

Let us bring the light of hope and care to others' lives

A GIFT TO 'WHERE NEEDED MOST' ENABLES 

PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES TO ASSIST 

EVERY GROUP AFFECTED BY INCARCERATION - 

THE VICTIMS AFFECTED BY CRIME, 

THE PRISONERS' CHILDREN, 

THE CAREGIVERS AT HOME.

Why not help this Christmas?

https://www.prisonfellowship.org/archived-pages/giving-catalog/where-needed-most/ 

With thanks to prisonfellowship.org

ARE YOU WEARING AN UZBEK COTTON SHIRT? SLAVERY IN COTTON FIELDS OF UZBEKISTAN, ALLEGED NEWS

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN UZBEKISTAN ARE PULLED FROM THEIR CLASSROOMS EVERY FALL AND ORDERED INTO THE FIELDS TO PICK COTTON FOR LITTLE OR NO PAY, ALLEGED NEWS. [1]
  A mother was recorded on video saying that if she didn't send her child to pick cotton, she faced a fine equivalent of two weeks pay, Alleged News. [1]
  Rights groups say students are threatened with losing their seat in the classroom, Alleged News. [1]
Government and private sector employees are also forced to join the harvest and meet quotas knowing that if they don't, they face losing their jobs; Alleged News.[1]

Detained
  In September 2015, two human rights activists were detained as they documented forced labor in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan, Alleged News.[2]
  Dmitry Tikhonov was detained as he was documenting people being sent to the cotton fields; Alleged News. [2]
  Elena Urlaeva and her companions, including her young son, were detained while Urlaeva documented people picking cotton; Alleged News. [2]
  Treatment of the activists can be found in the petition below, and [2]

UN Human Rights Committee
  In July 2015, the UN Human Rights Committeee reviewed Uzbekistan, Alleged News.
  Among the issues discussed by the Committee's experts, serious concerns were raised regarding the use of forced labor in the Uzbek cotton industry, Alleged News.
  Uzbekistan is one of the world's largest cotton exporters, Alleged News. [3]

Who buys Uzbekistan's cotton?
Europe buys almost a third of Uzbekistan's cotton, Alleged News. [4]

Why not sign the Petition?

  http://www.walkfree.org/uzbek-slavery/?utm_source=Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uzbek-slavery&utm_content=Uzbekistan_Petition_Chaser_en_Core_Ex_31Oct15

[1] Cotton exporters using child labor, Alleged News
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/21/cotton-exporters-using-child-labor/

[2] Activists beaten, detained for documenting forced labor in cotton fields; Alleged News
https://www.ifex.org/uzbekistan/2015/09/24/forced_labour/ 

[3] Forced labor in cotton industry in Uzbekistan, Alleged News
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+on+uzbekistan+forced+cotton+picking&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=6A33896BA68A59756AA76A33896BA68A59756AA7

[4] The cost of cotton; Funding exploitation, Alleged News
https://peopleandplanet.org/redressfashion/briefing/uzbekistan

Cotton slavery in Uzbekistan, Alleged News
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+on+uzbekistan+forced+cotton+picking&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=D4713719F3BD12B07AB0D4713719F3BD12B07AB0

With thanks to walkfree.org, thecnnfreedomproject. blogs, ifex. org,  peopleandplanet.org and youtube

 

THE SHOCKING FACTS OF HUMAN SLAVERY. WHY NOT JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY? HERE'S HOW . . .

THE SHOCKING TRUTH IS THAT

SLAVERY STILL EXISTS.  

  Children are sold into slavery as manual laborers; as sexual slaves. International Justice Mission works with local bodies to end slavery.
Why not join and help?
https://www.ijm.org/get-involved/join-our-team

Reality of Slavery
  It is easy to purchase a chocolate, and not think that a child slave may be behind the product, Alleged News. [1]
  Touch a brick on your new house, and you may not realise if a slave helped lay it; or whole families forced to endure 18-hours of back-breaking labour, Alleged News. [2], [3] and [4]
  Turn on your laptop and not realise that children as young as 2 are being abused online, Alleged News. [5]
  Think of slums and not realise that young girls are being used in slums for online-abuse shows, Alleged News. [6]
  Hear a train going by, and not know that girls as young as 10 are being trafficked on trains, Alleged News. [7]
  Pass a house and not realise women are being tortured and raped inside, sold for sex, Alleged News  [8]

THERE IS HOPE
  Sunday, 18th October 2015, was celebrated as Anti-Slavery Day. It was a time to look at modern slavery.
  4 billion people are living outside the protection of the law; 36 million people are trapped in modern-day slavery, 2 million children are being exploited in the commercial sex industry.

HOWEVER; THERE IS GREAT HOPE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THIS ULTIMATE INJUSTICE AGAINST THE POOREST OF THE POOR AND THE MOST VULNERABLE ON THIS EARTH.

 In the 13 countries where IJM works, investigators, social workers, judges, prosecutors and lawyers are fighting tirelessly against the waves of violence devastating the poor.

THE RESULTS ARE REMARKABLE
  In Cebu, the Philippines, four years of intensive partnership with local authorities led to the number of minors available for sexual exploitation dropping by 79%. [9]
  A recent study showed the prevalence of minors in the three largest commercial sex markets in Cambodia - Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville  - has also dropped significantly. [9]
  Earlier this year, IJM successfully trained its 5,000th official in Mumbai, where rescue operations of trafficked women are becoming increasingly effective and sensitive to survivors' needs. [9]

WHY NOT JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY?
  There is a growing movement of people worldwide working against human slavery. Why not join?
  Business and community leaders, students, church leaders and professionals from all walks of life are joining hands together and forming a powerful force against the evil of human slavery.
  We need to use our education and skills, our life position and personal influence, to assist in this work against injustice.
  Traffickers, slave-owners and perpetrators of violence thrive in a climate of ignorance of slavery; indifference to the plight of others; and short attention spans to the plight of the poor and vulnerable in society.

HOWEVER; we know what is being done in the field of slavery. We are most certainly not indifferent. And our attention span is for the long haul; we are in this work for life.

CHIEF JUDGE JOHN PASCOE
  Chief Judge John Pascoe spoke of a girl he had met recently in a shelter in Cambodia.
  She had run away several times from a brothel where she was being abused; and ended up being blinded so she could not do it again, Alleged News.
  Raped, abused; and then blinded.
This girl asked the Judge; 'Who cares about me? Who's going to give me justice?' [9]

EVERY HUMAN BEING
  Every human being is precious.
Whether an infant in arms, a toddler around the skirts, a youth unprotected on the streets, a teenager, young adult, middle ager or senior; we are all precious and irreplaceable.

Let us join hands together over the globe and BRING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY TO AN END.

See the video;


[1] Did a child slave make the chocolate bar you're eating? Class action lawsuits have been filed against Hershey's, Nestle and Mars in California, Alleged News
http://lumierecharity.blogspot.in/2015/10/breaking-news-did-child-slave-make.html

[2] IJM helps rescue nine slaves trapped in brick kiln for 12 years, Alleged News
http://news.ijm.org/ijm-helps-rescue-nine-slaves-trapped-in-brick-kiln-for-12-years/

[3] IMJ's largest operation in Bangalore frees 260 slaves, Alleged News
http://www.ijm.org.au/ijms-largest-operation-in-bangalore-frees-260-slaves/

[4] 333 slaves rescued in second largest operation in IJM history, Alleged News
http://www.ijm.org.au/333-slaves-rescued-in-second-largest-operation-in-ijm-history/

[5] Filipino children as young as 2 rescued from cybersex trafficking Alleged News
https://ijm.org/articles/filipino-children-young-2-rescued-cybersex-trafficking

[6] IJM Helps Rescue Young Girls from Online Sex-Abuse Shows, Alleged News
http://news.ijm.org/ijm-helps-rescue-young-girls-from-online-sex-abuse-shows/

[7] IJM and Police Rescue Girls from Trafficking Aboard Moving Train, Alleged News
http://www.ijm.org.au/ijm-and-police-rescue-girls-from-trafficking-aboard-moving-train/

[8] Trafficker receives maximum punishment after two years in hiding, Alleged News
http://www.ijm.org.au/trafficker-receives-maximum-punishment-after-two-years-in-hiding/

[9] 5 things you can do this Anti-Slavery day to make a real difference, Alleged News
http://www.ijm.org.au/5-things-you-can-do-this-anti-slavery-day-to-make-a-real-difference/

Pathos of the Sex Trade
http://lumierecharity.blogspot.ie/2015/06/pathos-of-sex-trade.html

International Justice Mission - Saving the Vulnerable, Alleged News
http://lumierecharity.blogspot.ie/2015/05/international-justice-mission-saving.html


With thanks to ijm.org and youtube