TheFacts
THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILD EXPLOITATION
Madesh was only eight years old when his family sent him to work in a brick kiln. He labored every day carrying 40-pound loads of bricks on his head and engaging in other hard physical labor. After 10 years at the kiln, he moved to another facility, accepting an advance of about $150 to meet his immediate needs. At the new kiln, the owner inflated Madesh's debt through fraudulent fees, and coerced him into servitude to pay off the insurmountable debt. "This is how they forced me to work," Madesh recalls. "I was not even sure if the debt was real." After more than 15 years in slavery, Madesh was released through the intervention of local officials in partnership with an NGO. Madesh used the rehabilitation funds provided by the Indian government to open his own brick kiln, where today he employs several relatives and community members and pays them all fair wages.
- From the US State Dept. website
300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation.
-U.S. Department of Justice
600,000 – 800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders each year; 50% are children, most are female. The majority of these victims are forced into the commercial sex trade.
– U.S. Department of State, 2004, Trafficking in Persons Report, Washington, D.C.
An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry.
– U.S Department of Justice Report
An estimated 2.5 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multibillion dollar commercial sex industry.
– UNICEF
Investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more than $200,000 a year off one young girl.
– NBC Report by Teri Williams
TheLeastofThese
There cannot be anything in the history of mankind that grieves the heart of God more than the abuse and exploitation of children. These defenseless-ones fall victim to unimaginable evil every day throughout the world. The love of money truly is the root of all evil and these children know all to often the lengths to which their captors will go in their relentless pursuit of power, control and cold, hard cash. There really isn't much to write about. It pains this author's heart far too much. So, on this page you will find some facts and some links. Please click on them and help where you can. Thank you!
TINY WARRIORS
Tragically, children are often forced to fight in wars. Children conscripted into military service are used as:- Sex slaves (mostly girls)- Spies- Front-line combatants- Suicide bombers- Mine sweepersIn the past decade, more than 2 million children have been killed in conflict situations. An estimated six million children have been seriously injured or permanently disabled.- CHILD-SOLDIERS.ORG
Tragically, children are often forced to fight in wars. Children conscripted into military service are used as:
- Sex slaves (mostly girls)
- Spies
- Front-line combatants
- Suicide bombers
- Mine sweepers
In the past decade, more than 2 million children have been killed in conflict situations. An estimated six million children have been seriously injured or permanently disabled.
- CHILD-SOLDIERS.ORG
A FEW OF THE GOOD GUYS
COALITION TO STOP THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT.ORG
UNICEF - CHILD PROTECTION
STREET GRACE.ORG
WORLD VISION – BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR CHILDREN
HUMAN TRAFFICKING.ORG
PROTECT – NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN
