Watch this video and you’ll see to whom I’m referring. Her life is my worst nightmare for my children, yet these kids are living this hell on earth. Please don’t look away.
Paper Bridges
just another Jesus freak, homeschooling mom with a blog
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Stop sex trafficking: Las Vegas, NV – video of compiled news reports
Shocking numbers in this video. According to this news channel, the average age to be sold into prostitution is between 12 – 14. Wow. That’s wrong. And sad. These children deserve much better.
I can’t think of a title for this post
Because no matter what I write, it will not be adequate to describe the horrors these women and children must experience. May God forgive us if we stand by and do nothing.
Numbers
In a country with high unemployment and over 4 million school-age children unable to go to school, it is not difficult to understand how trafficking can thrive. The latest government estimates in 2004 put the number of children trafficked for prostitution at 21,000 for Java and 70,000 for the whole of Indonesia. But the ILO says this is just the tip of the iceberg as trafficking is notoriously difficult to track.
At least 70,000 Indonesian children trafficked for prostitution. This is beyond comprehension.
Read the rest of the article at IRIN.com.
(And I’m glad I didn’t listen to that little doubting voice in my head whispering, “Don’t post anything today. Nobody is interested.” I’m going to continue to speak out about for these kids, even if I do live on the other side of the world.)
World Malaria Day is April 25
Got this in an email from Compassion International today:
Malaria kills 1 million people each year. Most who die of this treatable, preventable disease are children. A gift to Compassion’s Malaria Intervention Fund will help Compassion-assisted children and their families receive the resources they so desperately need to fight this deadly disease, including:
•mosquito nets to protect children from mosquito bites
•malaria prevention education
•access to malaria medical treatment for those struggling with the disease
A little goes a long way:
•$30 will provide three mosquito bed nets.
•$50 will provide five mosquito bed nets.
•$100 will provide 10 mosquito bed nets.
I once bought a mosquito net for $30, so this looks like a good deal to me. Please donate at the Compassion International website to provide mosquito nets for children in need.
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:17-18
