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Help Wanted: Working to End Child Slavery
W o r l d V i s i o n i s a C h r i s ti a n r e l i e f , d e v e l o p m e n t a n d a d v o c a c y o r g a n i z a ti o n d e d i c a t e d
t o w o r k i n g w i t h c h i l d r e n , f a m i l i e s a n d c o m m u n i ti e s t o o v e r c o m e p o v e r t y a n d i n j u s ti c e .
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
• That’s nearly 4 X the population of Canada
126 million children doing dangerous work
West Afric
a: children
enslaved in th
e cocoa
industry
Caribbean: children forced to work in the travel and tourism industry
India: children trafficked
into clothing factories
South East Asia: boys trafficked into the fishing industry Congo: children forced
to work in mining
operations
A Global Issue Canada: girls
trafficked into the
sex industry
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
• The Story of Kyaw Win*
(real name protected)
A face behind the facts
Questions:
• What surprised you about Kyaw’s story?• What about his story is hard to understand? • Is this type of child slavery a story you’ve
heard before?
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
What is Child Slavery?
• Kyaw – a child in slavery• Exploitation • Poverty, discrimination, and
powerlessness
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
• Dirty• Dangerous • Degrading
3D Jobs
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Child Trafficking
• A type of child slavery• 1.2 million children• Forced into 3D jobs• 3rd most profitable crime
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Trafficking:True or False?• It is about sex• It is a problem of poor
nations• Traffickers often have high
social intelligence and work at every level of society
• Is dominated by men exploiting women
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
By Definition• Child Work vs. Child Labour• Trafficking vs. Smuggling• Child vs. Adult Trafficking
Questions?
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Pharady’s Story
• Working in a brick factory in Cambodia
• Link in “Chat” section
Question?
• How do we go about protecting boys and girls from working in 3D jobs?
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Protecting Children
• Know how to be safe
• Participating • Education• Parent(s) have
jobs• Family and
Community ensure safety
• Laws and polices implement
• Good justice and social system
• Business and organization do their part
• Crisis safety
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
W o r l d V i s i o n i s a C h r i s ti a n r e l i e f , d e v e l o p m e n t a n d a d v o c a c y o r g a n i z a ti o n d e d i c a t e d
t o w o r k i n g w i t h c h i l d r e n , f a m i l i e s a n d c o m m u n i ti e s t o o v e r c o m e p o v e r t y a n d i n j u s ti c e .
Our Focus
• Child trafficking.• Exploitation of children in
mining activities.• Abuse of children in the travel
and tourism industry.
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Help Wanted in 2012• Building a Movement• National Action Plan on Human
Trafficking• Shopping for Change
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
What you can do today• Sign the petition telling Prime Minister
Harper to address child trafficking.
endchildslavery.ca
OR
www.worldvision.ca/connect/(Youth Audiences)
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
CONNECT• Pledge to End Child Slavery• “Be Safety” for the 30 Hour Famine• Become a Crisis Child Partner• Lead your church• Find resources for your Campus
group
www.worldvision.ca/connect/
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Voices for Children
• Stay up to date on issues affecting children
• voices.worldvision.ca• Join our Facebook Group –
http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldvisionvoices/
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Other Ways to Give
• Child Sponsorship• Gift Catalogue
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
For More Information
Visit:
endchildslavery.ca
OR
http://worldvisionmedia.ca/connect/
Contact: [email protected] Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.