Human Trafficking Today

Human trafficking in 2016 is enormous and horrible. It is now estimated that 20 to 30 million people are trafficked and enslaved around the world, the highest number in history.
Keep Girls Safe (KGS) began in 1999 when ADRA personnel from Bangkok discovered no teenage girls in the villages where they installed water tanks. They learned that they all had been “sold” to a Mr. Na, who trafficked them in cities to earn money for their desperately poor parents.Thus began a concerted effort by Adventists in Australia who began to raise funds to educate girls in those villages so they could be safe from predators and traffickers. Now a beautiful home sits beside a church in Chiang Rai, with extensive gardens, opportunity for education, and a future provided for at-risk girls. It continues to need help. The dream is that this project might expand to other countries and help keep many more girls safe. Asian Aid has grown to be a flourishing program in six countries in Asia. Maisie Fook saw the huge needs in South Korea 50 years ago and founded the effort. Helen Eager, a determined woman who longed to help hurting children and girls, has given her life for the precious children she loves. She lives with them, having left her comfortable home and family. The program provides schooling, homes, medical help, sponsorships, and a future for hundreds of vulnerable children.Many other good projects exist around the world that focus on vulnerable girls and boys, helping them to be safe from terrifying human and sex trafficking industries (see sidebar). Numerous web-based resources provide a comprehensive picture of the whole sordid subject.According to an article by Joy Marie Butler in Adventist Review August 2016
Read the whole article under: http://www.adventistreview.org/1608-31
The fourth Sabbath in August is enditnow day, concentrating on ending abuse and violence against women and children.