So today I’m starting a new series of blogs on things I’ve discovered that I want to share.
They are things that have impressed, inspired or compelled me.
Todays blog is about the amazing movement called nightlight.
I’m not sure if you know, that trafficking in human beings is now the third-largest moneymaking venture in the world, after illegal weapons and drugs. In fact, the United Nations estimates that the trade nets organized crime more than $12 billion a year.Up to 2 million women and children are estimated to be victimized while being trafficked. The porn industry is also propped up in emerging nations by trafficked women. It’s hard to believe, but slavery still very much exists. And in most parts of the world, slaves are now used as soldiers, or as sex objects.
In the midst of all this, many people are trying to rescue the women and children trapped in sex-slavery. My friends at nightlight have been engaged in a rescue process for a while now. Unfortunately one of the heart-breaking realities they’ve had to face time and time again is that even when rescued, sometimes the pull of slavery is so strong, they return for the money and predictability it provides them.
The Nightlight gang have launched a scheme that sets sex-slaves free, and sets them up for a new way of life. When they escape, or choose to leave, they are set up with all the help they need, and also taught how to make jewellery. The nightlight gang then sell the jewellery to desperate housewives in Beverly Hills and in Orange County.
Charity, the woman who was instrumental in Nightlight coming together is one of the most amazing people you could hope to meet. Check out night light…Amazing stories, incredible people, worthy cause.
You can find a link to nightlight on the right of this page.
