Does your church want to respond to current global issues and
crises that are affecting children? From Guatemala to Ghana and
Bangladesh to Bolivia, there are countless, timely ways your
church can provide love, healing, nourishment and restoration to
children who are desperate for hope. The State Department's 2012
"Trafficking in Persons" report has been released, which
estimates 21-27 million people are forced into servitude around
the world. Washington, DC — The State Department's 2012
"Trafficking in Persons" report has been released, which
estimates 21-27 million people are forced into servitude around
the world. "Victims of modern slavery are women and men, girls
and boys, and their stories remind us of what kind of inhumane
treatment we are still capable of as human beings," said
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Types of slavery include sex
trafficking, forced labor, bonded labor, involuntary domestic
servitude, forced child labor and the use of child soldiers.
Child traffickers often gain poor fami