The Candy Shop

Turning little children into pretty pieces of candy is unacceptable, right? 

So why is it that young children are sexually exploited, dressed up and paraded around for potential buyers, everyday?

Children shouldn't be for sale.

Here are some facts:

•  2 children are sold for sex every minute.  Knowing this, while you sit in your chair and read this post, roughly 5 children will have been sold.  That means, while sitting in a one hour class, 120 children are sexually exploited.  2880 children are trafficked everyday.  I think it is most important to note that these are not the same 2880 children being trafficked everyday, but new children. New victims to be ripped away from families, from innocence, and from hope.

• Human trafficking generates around $32 billion annually.  Making it the 2nd most lucrative crime in the world.

• The majority of females and young children being trafficked are sold into the commerical sex industry.

• Around 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation.

• 1/2 of all trafficking victims are under 18 years old.

• Approximately 30 million people are enslaved RIGHT NOW.

• Once freed from captivity, many victims suffer from STD's and other diseases, problems with their reproductive systems, drug addiction, PTSD and other mental health problems.  Therefore, many return to drugs and/or prostitution once they are free.

• There are only a few shelters in the United States that are designed to rehabilitate the victims.  The Daughter Project of Toledo, Ohio is one of these. (Shout out to Hannah for clearing this up)

Look it up.  http://thedaughterproject.org/


And on the exploitation of children....

• Check out the Candy Shop:
• http://www.whitestonemotionpictures.com/films/the-candy-shop/
• It's a 30 minute film initiative to fight against child sex trafficking.

 

• Check out Love 146:
• http://love146.org/love-story

Exodus 6:6

Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.'