It exists everywhere...

"27 million slaves exist in our world today...Go behind the facade in any major town or city in the world today and you are likely to find a thriving commerce in human beings. You may even find slavery in your own backyard." -David Batstone



Human trafficking is a practice that involves manipulation, contortion, deceit, trickery, and bondage. It is the most rapidly growing criminal industry in the world, yet most of the time it goes unnoticed. Enormous amounts of women are being forced to give up their bodies at sex brothels, while children in Uganda are being kidnapped only to be taught how to torture and kill. Forms of human trafficking can even be found in your own backyard.The purpose of this blog is not only to inform the world of the social justice and Catholic Social Teaching involved with human trafficking, but also to inspire young people to join the fight against this modern-day slave trade.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Action Reflection Prepared by Andrew Madlambayan

For my action I chose to do a prayer rather than a poster or a letter because I thought that in a prayer I can really connect and have a conversation with God. I thought that it would be easy to make a prayer but once I got down to writing it, it took me forever. I learned that when you write a prayer it has to come from the heart and its just like your talking to God in your own special language. When writing this prayer, I really had to think about what the trafficked go through and who really needs the help.

With this action I wanted to achieve the same understanding that I have when they read this prayer. I believe that when you read this prayer you really see what is going on and what people are actually going through. I would have hope that someone would walk down the halls and see this prayer and just at lease think about it. All I really want to achieve by doing this action is to get people to at least think about the people who really need help. I don’t expect them to go out and give their money away, but I just expect them to learn about this injustice and just think about people who are less fortunate.

In the future I see myself at least going to one third world country and seeing and experience first-hand of what it is like to see the victims face to face. I would like to see myself actually going out to rallies for this kind of injustice or any injustice and supporting what the people are doing. This project has opened my eyes by showing me that just one person can make a huge difference in someone’s life. Age does not matter in this type of thing because every little bit of help counts. This project has widened my view of human trafficking and has also change the way I look at things.


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