By DAWNers Hassanatu and Hussainatu Blake
January was declared by President Barack Obama National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Now that the month has concluded, what do we really know about this global issue?
According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), Human Trafficking is an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Commonly labeled as “Modern Day Slavery,” this social issue affects nearly every country in the world and impacts everyone, especially women and youth. Approximately 800,000 people are trafficked annually with 2.4 million people living as modern day slaves and a global enterprise worth in the region of US$ 32 billion[1].
However, with these statistics, human trafficking is still taboo to many. The need to bring attention to this issue and educate the public about what it is, what it looks like, and its causes, can help to tackle and prevent human trafficking in communities. Collaborations are imperative to provide additional and effective interventions to address the matter.
To assist in increasing awareness around human trafficking, our non-profit organization, Focal Point Global, has partnered with local organizations in cities where human trafficking is prevalent - Atlanta, GA and Bamenda, Cameroon. Focal Point Global’s US-Cameroon Child Trafficking Awareness Project will launch on Saturday, February 4, 2012 and empowers youth in Atlanta and Bamenda to become more aware of the problem, understand how culture and community impact child trafficking, and collaborate with one another to minimize this epidemic. The project will include Atlanta organizations such as Young, Fit and Fly, and Innocence Atlanta; and Bamenda organizations GLOWA Cameroon and YCW Cameroon.
Help educate people about human trafficking by getting involved and staying informed. Learn more about Focal Point Global and its project by visiting www.focalpointglobal.org.
Hassanatu and Hussainatu Blake, Founders and Executive Directors of Focal Point Global, a 501c3 non-profit organization using global education and technology to link, educate, and mobilize underserved youth in the US and African countries on global issues.
[1] Statistics from United Nations Office of on Drugs and Crimes and International Office of Migration
January was declared by President Barack Obama National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Now that the month has concluded, what do we really know about this global issue?
According to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), Human Trafficking is an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Commonly labeled as “Modern Day Slavery,” this social issue affects nearly every country in the world and impacts everyone, especially women and youth. Approximately 800,000 people are trafficked annually with 2.4 million people living as modern day slaves and a global enterprise worth in the region of US$ 32 billion[1].
However, with these statistics, human trafficking is still taboo to many. The need to bring attention to this issue and educate the public about what it is, what it looks like, and its causes, can help to tackle and prevent human trafficking in communities. Collaborations are imperative to provide additional and effective interventions to address the matter.
To assist in increasing awareness around human trafficking, our non-profit organization, Focal Point Global, has partnered with local organizations in cities where human trafficking is prevalent - Atlanta, GA and Bamenda, Cameroon. Focal Point Global’s US-Cameroon Child Trafficking Awareness Project will launch on Saturday, February 4, 2012 and empowers youth in Atlanta and Bamenda to become more aware of the problem, understand how culture and community impact child trafficking, and collaborate with one another to minimize this epidemic. The project will include Atlanta organizations such as Young, Fit and Fly, and Innocence Atlanta; and Bamenda organizations GLOWA Cameroon and YCW Cameroon.
Help educate people about human trafficking by getting involved and staying informed. Learn more about Focal Point Global and its project by visiting www.focalpointglobal.org.
Hassanatu and Hussainatu Blake, Founders and Executive Directors of Focal Point Global, a 501c3 non-profit organization using global education and technology to link, educate, and mobilize underserved youth in the US and African countries on global issues.
[1] Statistics from United Nations Office of on Drugs and Crimes and International Office of Migration
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