Today marks National Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day (NGHTAD), as a resolution passed by the US Senate on June 22, 2007 has forever marked January 11th as a day of awareness and vigilance for the countless victims of Human Trafficking across the globe.
Take action today, be it via the internet or in your own city/town/village across the world to remember all those around the globe who have been victimized by modern slavery and who are unable to govern their own lives.
- There are some 27 million people held in slavery today across the globe. (bigger and bolder, could be placed separately, possibly centered?)
- According to 2009 State Department Trafficking in Persons Report over 80% of those trans-nationally trafficked are women and children.
- The US State department estimates that some 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year and about 80 percent of them are female and at least 50% are children.
- In 1850 a slave in the Southern United States cost the equivalent of $40,000 today. According to Free the Slaves, a slave today costs an average of $90.
If you suspect a situation or a potential victim, please call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline at 1-888-3737-888 now! We highly recommend you take a moment to place this number in your mobile phones now.
*The flyer was provided via the Bridge to Freedom Foundation, for downloadable copies please see www.BridgetoFreedomFoundation.org