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Official Ambassador Jeremy Affeldt Appears on CNN
On Friday, San Francisco Giants player Jeremy Affeldt appeared on CNN to promote his new book, “To Stir a Movement.” In the interview, Affeldt chronicles his early childhood connection to human trafficking, as well as his current motivation to play for the millions of children that are in captivity today. “Are you confident in the [...]
Trafficking Routes from Africa to Europe
One in three women receiving assistance at our shelters in the Netherlands come from West Africa. The majority of women come from Nigeria and Guinea, but we are also seeing women from Togo, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. To understand why we are seeing so many women from Africa it is critical to understand [...]
Children for sale in Thailand
Before she was 2 years old Sukanya was sold by her mother. It is a common story at our Children’s Home in Thailand. The severity of poverty in the golden triangle, combined with discrimination towards stateless people leave women with very few options. Vulnerable and homeless, they are often addicted to drugs and many end [...]
Farming for Freedom in Romania
Our project in Romania has been growing, and that growth means we are able to successfully transform more lives. Our Calacea farm project is 17 miles outside of our center in the city of Timisoara. At the farm, survivors of human trafficking learn to farm sustainably as job skill development, and as an important step towards personal healing.
Mothers are Not For Sale
The illegal logging trade, believed to be worth up to $100 billion worldwide, poses one of the greatest threats to the safety and freedom of the communities indigenous to the Amazon. Reports suggest that this year, the illicit industry will make victims of tens of thousands of people living in poverty in remote regions of rainforest, people like Josefina.
Research Highlights Indicators of Trafficking into the Netherlands
Not For Sale works across four continents, in regions fraught with slavery and social injustice. Often, the biggest factors contributing to vulnerability overlap from one region to another. However, the nature and incidence of exploitation are usually highly dependent on political, economic and social factors local to that region.
Our Impact in 2012
Effecting real and lasting change for survivors of trafficking and exploitation and those at-risk is at the core of everything we do at Not For Sale. As part of our efforts to lead the global movement to end slavery in our lifetime, we are pleased to release our 2012 Impact Report.
City of Amsterdam takes new steps towards regulating prostitution in the red-light district
In November of last year, we reported that city officials in the Netherlands’ capital had begun to discuss changes to the laws surrounding legalized prostitution in the red-light district. This month, our Not For Sale Netherlands team has reported progress towards the strengthening of regulations and oversight to ensure the protection of women working behind [...]
At-risk Youth Train as Young Entrepreneurs
UCAYALI, PERU: This week, Not For Sale launches a unique new training initiative for at-risk youth in the Peruvian Amazon. The Young Indigenous Entrepreneurs program focuses on the development of leadership skills, and expertise in sustainable harvesting of natural resources that can be grown and processed for local and international markets. Developed in partnership with ECOSIRA, a local organization representing seventy indigenous communities in the region, the training comes as part of Not For Sale’s program to prevent trafficking and labour exploitation launched in early 2012. Twenty young community leaders, committed to helping their home community develop into a safer environment, have been selected to participate in the program over the next year.
