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Romanian Gangs Use Olympics to Recruit Victims
The rate at which Romanians are being trafficked to London is rapidly increasing in the months leading up to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Daily Mail reports that in London alone “Police recently discovered 50 women believed to have been trafficked into the area to work as prostitutes and arrested four female beggars using babies as young as three weeks old.”
Historic Day for Not For Sale | From Amsterdam
Today, NFS President David Batstone and NFS Netherlands Director Toos Heemskerk took to the streets in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, delivering soup to over 50 women working behind the windows.
Today’s homemade nutritious soups, red Thai coconut curry and gourmet tomato basil, was prepared by Chef Thomas of Soup en Zo and delivered by the NFS Amsterdam team.
From Romania: A New Future for Triana
Longing for a new life after a tough divorce, Triana was introduced to a man through an Internet chat room. The two become quite intimate, and after a year of talking he had convinced her to move to Romania where they could be married, and eventually move to Spain where he promised to find her a job making a modest income. After he organized the whole trip, including the proper documents, Triana left her life in Colombia.
Ending Slavery in Amsterdam, One Cup of Soup at a Time
In 2011, global leaders gathered at the Montara Circle Amsterdam to dialogue and design a solution to stop the trafficking of young girls from impoverished regions of Eastern Europe to Western Europe.
EILEEN FISHER is NOT FOR SALE
Freedom gets fashionable as EILEEN FISHER and Bloomingdale’s give women across the nation a chance to celebrate great style and a great cause. The popular fashion brand will mark International Women’s Day by helping Not For Sale fight global slavery and create new futures for survivors of sex trafficking in Amsterdam.
From Amsterdam: Collaborating to Create New Futures
The Not For Sale Netherlands team has been working around the clock to launch a catering project in Amsterdam’s red light district. Once women have escaped exploitative situations, they often have no place to go, no marketable skills, and no option but to fall back into prostitution. Not For Sale’s new catering project will employ such women, giving them a viable alternative to prostitution. The project will also empower the women through nutrition, healthcare, and training for job skills. Meanwhile, Not For Sale Netherlands will learn more about the women’s backgrounds, collecting data that will inform the organization’s future projects.
And the Winner Is…
Not For Sale is pleased to announce the winner of Hack Forth and Multiply, a high-profile 24-hour design challenge that took place from 12pm Feb 1st until 12 pm on Feb 2nd, 2012. The global competition gave designers an opportunity to use their creative skills towards Not For Sale’s catering program in Amsterdam. The innovative program employs survivors of human trafficking, offering support and lasting job skills in catering to prevent further exploitation.
From Europe: Goosebumps, butterflies and things that get me out of bed in the morning, by Saskia Wishart
My mum said to me on the phone this week “Maybe you are so young, you have no idea what you can’t do, and so what others think is impossible you go out and you just do it.” I take that as a compliment. I may not know what can’t be done, but I can dream of all that can.
HUGE SUCCESS | Free2Rock Launch Exceeds Expectations
Free2Rock came to a hugely successful end yesterday, after hundreds of abolitionists showed their support for the new anti-slavery campaign. Free2Rock saw Not For Sale partner with popular Christian rockers Tenth Avenue North to create a limited edition T-shirt to help fund the organization’s work to end modern day slavery worldwide.
