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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.
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.
EXTENDED: Free2Rock Campaign to be Available Until Next Week
Not For Sale in partnership with Tenth Avenue North has extended this month’s Free2Rock campaign until Monday, 30th January. The debut limited edition T-shirt campaign will continue for an additional five days to compensate for the major server issues caused by the huge level of demand and support for the campaign. More than 10,000 people attempted to purchase the group’s T-shirt at Not For Sale Store’s website in a period of just four hours on the first day of the campaign alone.
From Headquarters: Do Your Designs Have the Power to End Slavery?
Not For Sale is set to be the focus of a creative competition next month. Hack Forth and Multiply is giving designers and design students the opportunity to take part in a high-profile 24-hour design challenge, from 12pm on Feb 1st until 12pm on the Feb 2nd, 2012.
