The End and AKA Christmas Appeal
Supporting Stop The Traffik, who act against people trafficking.
This December, our annual Christmas charity appeal will be raising money for Stop The Traffik - a worldwide campaign to combat people trafficking. We will be requesting donations from people on the guest list, and voluntary donations from club goers from Dec 1st to Dec 30th.
Stop The Traffik is a campaign working to combat the fastest growing global crime - the buying and selling of people around the world today. The Stop The Traffik coalition consists of over 800 organisations campaigning to end the trafficking of people.
They are currently collecting signatures that will be presented to the United Nations in February ’08. They are aiming for one million signatures – so if you have a spare second, please add your name to the declaration: http://www.stopthetraffik.org/
The scale of human trafficking
Men, women and children are trafficked within their own countries and across international borders. Trafficking affects every continent and most countries.
• At least 12.3 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. Of these 2.4 million are as a result of human trafficking.
• 600,000-800,000 men, women and children trafficked across international borders each year. Approximately 80 per cent are women and girls. Up to 50% are minors.
• An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year.
• The majority of trafficked victims arguably come from the poorest countries and poorest strata of the national population.
• Trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are caught in the trap of slavery.
• Human trafficking is the third largest source of income for organised crime, exceeded only by arms and drugs trafficking.
• It is the fastest growing form of international crime, already generating 7 billion dollars per year in criminal proceeds. There are even reports that some trafficking groups are switching their cargo from drugs to human beings, in a search of high profits at lower risk.
• People are trafficked into prostitution, begging, forced labour, military service, domestic service, forced illegal adoption, forced marriage etc.
• Types of recruitment; include abduction, false agreement with parents, sold by parents, runaways, travel with family, orphans sold from street or institutions.
The aims of Stop The Traffik are to expose people trafficking and lead governments to action. They do this by creating awareness and understanding of people trafficking, engaging with those who have the power to minimise the trafficking of people, financing anti-trafficking work around the world, and by working with those vulnerable to trafficking and those who have been trafficked.
Update 08.01.08:
This year we raised £2500 for Stop The Traffik. Massive thanks to everyone for your support and contributions.
Published: 26/11/2007
