2. -Every year around
22,000 child slaves
die
-There are around
218,000,000 child
slaves around the
world
-Around 73,000,000
child slaves are under
the age of 10
3. These children are working in cocoa fields in Africa, they have no idea what the
purpose of their work is because most of them have never eaten chocolate.
4. Child slavery in Haiti
-There are over
300,000 child slaves
in Haiti
-Slavery is a widely
exepted practice in
Haiti
5. This is a map of where child slavery is most
common.
6. Joseph Kony
Joseph Kony took
power in Uganda in
1994 and formed the
L.R.A.. As his militia
started do dwindle,
he started
kidnapping young
children from their
families to make
them into soldiers.
7. Child Slave Trafficking
There are growing signs
that economic
pressures and
persistent poverty in
Africa are leading to a
resurgence of the traffic
in child slaves.
These children are for
sale in West African
countries as both
domestic and
commercial labour and
also for sexual
exploitation.
8. Child Sex Trafficking
In Toronto, a 13 year old
girl was sold for 3,000
dollars to two young men,
18 and 20 years old. The
girl was raped when the
men drove her from
Toronto to San Diego.
Another 13 year old
virgin girl from Mexico
was sold in the United
States and raped 35
times.
9. Child Trafficking Facts
-Human trafficking is the third most profitable criminal activity, second after drugs
and arms trafficking
The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country each year is estimated
200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry (U.S.
Department of Justice. 2004. Report to Congress from Attorney General John
Ashcroft on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year
2003.)
10. Child slavery and trafficking is a sick thing and needs to be stopped.
You’ve seen the facts, you’ve seen the pictures, now it’s up to you to
make a difference. Please show your support by donating to any
known causes or by simply making a post on the internet to show
your support. If we can all join against this, we can change the world.
