Help Wanted:
Working to End
Child Slavery
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working
with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
126 million children doing
dangerous work
• That’s nearly 4 X the population of
Canada
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
A Global Issue
Caribbean: children
forced to work in the
travel and tourism
industry
A face behind the facts
• The Story of Kyaw Win*
(real name protected)
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Questions:
• What surprised you about Kyaw’s story?
• What about his story is hard to understand?
• Is this type of child slavery a story you’ve
heard before?
What is Child Slavery?
• Kyaw – a child in slavery
• Exploitation
• Poverty, discrimination, and
powerlessness
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
3D Jobs
• Dirty
• Dangerous
• Degrading
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Child Trafficking
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A type of child slavery
1.2 million children
Forced into 3D jobs
3rd most profitable crime
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Trafficking:
True or False?
• It is about sex
• It is a problem of poor
nations
• Traffickers often have high
social intelligence and work
at every level of society
• Is dominated by men
exploiting women
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
By Definition
• Child Work vs. Child Labour
• Trafficking vs. Smuggling
• Child vs. Adult Trafficking
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Questions?
Pharady’s Story
• Working in a brick factory in
Cambodia
• Link in “Chat” section
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Question?
• How do we go about protecting boys and girls
from working in 3D jobs?
Protecting Children
• Know how to
be safe
• Participating
• Education
• Parent(s)
have jobs
• Family and
Community
ensure safety
• Laws and polices
implement
• Good justice and
social system
• Business and
organization do
their part
• Crisis safety
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
WHAT CAN
YOU DO?
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working
with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Our Focus
• Child trafficking.
• Exploitation of children in
mining activities.
• Abuse of children in the travel
and tourism industry.
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Help Wanted in 2012
• Building a Movement
• National Action Plan on Human
Trafficking
• Shopping for Change
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
What you can do today
• Sign the petition telling Prime Minister
Harper to address child trafficking.
endchildslavery.ca
OR
www.worldvision.ca/connect/
(Youth Audiences)
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
CONNECT
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Pledge to End Child Slavery
“Be Safety” for the 30 Hour Famine
Become a Crisis Child Partner
Lead your church
Find resources for your Campus
group
www.worldvision.ca/connect/
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Voices for Children
• Stay up to date on issues
affecting children
• voices.worldvision.ca
• Join our Facebook Group –
http://www.facebook.com/grou
ps/worldvisionvoices/
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
Other Ways to Give
• Child Sponsorship
• Gift Catalogue
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
For More Information
Visit:
endchildslavery.ca
OR
http://worldvisionmedia.ca/connect/
Contact:
worldvisionvoices@worldvision.ca
World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy
organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice.