Hannah on Human Trafficking

A good friend of mine is doing a quest post! 

“Those who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless” - Bishop Oscar Romero.  This is the reality that many women feel on a daily basis.  I first became interested in the topic of human trafficking when I went to see a very powerful movie called “Priceless”.  It breaks my heart to see woman dragged into this horrible crime of human trafficking. This crime not only destroys a woman's outer appearance, but makes them have a horrible body image inside out.  They are made to feel like objects, like a product, like people that don't deserve to have a future.  And they feel this way because often the families of victims are tricked into being told that they are going to a better place. And that is very much not the case.  Since over half of these victims are under the age of 16, many of them don't see a point to getting out of it when they are older.  So they continue in this horrible cycle of feeling even more like an object and feeling worthless day by day.  I hate that this happens to so many women, so many children and so many people who can't fight for their freedom. So let's help the over 27 million victims that are attached to this horrible crime. So this is why I ask you this simple favor. On February 23, hundreds of thousands of people draw a RED X on their hand to symbolise saying no to this horrible crime.  By doing this it's showing more and more people that human trafficking is truly an issue that needs to come to a halt...

Thank you for sharing Hannah!