Support PROJECT HIGHLIGHT prevent human trafficking

Support PROJECT HIGHLIGHT prevent human trafficking

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Project Highlight:  Trafficking Prevention through Vocational Training http://www.foundationburma.org/node/6

Foundation for the People of Burma (FPB) is the largest, independently-supported, U.S.-based humanitarian organization focusing exclusively on Burma. They have been implementing projects and supporting community-based action since 1999. Their programs provide direct assistance to communities that have been severely affected by injustice. They engage in compassionate, creative and strategic interventions which facilitate positive, long-lasting change for those that face scarcity and lack personal freedom.

"A recent report by our partner, Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) exposes an alarming trend in ethnic Kachin communities of northern Burma. Failed government development policies have led to spiraling poverty causing young women and men to migrate in search of wage labor in increasing numbers. Throughout migration, young women are vulnerable to trafficking and have been sold as wives in China and coerced into the Chinese and Burmese sex-industry. Many have disappeared without a trace.

Together with KWAT, we have implemented a vocational training project along the Burma-China border to combat trafficking in women. In 2007 an inaugural group of 20 women were trained in sewing, weaving, small business planning, financial literacy and marketing. This year, we have increased the number of participants to 25.  Women who have survived trafficking or are at extreme risk of exploitation are now learning the skills necessary to generate income to protect them. The in-depth training takes place over the course of an entire year and functions not only to develop skills, but to create networks of handicraft sales and distribution. Securing women’s income improves their status in turn raising health and education standards community-wide."

YOU can help.....  even a small donation of just a few dollars will make a real difference. You can make that donation here - https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=24039

Please help support PROJECT HIGHLIGHT prevent human trafficking

Thank you   John Stack

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john stackPetition StarterI am an author, adventurist and activist. I have travelled in 44 countries from the high mountains of Peru, the Karakoram highway and the Hindu Kush, to the deserts of Australia, Africa and China. From diving in the Atlantic, Indian, Mediterranean and Pacific Oceans to ascending previously unclimbed peaks high up within the Arctic circle of Northern Greenland and canoeing Canadian rivers in the wild north of the Yukon. I am always searching for new interests and new ideas. My life mantra is now: Live every day as if you will die tomorrow, Learn every day as if you will live forever. When not travelling I live in Edinburgh, Scotland, with my wife Alison; I have two children. I am passionately against human trafficking and slavery. I have completed my first novel on the subject, SVETNA which is published by Eloquent Books. You can find out more on my website <a href="http://www.svetna.com">www.svetna.com</a>
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The Issue

Project Highlight:  Trafficking Prevention through Vocational Training http://www.foundationburma.org/node/6

Foundation for the People of Burma (FPB) is the largest, independently-supported, U.S.-based humanitarian organization focusing exclusively on Burma. They have been implementing projects and supporting community-based action since 1999. Their programs provide direct assistance to communities that have been severely affected by injustice. They engage in compassionate, creative and strategic interventions which facilitate positive, long-lasting change for those that face scarcity and lack personal freedom.

"A recent report by our partner, Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) exposes an alarming trend in ethnic Kachin communities of northern Burma. Failed government development policies have led to spiraling poverty causing young women and men to migrate in search of wage labor in increasing numbers. Throughout migration, young women are vulnerable to trafficking and have been sold as wives in China and coerced into the Chinese and Burmese sex-industry. Many have disappeared without a trace.

Together with KWAT, we have implemented a vocational training project along the Burma-China border to combat trafficking in women. In 2007 an inaugural group of 20 women were trained in sewing, weaving, small business planning, financial literacy and marketing. This year, we have increased the number of participants to 25.  Women who have survived trafficking or are at extreme risk of exploitation are now learning the skills necessary to generate income to protect them. The in-depth training takes place over the course of an entire year and functions not only to develop skills, but to create networks of handicraft sales and distribution. Securing women’s income improves their status in turn raising health and education standards community-wide."

YOU can help.....  even a small donation of just a few dollars will make a real difference. You can make that donation here - https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=24039

Please help support PROJECT HIGHLIGHT prevent human trafficking

Thank you   John Stack

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john stackPetition StarterI am an author, adventurist and activist. I have travelled in 44 countries from the high mountains of Peru, the Karakoram highway and the Hindu Kush, to the deserts of Australia, Africa and China. From diving in the Atlantic, Indian, Mediterranean and Pacific Oceans to ascending previously unclimbed peaks high up within the Arctic circle of Northern Greenland and canoeing Canadian rivers in the wild north of the Yukon. I am always searching for new interests and new ideas. My life mantra is now: Live every day as if you will die tomorrow, Learn every day as if you will live forever. When not travelling I live in Edinburgh, Scotland, with my wife Alison; I have two children. I am passionately against human trafficking and slavery. I have completed my first novel on the subject, SVETNA which is published by Eloquent Books. You can find out more on my website <a href="http://www.svetna.com">www.svetna.com</a>
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Petition created on 12 August 2009