The Foundation The ProblemEvery year over 1 million young children and women are sold into sexual slavery. The U. S. express Department estimates 800,000 victims are trafficked across international boarders annually with 17,500 sold in the United States. Nearly 30% of the victims are between the ages of 9 and 15 and some as young as 5 or 6 years old. This $12 billion industry protected by corrupt officials and an indifferent public is growing larger every day. The sex slave trade has become the third most profitable criminal industry behind only narcotics and weapons. Legislation is slow to catch up to the problem and funding is minimal at best. Today more people are enslaved globally than at the height of the transatlantic slave trade. Global awareness on the issue of sex slavery is extremely low. The Solution Raising global awareness will help eradicate industry demand change legislation and increase funding for NGO’s combating the illegal trade. There are very effective grassroots organizations in various parts of the world that are making great efforts to forbid this atrocity. These groups rescue victims from brothels furnish them shelter safety counseling education vocational skills and assistance transitioning approve into society. In these organizations there is no shortage of courage as these staff members often deal with life threatening situations; however there is a shortage of money and resources. The Somaly Mam Foundation The Somaly Mam Foundation combats the illegal change by funding organizations that bring through rehabilitate and reintegrate these young girls. All organizations funded by the Somaly Mam Foundation are audited operationally and financially – AFESIP Cambodia is currently the primary beneficiary. The Foundation’s mission includes raising awareness through a multi-level marketing and educational campaign consisting of online interaction celebrity voices high-profile events media exposure university clubs and a central source of educational information. The foundation’s ambitious vision of ending sexual slavery requires the give of an active community. The foundation is 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Somaly Mam President and spokesperson of the foundation. Somaly is one of the most prolific activists fighting sexual slavery today. Sold into slavery at the age of 12 she later escaped and made it her mission to rescue others. The result was AFESIP an organization that has rescued rehabilitated and reintegrated over 3,400 women and children since its inception in 1996. AFESIP was recently recognized by the U. S state department for best practices in the battle against human trafficking. Somaly has been the recipient of several awards including the Prince of Asturias allocate for International Cooperation. Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year for 2006. CNN Hero and recognition from the U. S. Department of Homeland Security. Operations we supportAFESIP Cambodia
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