I was just turned on to the upcoming movie, Amazing Grace, about William Wilberforce and his life’s work of abolishing slavery in England. It from the same follks that produced Bridge to Terabitha, Chronicles of Narnia and Ray.
As a businessman with a decent amount of international sales & marketing experience, I had no idea just how big child slave labor is TODAY. There are more than 27 million people in slavery around the world today. That’s more than double the numbers of the mid to late 1800’s. I know there are valiant efforts in place to reduce child labor and sweat shops, but the numbers are shocking:
- 27,000,000+ in slavery today
- 50% are children
- 1 in 5 of the world’s 5-17 year olds work in the worst forms of child labor
- 91 cities in the US have reported cases of human trafficking
- 800,000 people trafficked across international borders each year
To learn more and sign the petition to end modern day slavery, visit Amazing Change, the social action component of the movie. Rumor has it that George Bush will be the last signature before it goes to the UN to take sanctions against countries that encourage or turn a deaf ear to slave trade. Love Bush or hate Bush, this is the right thing to do.
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