“You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.” (Wilberforce). Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery or a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies people's freedom.(Polaris) Human traffickers target young children because of their vulnerability, lack of awareness, and the market demand. Urban Light is a movement that's dedicated to restoring, rebuilding, and empowering young men who are victims of abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking.(Urban-Light) Young boys are getting trafficked all over the world and barely anybody is doing anything to prevent it. Urban Light helps empower at risk young males in Thailand to live outside of exploitation and trafficking.(Urban-Light) Spreading
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Human trafficking is a very profitable business. (Urban-Light) It makes about 150 billion annually around the world. Traffickers usually target certain groups including: low income households, ethnic minorities, LGBT youth, people with low levels of education, and young children running away from home. According to the Department of Justice, 100,000-300,000 children are at risk for trafficking and it’s also the second largest criminal enterprise. Each year, more than 2 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade and most are trapped into …show more content…
Urban Light has this program called The Eight Pillars. The Eight Pillars includes: Health, Employment, Housing, Education, Harm Reduction, Prevention, Outreach, and Legal Support. Most of the pillars provides health education, HIV/STI/STD testing, treatment, life skills workshops, housing and employment. In the outreach pillar, they go out and do weekly visits and provide health services, health kits, and emergency hotlines information. In those life skill workshops, they learn how to live independently and how to manage life on their own. Urban Light helps provide ID cards/health cards in the legal support pillar. Urban Light can also provide education, such as, Art, English, Math, Social Studies, and Language classes. Urban Light will always be here for victims of human
Human trafficking is a very profitable business. (Urban-Light) It makes about 150 billion annually around the world. Traffickers usually target certain groups including: low income households, ethnic minorities, LGBT youth, people with low levels of education, and young children running away from home. According to the Department of Justice, 100,000-300,000 children are at risk for trafficking and it’s also the second largest criminal enterprise. Each year, more than 2 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade and most are trapped into …show more content…
Urban Light has this program called The Eight Pillars. The Eight Pillars includes: Health, Employment, Housing, Education, Harm Reduction, Prevention, Outreach, and Legal Support. Most of the pillars provides health education, HIV/STI/STD testing, treatment, life skills workshops, housing and employment. In the outreach pillar, they go out and do weekly visits and provide health services, health kits, and emergency hotlines information. In those life skill workshops, they learn how to live independently and how to manage life on their own. Urban Light helps provide ID cards/health cards in the legal support pillar. Urban Light can also provide education, such as, Art, English, Math, Social Studies, and Language classes. Urban Light will always be here for victims of human