Helping Victims of Sex Trafficking
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Dear friends, family, and supporters,
I been given the amazing opportunity to travel with Backyard Broadcast to Cusco, Peru to help create a safe house for children who were trafficked along the Amazon.
A group of illegal miners took or bought children to use for trafficking purposes. The miners would malnourish the boys so they would be small enough to send down into the mine shafts, and girls were sold to other miners for sex. The government has recently arrested the miners, and the rescued children are currently being held at a women's jail facility, as it is the only "safe" environment for them. Child Rescue Association of America has secured property and an old building for the children, next to an orphanage. This orphanage is willing and able to help the kids once the building is ready to occupy. The government will not release the children to the orphanage until the new building is ready to occupy.
We will be going to Cusco to help finalize work, assess future relations with the orphanage, and serve at the current location. Each participant is required to raise $3200 to cover travel costs. It would mean the world to me to reach my goal - every little bit helps!
This fall, I attended Backyard Broadcast training to become a Station Chief for my school and I am very excited to be a part of this new addition to the organization. This is the first of many opportunities to see how Backyard Broadcast can partner abroad to ensure a bright future for victims of trafficking.
To learn more about Backyard Broadcast and our fight to abolish child sex trafficking, please visit www.backyardbroadcast.org
Thank you so much!
Helena
I been given the amazing opportunity to travel with Backyard Broadcast to Cusco, Peru to help create a safe house for children who were trafficked along the Amazon.
A group of illegal miners took or bought children to use for trafficking purposes. The miners would malnourish the boys so they would be small enough to send down into the mine shafts, and girls were sold to other miners for sex. The government has recently arrested the miners, and the rescued children are currently being held at a women's jail facility, as it is the only "safe" environment for them. Child Rescue Association of America has secured property and an old building for the children, next to an orphanage. This orphanage is willing and able to help the kids once the building is ready to occupy. The government will not release the children to the orphanage until the new building is ready to occupy.
We will be going to Cusco to help finalize work, assess future relations with the orphanage, and serve at the current location. Each participant is required to raise $3200 to cover travel costs. It would mean the world to me to reach my goal - every little bit helps!
This fall, I attended Backyard Broadcast training to become a Station Chief for my school and I am very excited to be a part of this new addition to the organization. This is the first of many opportunities to see how Backyard Broadcast can partner abroad to ensure a bright future for victims of trafficking.
To learn more about Backyard Broadcast and our fight to abolish child sex trafficking, please visit www.backyardbroadcast.org
Thank you so much!
Helena
Organizer
Helena Piotrowski
Organizer
Alta Vista Subdivision Number 1, UT