by Doug Bardwell | May 3, 2022 | Be Aware
Two dates coming up to remember: NATIONAL NURSES DAY – Friday, May 6th Nurses often may be the only ones who can offer direct help and intervention for trafficking victims. When women come in with infections or other health issues, it may be the only time they...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 29, 2022 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
…when it contributes to human trafficking Around the world, children who are orphaned or in foster care are at an elevated risk for human trafficking and exploitation. Free for Life International is passionate about protecting future generations from cycles of...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 13, 2022 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
Just a quick reminder before Easter arrives, that much of the chocolate source is harvested by slave labor – one of the many types of human trafficking abuses. Another is the prevention of women-owned enterprises. Check out this video before you buy, and then...
by Doug Bardwell | Apr 5, 2022 | Resources
Three ways you can help! image During the pandemic, rates of child abuse and exploitation have risen dramatically. Often this is found to be a common first step amongst those children who eventually become sex trafficking victims. Hoping to escape the abuse...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 30, 2022 | Be Aware
Ukrainian women and children are precisely the type of people human traffickers target Refugees in need of transportation | Photo credit BBC NEWS All you have to do is read the Signs of Vulnerability list on the Human Trafficking Hotline website: People may be...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 22, 2022 | Doug's posts, Things To Do
Every Lent, I’d be willing to bet fish consumption goes up considerably as many Christians forgo meat on Fridays. But could that compound the problem of human trafficking for vulnerable seafood industry workers? Well, yes it could! Turns out that the seafood...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 15, 2022 | Doug's posts
This giant statue is meant to be noticed I’ve never been trafficked, but if I had been, I’m pretty sure that something I would have prayed for each day was to be noticed. For someone to recognize that I needed help. For someone to help me find a way out of...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 8, 2022 | Be Aware
Human trafficking is hard to stop because the demand for sex is so great – not only in third-world countries – but in the United States as well. For those who aren’t involved in this unseemly business, it might be difficult to understand who these...
by Doug Bardwell | Mar 2, 2022 | Resources
Taking a disastrous situation and making it worse – is that even possible? Tank photo by Asim Alnamat Human traffickers prey on the most vulnerable human beings, often at the worst times of their lives. When feeling hopeless or lost, people don’t make the...
by Doug Bardwell | Feb 22, 2022 | Be Aware
As we’ve reported before, large sporting events are often rife with sex traffickers – bringing their captives in to a cash rich environment where they can rent a block of rooms and reap quick profits. As reported by Avery Williams at Fox 19 Now News in...
