This coming May, 2010 I will be partaking in a mission trip to Costa Rica where my team and I will be making an effort to fight human trafficking and more specifically the sex trade. We will be partnering with an organization while in San Jose and more information is provided about that further down the blog. As many of you know this is a supplement to the information I have already provided on my facebook page. Many of the people I do know do not have facebook so if the information looks similar that's because it is and I am doing my best to provide everyone who is supporting this trip with information they may be curious about. Here are a few statistics on human trafficking in the U.S. as well as worldwide:
-It is estimated that 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked internationally each year (this excludes people trafficked within nations each year) which is still growing
-It is estimated that there are 27 million people worldwide that will unwillingly labor in this industry today
-14,500-17,500 people are trafficked INTO the US each year-50% of people trafficked INTO the US each year are children
-It is estimated that this industry reaches $9.5 billion dollars worldwide, with at least $4 billion of this coming from the sex trade
-"Most (83 percent) of the reported human trafficking incidents involved allegations of sex trafficking" (From the DOJ OJP Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Sources for the above information as well as for additional information:
-http://es.urbanministry.org/human-trafficking-statistics
-http://farmlab.org/-http://www.humantrafficking.org/
-http://traffickingproject.blogspot.com/2009/01/usdoj-releases-trafficking-victim.html
-http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=40
-http://www.humantraffickinged.com/
*** It is difficult to come up with accurate statistics for this growing industry as it is internationally illegal and highly exploitative***
I will be traveling to Costa Rica, along with 8 other teammates with CCU2THEWORLD in order to fight human trafficking specifically people involved with the sex trade. In this endeavor we will be partnering with the Rahab Foundation whose information, vision, mission and brief information is listed below: www.fundacionrahabcr.org
"The Rahab Foundation is a non-profit organization that has been working in Costa Rica since 1997. Its vision is to see families who have been connected with prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation of minors restored and reincorporated into society with new skills by means of coming to know the gospel of Jesus Christ. We offer a holistic program to reincorporate this population into the labor market and to heal the areas of their lives that have been affected by working in sexual commerce, as well as by the family and social situations in which they have had to develop. In order to contribute to the success of these families, we offer psychological, spiritual, medical, and legal support. The hub of our program is weekly psychosocial support groups, during which we deal with many subjects such as abuse, self-esteem, couple and parenting relationships and God’s healing love. In addition, we also offer food subsidies, job training, and an educational and scholarship program to help the women and their children finish primary and secondary school. We work with about 75 women each year and about 300 total beneficiaries, since we work with their entire families. Because of this program, the women have developed improved self-esteem, better educational levels, new job skills and improved ability to care for their families. This is the pioneer and only program in the country that works to rescue victims of sexual exploitation in a holistic manner, working with the entire person, body, soul and spirit."
I will be providing weekly updates from our team meetings in order to keep you all updated on what is happening with our team on with human trafficking in Costa Rica and around the world. My total estimated cost for our trip right now is $2500. After this weekend I will have a more clear and accurate view of the trip cost. If you would like to contribute financially e-mail me @ jttrimble@students.ccu.edu and I can provide you with further information. I ask and encourage you all to support my team and I through prayer first and foremost. Thank you all!!!
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