So here it is. 46 reasons to donate to Love146
- For your daughters
- For your mother
- For your sister
- For your niece
- Because you never had to go through this
- Because you did
- So no child will ever have to suffer through sexual exploitation again
- For little girl number 146
- For the two children sold every 60 seconds
- Because there are more slaves today than there were 150 years ago when it was abolished
- For the over 100,000 children forced into prostitution or pornography each year
- For all the girls that "lose" their virginity multiple times
- For all the abortions that these girls are forced to undergo
- For the little girl that was sold by her sister to a brothel
- For that same little girl that was forced to watch sex tapes and other girls service clients to learn the business
- For "Cristiano" who sold himself for $1 to survive from the age of 8
- For "Maly" who was gang raped at 11 while scrounging for food
- For all the girls that are routinely electrocuted if they don't comply
- For all the girls that are forced to live in underground concrete rooms under conditions worse than our prisons
- For Long Pross who had her eye gouged out for asking for a few days rest after a forced abortion at 4 months
- Because human beings are not commodities
- Because children should not be for sale
- So pedophiles from the west don't have anywhere to escape to
- Because Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love."
- For the 99% of European victims that are never rescued
- Because the legal age for sex in the Czech Republic is 15
- Because those same girls are sold for as little as 15 Euro (approximately $22 US)
- Because you believe that change IS possible
- Because there are better ways to live
- Because we are spoiled in America
- Because I am willing to be offended so that children can be protected, are you?
- Because the average age that someone enters prostitution in the U.S. is 13
- Because an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 adolescents are sexually exploited annually in the U.S.
- Because human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world
- Because they're earning an estimated USD$5 billion to $9 billion annually
- Because the children are treated as sexual objects and as commercial objects
- Because children aren't objects
- Because these children often suffer irreparable damage to their physical and mental health
- Because they face early pregnancy and risk sexually transmitted diseases, particularly AIDS
- Because child sex trafficking is often only treated as a form of child abuse
- Because children make up 40% of prostitutes in Thailand
- Because it is estimated that 2 million children are exploited in prostitution or pornography every year
- Because it is estimated that there are 60,000 child prostitutes in the Philippines
- Because many of the 200 brothels in the notorious Angeles City offer children for sex
- Because one-third of runaway youths in America will be lured into prostitution within 48 hours on the streets
- Finally, because it's the right thing to do.
This list was originally going to be longer. However, the more research I did the more my heart hurt and I had to stop or I was going to be non-functional for a while. I know that this is a very depressing list however it is something that I feel very strongly about and needed to share with all of you. If we don't know it's going on in the world how can we ever expect to stop these atrocities.
Even if it's only one dollar please visit my Firstgiving page and help do something to stop this horrendous practice.
