May 27, 2008
A recent report by Save the Children UK has uncovered evidence of UN Peacekeepers involvement in sexual abuse of the children they have been sent to protect. Many of the children are too afraid to come forward, but the report has helped bring attention to this issue with UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon who said that he is “deeply concerned.” Click Here to Read the Full Article
May 26, 2008
Every year, the U.S. State Department releases an annual Trafficking in Persons Report. The report is a great resource about the human trafficking issue. You can read the last one in its entirety, or just peruse, here:
May 23, 2008
As you may have noticed, we just launched a new site design. If you have any questions, comments, etc, give me a holler at gopperman|at|gmail|dot|com. Hope you enjoy it!
May 10, 2008
The Somaly Mam Foundation has partnered with Look2TheFuture to present the Futures ‘09 Somaly Mam Bicycle Challenge:
In March 2009, 30 people will embark on a two-week cycle challenge through the streets of Cambodia. They will be riding to help the millions of innocent children who are forced into sexual slavery every year, a billion dollar industry in SE Asia.
Visit the Futures ‘09 homepage >>
If you’re interested in participating, you can register here. Riders are asked to provide $700 to cover travel expenses, and then raise an additional $6,000 through sponsors, or through our upcoming Futures ‘09 donation page. Registration is limited to the first 30 participants. For more information on what the tour will be like, check out the itinerary.
If you’re simply interested in supporting riders with sponsorship donations, stay tuned: our official sponsorship donation page will launch as soon as we have 30 riders.
