One thing I LOVE about my church- and especially BRDC- is that we have programs in place to help fight sex trafficking. It is a HUGE pandemic in the world today that very few people are actually talking about. Tom Davis‘ new book Priceless comes out today, and it helps bring light to the horrific tragedies so many young girls are enduring every day. Here are some stats:
- 1.2 million children are trafficked every year; this is in addition to the millions already held captive by trafficking
- Every 2 minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation
- The average victim is forced to have sex up to 40 times a day
- The average age of a trafficked victim is 14 years old
- Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDS epidemic
- By 2010 Sex Trafficking will be the number one crime worldwide
Read more about this, and the book Priceless here. Read about a woman from our very own backyard saved from the sex trade on Carole Turner’s blog here.
This is real. Women are being help captive and raped multiple times a DAY for YEARS. It’s unpleasant and uncomfortable, but it is real, like it or not. This is not a movie, but true life for millions of young girls.
We all need to wake up and do something!
my heart is broken…thank you Lord for breaking it again for the things that matter…i don’t know yet how I can help but I am going to start praying for these precious victims of sex trafficking. THanks for sharing this