HUMAN TRAFFICKING: the modern practice of slavery. 27 million people are enslaved around the world including in the United States. This is more than at any other time in history.

Facts on Human Trafficking

• Every 10 minutes, a woman or child is trafficked into the United States for forced labor. Source: CAST (Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking)
• In the case of trafficking for sexual exploitation, girls often have their virginity sold first, followed by multiple rapes often leading to HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
  Source: UNDOC
• The children are often "sold" by unsuspecting parents who believe their children are going to be looked after, learn a trade or be educated. Source: UNICEF
• Victims of trafficking are subject to gross human rights violations including rape, torture, beatings, starvation, dehumanization, and threats of murdering family members. Source: UNDOC
• After adjusting for inflation, A slave sold in 1850, would now roughly cost $30,000 to $40,000. Today you can go to Haiti and buy a 9-year-old girl as a sex slave for $50. Source: Benjamin Skinner, “A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery.
• The total market value of illicit human trafficking at $32 billion-about $10 billion is derived from the initial "sale" of individuals, with the remainder representing the estimated profits from the activities or goods produced by the victims. Source: UNDOC
• A recent CIA report estimated that between 45,000 to 50,000 women and children are brought to the United States every year under false pretenses and are forced to work as prostitutes, abused labourers or servants.

With T.E.N. Charities you can help in various ways and become involved in the struggle to end slavery. We can give you the tools & support you need to mobilize your friends & your community.

The problem is severe, but there is hope. Survivors & Anti-Trafficking Organizations around the world have created their own Underground Railroad to rescue others, and to prevent trafficking through education, border prevention programs, as well as economic empowerment for those at the highest risk.

The Emancipation Network (T.E.N.) was founded to provide immediate help to survivors, high risk women, anti-trafficking agencies and also to be part of creating a critical mass of abolitionists in the United States who can participate in efforts to eradicate slavery once and for all.

Through empowerment, hope, and justice T.E.N. fights human trafficking. Working with parties overseas and in the United States to prevent and end human trafficking.

• Emergency needs
• School Scholarships
• Business development
• Training
• Education
• Awareness about Human Trafficking

T.E.N. Charities is funded by donations, fund raising www.dreamsfreedom.com, grants & 100% of the excess profits generated by the handicrafts sold by our sister company The Emancipation Network, Inc. www.madebysurvivors.com