Thank you for all of your support for World Concern’s recent “Free Them” 5K Fun Run/Walk to Stop Human Trafficking. The final numbers are now in!
World Concern hosted 1,100 people excited to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable women and children. Together, we were able to raise over $83,000. And, money continues to come in for this important work. Our online giving will be open through the end of May.
For more photos of the run, click here. To learn more about our work to protect children, click here.
The reality is sobering. Impoverished parents who struggle to feed their children, or who are compelled to instead feed an addiction, sell their kids to traffickers. Sometimes for as little as $50! Often it comes after believing lies about job opportunities in other countries.
Other children find themselves meeting the wrong person, or being orphaned - with no good way to provide for themselves. When it's too late, they find themselves having to repay a debt to the person who bought them. Sometimes it's thousands of dollars - and it takes years to accomplish.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Once you know the facts about human trafficking, you have to act.
Learn more and do something about it.
Here's more about how World Concern prevents trafficking.
From the blogs: A first-hand look at how we protect children in Cambodia.
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Thank you all so much for your prayers for Lindy's family. Rather then flowers, Ray and the family have requested people to donate to Lindy's memorial fund.
