Bang: A Child at Risk for Being Trafficked

Thirteen-year-old Bang is in grave danger … and she doesn’t even know it. What’s worse, the danger is getting closer.

She lives in a desperately poor village in Laos, just a few miles from the Thai border. Thailand is a hub for human trafficking, where evil men entice young girls like Bang with offers of good paying work and money.

Bang is an easy target for traffickers. Both she and her 14-year-old sister Phou dropped out of school in the 5th grade to help their disabled father support the family by working in the rice field.

These girls have no idea what human trafficking is, or the danger that awaits them just across the border.

Together, we can make sure Bang and others know about the criminals who will no doubt come to their village, preying on their gullibility with offers of easier work and more money.

Together, we can help them get back in school, where they are safe and learning things that will truly lead to a brighter future.

Please give today to provide safety from traffickers for a young girl like Bang, and others.

How Your Gift Helps Protect Young Girls like Bang

Child prostitution. Sexual slavery. Forced labor.

These are all very real risks for vulnerable, naïve children, leaving them robbed of their innocence and traumatized for life. Many are not able to recover, and never return home…

Together, we can make sure they know about the criminals who will no doubt come to their village, preying on their gullibility with offers of easier work and more money.

Your gift of $40 will help provide the following for one child:

1. Awareness training to learn to identify traffickers’ lies
2. Opportunities to get back in school
3. Job skills to earn income safely

We must act quickly to reach young ones—before they are harmed.

Please donate today to provide safety from traffickers.

The Realities of the Sex Trade

• Approximately 80% of human trafficking victims are women and girls and up to 50% are minors.  - U.S. State Department
• The average age of entry for children victimized by the sex trade industry is 12 years. - U.S. Department of Justice
• The global market for child trafficking is over $12 billion a year with more than 1.2 million child victims. - UNICEF
• Surveys indicate that 30 to 35 per cent of all sex workers in the Mekong sub-region of Southeast Asia are between 12 and 17 years of age.  – UNICEF

Help Protect Children from Trafficking

Run for Freedom

The 5th annual Free Them 5k/10k to help stop human trafficking takes place on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at World Concern's headquarters in Seattle. The event is a tangible way to take a stand against one of the most horrific crimes of our generation. Not in Seattle? You can still participate - virtually!

Women of Purpose

Interested in joining other women in the fight against human trafficking. Learn more about World Concern's Women of Purpose group and how you can help protect vulnerable women living in some of the poorest countries in the world.