The Fight for Freedom

FREEDOM! Do you have it? Do you enjoy it? I expect you think ‘yes’. But if you didn’t have it, would you fight for it? And if you could not fight, would you live in hope that someone somewhere would fight on your behalf?

On 25th March 2007 the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade was commemorated in many countries around the world. Did you see the production of ‘Cargo’ at Chequer Mead or elsewhere? STOP THE TRAFFIK (administered by the Oasis Charitable Trust) used this anniversary as a catalyst for an initiative to cry for freedom for every human caught in trafficking. The conviction that freedom is a human right drove both black and white abolitionists in the 18th and 19th centuries. That same conviction drives the STOP THE TRAFFIK coalition in the 21st century.

Various sources have reported that

Over 12 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. Of these, nearly two and a half million are as a result of human trafficking.

Over one million children are trafficked each year.

Human trafficking is the third largest source of income for organised crime, (generating seven billion dollars per year) exceeded only by arms and drugs trafficking.

Are you prepared to join the fight for their freedom?

If so you could represent St John’s and act as a link with the STOP THE TRAFFIK coalition (managed by a Steering Group including Children on the Edge, Global Angels, Love146, Oasis Trust, Tearfund, Virgin Unite and World Vision.

If you are interested, please contact John Grainger for more information.

John Grainger