We may think the slave trade was abolished in prior centuries but tragically, it exists to this very day.\u00a0 \u201c80 percent of today\u2019s slaves are women and girls; 50 percent are children,\u201d writes Mark Hanlon, an executive at Compassion International, a Christian organization that works to free youngsters from poverty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nature of slavery may differ from country to country \u2014from enslavement in the sex trade to child abduction by rogue military organizations\u2014but nearly all enslaved children share a common trait: extreme poverty,\u201d Hanlon notes.<\/p>\n
Brazil is highlighted as a country in which the child sex trade has reached epidemic proportions.\u00a0 Girls as young as 12 are pushed into the field to make money, thereby destroying any sense of a normal childhood.\u00a0 \u201cNations with high rates of child slavery are compromising their next generation of leaders,\u201d Hanlon says.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, organizations such as Compassion International are working on solutions to place child trafficking where Hanlon claims it belongs\u2014\u201cin the history books.\u201d<\/p>\n
If my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up.\u00a0\u00a0 (Psalm 27:10)<\/strong><\/p>\n Heavenly Father, shield our children from exploitation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We may think the slave trade was abolished in prior centuries but tragically, it exists to this very day.\u00a0 \u201c80 percent of today\u2019s slaves are women and girls; 50 percent are children,\u201d writes Mark Hanlon, an executive at Compassion International, a Christian organization that works to free youngsters from poverty. \u201cThe nature of slavery may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n