John Piper:
"Mission exists because worship doesn't"
Orison Swett Marden:
"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers"
Mother Teresa:
"Each one of them is Jesus in disguise"
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one"
"I am just a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world."
Eleanor Roosevelt:
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop and stare fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot."
Thomas Edison:
"Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success before they gave up."
Abraham Lincoln:
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
Charles Stanley:
"I believe Gog loves to see Bibles that are marked with oil from our fingers, stained with tears from our eyes and noted with dates and insights."
Patrick Henry:
"This great nation was not founded on religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ!"
Ronald Reagan:
"If we ever forget that we are a nation under God we will be a nation gone under."
Booker T. Washington:
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Harriet Tubman:
"Every good dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
Gandhi:
"Whenever you are confronted with a component, conquer him with love."
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."
"Be the change you want to see in the world!"
"There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and the one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever."
"We must be come the change we want to see."
"The best way to find yourself is to lose you yourself in service to others."
"God has no religion."
"You may never know what results come from your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no result."
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Hard Facts: Human Trafficking
- 1.2 million children are trafficked every year, two every minute!
- The average age of trafficking victims is just 14 years old.
- It is estimated that $9.5 billion is made through human trafficking each year!
- The UN estimated that 80% of people trafficked are trafficked for sexual exploitation
Whynee's Story
Nine year old Whynee and her seven year old brother Sunnie lived on Thane train station in Mumbai, India with their parents who were alcoholics. The two children started coming to the Asha Deep Day Centre, run by Oasis India. It was a chance for them to act like normal kids, and they soon settled into the day centre. Whynee and Sunnie enjoyed playing with the other children and made friends. They also started learning to read and write.
After attending the centre every day for 3 months they disappeared. The project staff were concerned and went to look for them. They found their father who told them a man had offered him money for Whynee and Sunnie. He had sold his own children for the equivalent of about 24 dollars!
As a result of this sad story, Stop The Traffik was born. Today, this is a global movement with more than on thousand member organisations in fifty countries dedicated to fighting human trafficking. For more info visit www.stopthetraffik.org
Source: Hope for Justice
After attending the centre every day for 3 months they disappeared. The project staff were concerned and went to look for them. They found their father who told them a man had offered him money for Whynee and Sunnie. He had sold his own children for the equivalent of about 24 dollars!
As a result of this sad story, Stop The Traffik was born. Today, this is a global movement with more than on thousand member organisations in fifty countries dedicated to fighting human trafficking. For more info visit www.stopthetraffik.org
Source: Hope for Justice
Glory's Story
Glory was put up for sale after her mother died. Her father was a poor street laborer in Mumbai, India. He couldn't cope with looking after a baby and took her around asking local brothels to find a buyer. The asking price was an equivalent of about 226 dollars and Glory was just nine months old.
Thankfully the Jubilee Action team heard what was happening and rescued her from a lifetime of sexual slavery just moments before she was sold. She was given a new home at Jubilee's Tickety Boo Tea Homes where she has been ab;e to grow up in a safe and caring environment, with other rescued children. Glory is 8 years old, she attends a local school and always has a smile on her face.
Her story belongs to many children across the world.
1.2 million are being sold into slavery every year, but few have the same happy ending!
Source: Hope for Justice
Thankfully the Jubilee Action team heard what was happening and rescued her from a lifetime of sexual slavery just moments before she was sold. She was given a new home at Jubilee's Tickety Boo Tea Homes where she has been ab;e to grow up in a safe and caring environment, with other rescued children. Glory is 8 years old, she attends a local school and always has a smile on her face.
Her story belongs to many children across the world.
1.2 million are being sold into slavery every year, but few have the same happy ending!
Source: Hope for Justice
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