NEW Community Roadshows for 2012!
Last year we kicked off our community roadshows and what a few months we’ve had! We travelled all over the country and delivered 7 roadshows in Sussex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, West Midlands, and London. Over 500 people came along to find out about human trafficking, how it affects their area and what they can do to … Read more
New Anti-Trafficking Film to be Released!
“Every year, an estimated 2,000,000 children are commercially sexually exploited… … 500,000 of these children are in India” (Freedom Firm). Ben Stamper’s new film, Horse and Rider: Freedom for the Daugthers of India, tells the remarkable true story about about two victims of trafficking in India and their road to freedom and recovery. The film … Read more
Christmas Chocolate News!
GOOD NEWS just in time for Christmas! Tomorrow the Scottish Parliament will be debating child trafficking in the chocolate industry. The debate is entitled “10 Years on from Harkin-Engel, child trafficking in the chocolate industry” and is to be led by SNP MSP Jim Eadie. You can watch live coverage of the debate here. This … Read more
Calling all Volunteers in the South of England
Are you in the south of England? Yes? Then listen up… If you’ve missed out on our community roadshows this year then come and seek out STOP THE TRAFFIK at the International Christian Resources Exhibition in Exeter, January 2012, where we are putting on a series of workshops to raise awareness about human trafficking. Here … Read more
Volunteer with STOP THE TRAFFIK at the Olympics!
VOLUNTEER AT THE OLYMPICS Olympic fever is officially underway… Up and down the country emails are flooding into inboxes delivering the exciting news: “You have been selected to be a torch-bearer during next year’s Olympic Games!” Excitingly, STOP THE TRAFFIK’s trustee, Duncan Parker, is one of the deserving (and incredibly lucky) 8,000 who will carry … Read more
Christmas shopping with a conscience…
With the month of December well and truly upon us, I took a day off from work at STOP THE TRAFFIK this week to go Christmas shopping with my mum. Despite it being bitterly cold, I took the plunge and threw myself at the festive bandwagon, getting lost amongst Paperchase’s brightly coloured baubles and Habitat’s … Read more
Have yourself a Traffik-free Christmas!
Well… the month of December is finally upon us so it’s time to officially start getting excited for all things festive! Here at STOP THE TRAFFIK we want you to have a wonderful Traffik-free Christmas so we’ve come up with a stocking-full of suggestions for festive fundraising and more. Take a look… Host a festive … Read more
Nestlé announce more bars will be traffik-free by 2014!
Great news for chocolate lovers around the world… Nestlé have, today, announced a new Cocoa Plan commitment which will see some of its most popular chocolate bars UTZ certified by 2014. Horrar! Here is a break down of Nestlé’s chocolate commitment: Europe: ALL KITKAT bars will be UTZ CERTIFIED by 2014 Australia & New Zealand: … Read more
Internship opportunities with STOP THE TRAFFIK
STOP THE TRAFFIK is looking for an intern to join the team at our London offices on a voluntary full-time/ part-time basis. I’m Sophie – the current intern at STOP THE TRAFFIK. Sadly, it is approaching the time when I must hand my baton over… For all those thinking of applying, I couldn’t recommend the … Read more
BBC investigates child trafficking in Ivory Coast
The BBC has been in the Ivory Coast investigating the state of child trafficking on cocoa farms there. Humphrey Hawksley, friend of STOP THE TRAFFIK, reminds us that every day that passes, young boys are still being trafficked, far from home, and that our chocolate is still not TRAFFIK FREE. This is urgent. So on … Read more
NEWHAM TACKLES HUMAN TRAFFICKING AHEAD OF THE OLYMPICS
STOP THE TRAFFIK is to host an anti-trafficking event on Monday 14th November in Newham. The aim is to raise awareness about how human trafficking affects the Olympic borough and what local residents can do to prevent it ahead of the Games. Local residents and professionals will get the chance to hear from both the … Read more
Manchester Hit with Human Trafficking WARNING Notices!
WARNING! HUMAN TRAFFICKERS OPERATE HERE! Manchester residents woke up this morning to find their neighbourhood flooded with Human Trafficking Warning Notices! Startled residents emerged in the early hours to find houses, cars, lamposts and trees all bearing STOP THE TRAFFIK’s notices, which are styled as a spoof of official police warning signs. The Manchester ACT … Read more
Exciting New Human Trafficking Infographic!
We love We Are Chapter One‘s new infographic! A group of creative communicators on issues of social injustice – We Are Chapter One – have just released an exciting new infographic and video that focuses on human trafficking. The aim is to raise awareness that human trafficking takes place in every community – right on … Read more
Chocolate Industry Admit: “we must do more”…
The chocolate industry has responded to The 10 Campaign by admitting that it “must do more” to reduce child labour and trafficking in its cocoa supply chains. Talking to Max Foster on CNN, Joanna Scott, from the Global Issues Group – a coalition of chocolate and cocoa companies- confessed that “we have to accelerate action”. Speaking frankly she said, … Read more
Why join The 10 Campaign? Watch ‘Cocoa Tree’ and see…
DAY 3 of The 10 campaign: Watch DansSoapbox’s thought-provoking video to find out just why we are asking the chocolate industry to end human-trafficking in its cocoa supply chains. Cocoa Tree exposes the real reason why the chocolates that we eat should be called our ‘guilty pleasures’. What you are doing to raise awareness of … Read more
Human trafficking in a hotel near you?
… a downtown hotel in Ottowa, Canada. You are just 17. Frightened. Miles from home. Abducted and beaten by a man you’ve never met. And finally, relentlessly starved and forced into sexual exploitation. Such scenes of violence and exploitation may seem to exist beyond the realms of our comprehension. Yet they are the harsh and … Read more
