Educate Yourself and Your Community
The following are helpful links in educating yourself on the issue of human trafficking. Coming soon we will also be posting Freedom Stones downloadable materials about our philosophy and methods of practice in carrying out the Freedom Stones model.
Human Trafficking Links
www.humantrafficking.org
A web resource for combating human trafficking
www.polarisproject.org
The Polaris Project This organization works on all forms of human trafficking and serves victims of slavery and human trafficking.
www.ecpat.net
ECPAT International. ECPAT is a global network of organisations and individuals working together to eliminate child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free and secure from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/
The U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report. This annual report outlines the issue of human trafficking and how it affects people in virtually every country in the world. This document is basically a report card for each country, outlining how they are mitigating human trafficking (or in some cases) neglecting to prevent and eradicate it.
www.chabdai.org
Chab Dai Coalition is a network of over 40 organizations working against human trafficking and exploitation in Cambodia.
www.gaatw.org
The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an Alliance of more than 90 non-governmental organisations from all regions of the world. The GAATW International Secretariat is based in Bangkok, Thailand, and coordinates the activities of the Alliance, collects and disseminates information, and advocates on behalf of the Alliance at regional and international level.
Links on Community and International Development
http://tilz.tearfund.org/
This site has a fantastic database of resources that can be used to educate yourself, your church and your friends about best practices in community and international development. Particularly helpful are both the Footsteps and ROOTS publications that give clear, concise instruction on how to bring change to communities in need.
http://www.transformational-development.org/
World Vision put together this site to explain a strategy called Transformational Development. This strategy is one that Freedom Stones seeks to mimic as we go about our work around the world. Wayne Bragg and Bryant Myers laid out this development strategy, which is being used by many Christian organizations today. Myers wrote a book called “Walking with the Poor” which we highly recommend you read to understand transformational development.
Links on Social Entrepreneurship
www.ashoka.org
Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems.
www.skollfoundation.org
The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing problems. Social entrepreneurs are proven leaders whose approaches and solutions to social problems are helping to better the lives and circumstances of countless underserved or disadvantaged individuals.
