How would you like to be imprisoned in a room that has bars at the window and never be let out for months?
Sounds like the sort of thing which might happen in a fairy tale to the princess who is then rescued by the chivalrous knight. Except it is happening in the UK now to girls brought over from Albania to serve as sexual slaves and brave knights have completely disappeared. It also happened to the main character in the novel ‘The Garden of Sparkling Delight,’ who is inveigled into sexual slavery in Brazil. However, when I wrote that I never dreamt that I would be reporting that it had happened in the UK for real.
This is the relevant quotation from the book. “Yara led the way up the stairs to a large room on the second floor which was the girls’ dormitory, sparsely furnished with bunk beds and a washbasin. There were no chairs or cupboards in the room and the only light came from a single high window which was heavily barred.” There the heroine has to live and spend her nights working in the brothel downstairs hoping all the time that she might be rescued. The front door is guarded day and night and without money the girls would soon be caught even if they did manage to escape. The same thing is now happening in the UK. The purpose of the novel it to show just what a dreadful experience this is for these girls and to encourage the reader to take this problem seriously and help to end it. All proceeds got to four charities listed at the back of the book.
ECPAT www.ecpat.org.uk [End Child Pornography and Trafficking] is active in the UK and several other countries. It specialises is lobbying, campaigning and supporting rescued slaves.
The A21 Campaign www.thea21campaign.org - this is a global NGO that fights to abolish injustice in the 21st century. Its focus is on those affected by human trafficking and it runs prevention and protection schemes throughout Europe, Australia and the States.
Stop the Traffik www.stopthetraffik.org - A global movement of individuals communities and organizations fighting to prevent human trafficking around the world.
Meninadanca www.meninadanca.org - This society fights child prostitution along the remote arterial highways of Brazil. They also provide a place of safety where rescued girls can go and be rehabilitated.
Plenty here to show your support and some of these charities need practical helpers.
The novel by Deborah Varen is available in paperback and on the Kindle e reader from Amazon.
All royalties go to fighting sexual slavery.
To listen for FREE to the whole story by Deborah Varen and find out what happens to the main character 'Tis' her family snd friends you can use this link to The Podcast or go to the link at the top of this page and select 'Tis The Podcast'. There you will find access to the 21 half hours episodes to listen on-line or download for later listening and sharing.
For faster access use the link below the episodes of "Tis" in the novel
"The Garden of Sparkling Delight" on YouTube.
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