Imagine that you are a young African woman. You are sold by your family to people-traffickers who take you on a long journey to the place where you can board a dinghy to take you to Sicily.
On the way you are raped and forced to board the boat. One of your problems is that you are by now, pregnant and are terrified of what is going to happen to you once on the water.
When you get to Sicily your troubles are far from over for you are still the property of the people -traffickers who need to make money out of you. What lies ahead of you are long months and perhaps years of sexual slavery which will ruin your life, damage your body and make you unfit psychologically to ever live a normal life, if you get the chance.
Who knows what will happen to your child or whether you will be able to keep them. That is happening on a regular basis as I write.
Did you find it easy to imagine that?
Probably not.
However help for your imagination is at hand in the form of the novel, ‘The Garden of Sparkling Delight,’ which gives a graphic account of a similar story and enables you to travel each inch of the way, with the heroine of the story. You will live in her skin and be present in her despair. The novel also tells of love, courage, sacrifice and determination ~ which will warm your heart.
The novel is available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle, as well as FREE from this site in a downloadable format in AUDIO for you to listen to on the bus or train, or in your car or while you wash the dishes. Please read this and join me in my fight for these precious human beings who have been turned into a tradable commodity worth millions of pounds.
The book can be obtained from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle or from this site as a FREE audio download. Also from YouTube. The book is an exciting read and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Just use this link to the free audio, The Podcast or go to the links at the top of this WEB 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 up to date information from those working to end this trade and support victims contact:-
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 USA.
The Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.uk/modern-slavery/am-i-safe-now
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.
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