Are We Civilized?

An ancient wise man of the 8th century BC once wrote, ‘speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.  Speak up and judge fairly: defend the rights of the  poor and needy.’

‘Destitution,’ is a word hardly used these days in our affluent society.  In the time of Dickens it was a common state and referred to people who were so poor they did not have the means of putting food on the table or a roof over their heads.  Those who had no income or means of support. 

Most people, even those who consider themselves to be poor, in modern UK have no concept of what destitution is.  However there are many places in the world where families are destitute and where the pressure for marketable girls to go and work in brothels or on the streets just to put food on the table is intense.  Such girls are constantly being exploited and many are  bought and sold to make money for their owners.  These women did not choose to sell themselves for sex. It was the direct result of their destitution. 

(poverty so extreme that you lack the means to provide for yourself)

This remains one of the favourite  ways in which the modern sexual slave trade operates.  If you would like a taste of how this works then read the novel, ‘The Garden of Sparkling Delight,’ by Deborah Varen, obtainable as a free audio download from this site.  Also available on You Tube and in paperback and on Kindle from Amazon. 

I’m sure this book will give you a tremendous sympathy with the destitute. Perhaps you will join the crusade against the modern sex slave trade.  You will find the novel an exciting and hard hitting read that will make you sad and happy by turns, and bring to life the cold statistics which we use to describe the sex slave trade.  Until we rid our countries from this heinous practice, we cannot really call ourselves ‘civilised.’ 

'The Garden of Sparkling Delight' on Amazon

You can download a free audio version from this site just use the link to the free audio, 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.  The novel can be obtained from Amazon for a modest sum in paperback and on the Kindle e-reader.  

The novel tells the story of one young girl as you travel with her through the situation that caused her to be tricked into sexual slavery and the dreadful life she had thereafter, until her rescue.

No money is made out of this book and you can also listen to the novel for free from this site or on You Tube.  The novel can be obtained from Amazon for a modest sum in paperback and on the Kindle e-reader.  You can 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 21^st 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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