Approximately 2.8 million people in India are victims of slavery. 70,000 people going missing every year in India. They are mostly women and children. It is believed that the majority of these victims live on less than a dollar a day which makes them highly vulnerable to exploitation. Bright Hope International, a Christian organization, is working to develop a network of churches to help raise awareness of the problem of human trafficking and exploitation and to combat the problem. BHI is working with a couple of local churches now teaching them how to help get the women and girls out of the situations they are trapped in , how to rehabilitate them and provide counseling for them, and also to provide some sort of job training so that they don't end up back in the same kind of situation. An approach of awareness, rescue, and rehabilitation was launched in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh this month. Pressure is being put on local law authorities to remove under-age girls from brothels. BHI is also working to provide safe houses to those women and girls that are rescued. It is believed that once the women and girls are rescued, receive counseling and are provided with opportunities to earn a decent living, that they will not return to the streets.
The number of people in India living on less than a dollar a day is extremely high. Many parents are selling their children into slavery out of desperation and many others are being forced into slavery due to the great amount of impovershment they are living in. Local authorities must be doing little to enforce the laws in regards to this type of inhumane activity if they are having to be pressured to do so. This seems to be a common pattern in so many countries with a high prevalence of human trafficking. Lax law enforcement and desperation brought on by terrible economic conditions is causing many innocent men, women , and children to become victims of human traffickers. Huge profits are being made in the human trafficking business and far too any people in positions of authority are succumbing to the traffickers due to the money and probably somewhat due to coercion in some cases. Supply, demand, and huge profits make the battle against human trafficking an almost impossible battle to win. With today's technology, human trafficking and exploitation has become even easier while the battle has become harder to fight.
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