HOW TO HELP?
THE DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE: THE IMPACT OF YOUR GIVING!
In the Philippines nearly 23% of the population lives on less than $1.25 a day—and desperate conditions in many rural areas and urban slums make women and children particularly vulnerable to the threat of being trafficked. Lured by promises of attractive jobs with good incomes, between 400,000 and 500,000 girls and women, mostly poor and uneducated, are trafficked each year in the Philippines. These girls and women frequently become victims of modern slavery in various forms: prostitution, sexual tourism, pornography, forced labor, and domestic enslavement. Owing to its central location in the Filipino archipelago and its status as a growing metropolis with thousands of rural migrants, Cebu has become an international hub for this appalling and illegal industry.
By providing education and child rights advocacy and by helping to create new, local livelihoods, The Share A Child Movement works to ensure that vulnerable children and young women gain the knowledge, skills, and support they need to protect themselves from the severe dangers of poverty and build better futures for themselves and their families.
