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Child Slavery

Don't Let the Child Slavery Conversation Die

Debbie Wolfe | Posted 06.13.2013 | Canada Impact
Debbie Wolfe

As we mark the World Day Against Child Labour, more than 115-million children are forced to work in jobs that are dirty, dangerous and degrading. World Vision is fighting to keep the conversation about child slavery going strong. Wednesday in Toronto and Vancouver, we staged potentially shocking events in store windows to generate discussion about child slavery.

No Matter Where She Comes From, No Child Should Be For Sale

Debbie Wolfe | Posted 06.10.2013 | Canada Impact
Debbie Wolfe

The traffickers watch for children who are weak, or willing. A child who made the mistake of walking alone. A boy, stepping up to support his family. A girl, numb with fear, about to be sold by her own relatives to feed her younger siblings. What do their futures hold?

Is the Product of Child Slavery on Your Dinner Plate?

Debbie Wolfe | Posted 05.29.2013 | Canada
Debbie Wolfe

At an age when Canadian teenage boys are downloading songs on iTunes, Bounmy left his village in Laos to find work next door in Thailand, which he did on a fishing vessel. Little did he know he would be kept on that boat for nine years with no pay. And the fish he hauled out of the water may well have been appearing on Canadian dinner tables.

Combatting Child Slavery In India -- And the World

The Scott Brothers | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Impact
The Scott Brothers

Imagine the four walls around you are basically walls of blue tarp held up by tree branches. Your floor is a slab of cement if you're lucky, or a dirt floor where rats and bugs greet you at every corner as they scavenge through heaps of litter, scrap, and human waste. This is the reality of a Delhi slum.

The Kids Who Really Pay for Your Cheap Beach Vacation

Debbie Wolfe | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada Travel
Debbie Wolfe

As the outdoor temperature starts to fall, many Canadians plan their winter escapes. Most look for someplace warm. Canadians are generous, caring people, and that doesn't change when we go on holiday. But surely we can't cure all a country's problems in the one week we are there! There's nothing we can do to change things for the children, right? Actually, there's a lot we can do.