Afghan children are being sold because parents are suffering extreme poverty and cannot afford to feed their family. The U.N. reports 275,000 people have been displaced by drought causing people to flee their. On Thanksgiving Day this year CNN published this in the news:
Because January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, The Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry in collaboration with The Underground CT is offering 'Gather Together', a Human Trafficking Awareness and Action Event on Saturday January 12, 2019 at St. Bartholomew Church, 45 Ludlow St., Manchester. Expert speakers will present on the reality of trafficking in CT, the work being done, and how churches can help. Equal Exchange will offer a Fair Trade chocolate tasting and a presentation on labor trafficking in the cacao industry. Doors open at 8:15 am for registration and coffee. Presentations begin at 9:00am To register email: theundergroundct@gmail.com. Free will offering. For more information contact Lynn Campbell 860-242-5573
