I watched a documentary about the poverty in Nicaragua. One woman named Pilar is a mother of two girls and also has Ovarian Cancer. Without the help of the non-profit group who shot the film giving her money, she cannot afford any medication. She is very sad in the film. When Pilar is interviewed, she weeps because she is so poor and she knows that when she dies, her daughters will get trafficked into prostitution.
But here's the happy ending (well, it's not perfect) the group visits Pilar about every year. They will give money to Pilar's children when Pilar has passed. And, it will be enough money to make sure they will not be lured by traffickers who tell them about a job that will give them a lot of money.
Many people who live in poverty and need money would go with the person who offers them that "great job." But unfortunately, taking the offer becomes their descent into slavery.

JFCI is doing some major outreach for the girls that started yesterday. I don't think it would be wise to give details just because everyone's privacy needs to be respected in this case, but what they are doing is very amazing, I assure you.
Please keep the staff and the children they help in your prayers.
Child sex trafficking will be abolished someday. JFCI and all its partners show me that by their passion and strength every day.

Big news! GQ magazine is celebrating their 50th anniversary with something called The Gentlemen's Fund. Five charities were picked to receive publicity through the fund, only five. Justice for Children International is one of the five!!!
JFCI has never been advertised in a magazine before. And since GQ is a Conde Nast magazine, all the other Conde Nast magazines like Vogue will see the advertisement for JFCI in The Gentlemen's Fund!
This is a huge step to let the public know that child sex trafficking and exploitation is a major problem. I knew about this last month, but wasn't sure when to post but now it's definitely official. A person on JFCI's staff told me that when people heard about the partnership with The Gentlemen's Fund, the phones wouldn't stop ringing!

www.thegentlemensfund.com

I've just created a new blog! The link is in my profile. There's only one post up now, but there will be many more I am sure.

I've been reading this book by Gary Haugen entitled, Terrify no More. It is a novel that documents International Justice Mission's raids in Svay Pak, Cambodia. IJM's team rescues 37 children who are trafficked and exploited, many of the children are under the age of 10. I highly recommend this book for all to get more insight about modern-day slavery. Abolition and Restoration.