RISE UP TORONTO!
THANK YOU, TORONTO! โฃ๐๐๐๐ โฃ July 30th, 2020 was World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Nearly 80 people took to the streets of downtown Toronto with One Body Village and Operation Underground Railroad to RISE UP โ๏ธ and GET LOUD ๐ข for children everywhere! Every participant proudly carried a blue balloon and made it LOUD and CLEAR that child trafficking has no place on this earth! โฃWe were UNITED in our common goal to DEFEND CHILDREN! โฃ A fire ๐ฅ๐ฅ has been ignited across the globe, thanks to @ourrescue's RISE UP FOR CHILDREN campaign. This is just the beginning. We will not stop until the last child is free! โฃ โฃ Special thank you ๐to Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak for reassuring us that Toronto is committed to policies that protect children, to the volunteers of Better Futures for Kids and Ao Dai Canada for helping us GET LOUD, and volunteer photographer/videographer Aidan Lefebvre and Rex Budiwarman for capturing the demonstration! โฃ WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? - Stay informedโฃ - Share human trafficking news and factsโฃ - Get involved and volunteer with an anti-trafficking organizationโฃ - Donate to an anti-trafficking organization like ours to help rescue and support childrenโฃ - Advocate and put pressure on our leaders to improve funding, laws, and policies that protect children โฃ Together, we are stronger than slavery! โฃ๐ค๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐
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