Local Families Help Break Chain of Child Slavery
Bradford students from Montclair get involved
It started with an article in the Sunday paper. Evan Robbins’ six-year old daughter, Maya, was sick, and mom, Lisa, stayed home to comfort and take care of her. So, when Robbins read the article about the small six-year old boy, a child slave, bailing water out of a fishing boat in Ghana with no one to comfort or take care of him, it touched a chord. “The parallel between my daughter and this six-year old boy was too striking to ignore,” said Robbins. The fishing industry in Ghana uses child slaves, some as young as four years old, to untangle fishing nets, bail water, paddle boats, and work as domestic slaves. Sleeping on mud floors, the children have little clothing, are underfed, and receive no medical care. The physically demanding …
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Christy Berg
8:04 am on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
This is a wonderful story and a poignant reminder that "all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Those involved in this effort will be forever changed by their actions, as will those they are helping. To those who have joined together to find a solution for the children enslaved, thank you. Many don't realize how ubiquitous human trafficking and slavery are. You… more ›