Listen to and read about Gift Box USA. This is the initiative of the NGO Committee to Stop Trafficking in Person. Click here
Read more GIFT Box USA Press Release_1.28.14
A photo of the volunteers staffing the GIFT Box, explaining to passersby and accepting signatures for stop trafficking in person campaign at Union Square, NY. Today, because of sub-zero temperatures the Gift Box is not open.
Another write up here Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies
UNICEF USA
In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF launched out second End Trafficking public awareness campaign this month. Our focus this year will be on helping people understand and address factors that make children in the U.S. vulnerable to trafficking.
We invite you to visit and share our webpage www.unicefusa.org/endtrafficking where you’ll be able to:
- View our brand new video PSAs (big thanks to Polaris and Project and Worldwide Documentaries for their invaluable assistance)
- Advocate for children in the U.S. who are among the most susceptible to trafficking
- Learn and share some of the common signs of trafficking (see attached postcard) 2014 Hotline Postcard (1)
Follow @EndTraffick on Twitter and join the End Trafficking Google+ Community to learn about upcoming events including our participation in the UN GIFT Box in Union Square.
The GIFT Box Volunteers are great –
It is freezing cold in NY and women, young and old, are out there – very much in the open air – educating, gathering support and signatures.
three cheers for the zealous Volunteers of GIFT Box.