Reading and talking about child trafficking has had a huge impact on my emotional health recently. I have felt an intense amount of sadness and anger in these past few weeks. And feelings of hopelessness and guilt in not knowing what to do next. Personally, I was always very wary of donating money to charities because most of the time, you don’t actually know where the money is going. But especially in this instance of charities and donations, I want to be aware of the possibility that some organizations or people posing as rescuers might not be rescuing children from trafficking situations.
While I still feel helpless regarding that, I think where I can do my best that would still be helpful in some way is supporting survivors by listening to and sharing their stories. And keeping up to date with news, how technology may affect it, and continuing to discuss with others about this horrible issue.
I have the privilege of not living this in my life and having the ability to close the books when I need to take a break. I think of those poor kids who can’t get out of this traumatic life all of the time now, and my heart breaks for them.
Read on, especially for them.
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