Fight human trafficking

JANUARY. Human trafficking is a $32 billion global industry, the fastest growing and second largest criminal activity in the world, tied with arms and after drug dealing. US President Obama has proclaimed January as the National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. It is therefore fitting to listen to Bora, 16, from D.R. Congo.
When Bora was five years old, her father abandoned her because she was a girl. At 13 she was captured by an armed group and exploited as a sex slave.
Bora says: “Today I am a World’s Children’s Prize Child Rights Ambassador and I fight for girls’ rights. “Through talking to people at schools, we hope that other girls will be able to avoid the things that many of us ambassadors have experienced. It’s important that we tell both girls and boys about girls’ rights. If boys learn about girls’ rights now, there is less of a risk that they will treat their daughters or other girls the way my father and the soldiers treated me...I am not afraid to tell my story. The WCP has given me courage, and this work is far too important to go around being afraid!”