Stop The Traffik

Stop the Traffik is a global campaign against human trafficking and modern slavery, which ( of the Order of the British Empire, MBE Member ) was founded in 2006 by Briton Steve Chalke.

History

First Stop the Traffik was a two-year campaign for the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade. The campaign aims to:

  • Create awareness and understanding about human trafficking: Information
  • Defend: minimize the rulers trafficking Together
  • Financing of working to combat human trafficking around the world

A highlight of the campaign was the Freedom Day on 25 March 2007, which took place on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of transatlantic slavery.

As a result of the campaign were 1.5 million signatures to the global fight against human trafficking are collected at the United Nations. Many celebrities such as Bob Geldof and Paul McCartney and more than 200 Members of the European Parliament had signed the statement.

2008 developed from the campaign for an independent international aid organization. The manager Steve Chalke was appointed UN special advisor to the Community against Human Trafficking.

Chocolate Campaign

The aim is to end child trafficking in the cocoa growing nations in West Africa (as in the German project Chocolate Fair). Especially in the Ivory Coast, which produces a third of the world's cocoa, and were thousands of children from the Ivory Coast and neighboring countries are trafficked to harvest cocoa beans. They are forced to work on the cocoa plantations of many hours and receive no money. 2001, the ICI (International Cocoa Initiative ) was created to combat human trafficking in the chocolate industry as part of the Harkin - Engel Protocol. Through the campaign, an agreement could be reached on Fair Trade, which was obtained with several major chocolate manufacturers such as Mars Incorporated, Verkade and Cadbury plc.

Business against human trafficking

This project provides advice to international travelers who wish to report suspected cases of human trafficking.

Awards

  • 2007 New Media Award
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