Something to think about...
Although slavery was officially abolished in the 19th century, it still exists today. Modern slavery is a multi-billion dollar industry and the United Nations estimates that 21 million men, women and children are currently trapped in the slave-trade industry.
This includes the women who get trafficked to work in brothels throughout the world; Cambodian men who work in Thailand’s fishing industry who are held captive on boats offshore; Bangladeshi and Nepalese construction workers who work and live in appalling conditions in Dubai or Qatar, or Indian children whose bodies get mutilated by organised gangs, so that the children can earn more money as beggars.
Even in 2015 these things are happening. It breaks my heart to know that this is what some people in this world know and have to live with. The kids who will never live a proper life because of those around them and the families ripped apart by the desperate situations they are in.
