UnChained Project wants to mobilize advocates willing to provide awareness and support for survivors of child trafficking living in silence in your community. Here's why;
- Over 100,000 underage girls and boys are trafficked into slavery1
- Odds of being rescued; 1 in 100 2
- Of every three child victims, two are girls and one is a boy3
- AVERAGE age a child is first exploited by prostitution is 12-14 years old4
- Infants are often identified in child pornography4
- They may be forced into sex 20 to 48 times a day5
- Life span of a victim can be as little as 2 to 4 years, having succumbed to attack, abuse, HIV and other STD's, overdose or suicide4
- Sex trade industry is the second largest global industry raising $32 billion a year, equal to $87 million a day!6
- Sale of child porn in the U.S. alone raises more than a $3 billion annually!7
The above are some of the many child trafficking statistics gathered by our parent nonprofit organization Ark of Hope for Children to highlight the reason for alarm. Click here for more human trafficking statistics.
1 – SharedHope.org
2 – TheKey2Free.org
3 – ArkofHopeforChildren.org
4 – TheDefenderFoundation.org
5 – PolarisProject.org
6 – UnicefUSA.org
7 – SharedHope.org