Pictured, directly above.
ERIC PEASAH
Counter Trafficking Manager
International Organization for Migration

Pictured in main image, above.
A GROUP OF GHANIAN KIDS
at a Reunification Ceremony which is a forum where rescued trafficked children are reunited with their families. The ceremony was organized by the Internation Organization for Migration and the group wore Kids Helping Kids T-Shirts at the festivities.

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Dear Kids Helping Kids:
You are really doing a great job and you would surely be blessed for all your efforts in putting smiles on the faces of less privileged children. The T’shirts you sent was what the rescued children wore during the reunification ceremony, a forum at which the children are reunited with their families. I have attached three of the pictures taken during the ceremony for you and the kids.
Thank you so much for everything.
Jennifer Asuako
International Organization
for Migration

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING:
HISTORY, CAUSES, AND SOLUTIONS

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is an international intergovernmental organization established in 1951 that supports humane and orderly migration for all.

The causes and phenomenon of human trafficking are rooted in poverty, lack of opportunities, gender discrimination, social and political violence and demand for services. In many cases, the trafficker is a known and trusted person - a neighbor, an employer, even a relative.

Human trafficking often begins with a false promise of an opportunity. Victims are promised good jobs, and then are forced into dangerous, illegal or abusive work.

IOM has been working with governments and communities for over a decade to address this challenge. Statistics on assistance provided since January 2000, indicate that IOM office have provided direct assistance to more than 12,000 victims of trafficking.

TRAFFICKING CURBED
Despite the continuing challenges, the Trafficked Children of Ghana Project is doing well. As of February 2008 the project has rescued and reintegrated a total of 648 trafficked children. 25 children were reintegrated into their communities in May 2007 and 36 more were rescued in January 2008. Apart from PRM, the project has also benefited immensely from private donations.

The Sponsorship of 200 Trafficked Children in Ghana was introduced in 2006. This project aims to provide additional reintegration assistance to rescued trafficked children and additional micro-credit assistance to their parents/guardians through sponsorship packages. Anyone interested in sponsoring rescued children can do so here

The sponsorship funds are used to provide the basic needs of food, education, clothing, and healthcare to the children.

Project Rescue Mission 2011:
We are currently fundraising in order to take a team of kids to Ghana, Africa for a rescue mission to save trafficked children from fishing labor. While we are there, we are also going to spend a week doing an arts-and-crafts camp for the rescued children. Learn More

Project Ghana:
Project Ghana is a fundraising campaign started by a then 10 year-old Tyler Page after watching an episode of Oprah where he learned that children, just like himself, were being sold by their own parents into fishing labor. Learn More

Troye Sivan’s FOR THEM Project:
"I want to help homeless children around the world because I love my home. When I travel I get homesick very easily. I cant possibly BEGIN to imagine what these kids go through. No nine year old boy or girl should have to find food and look after themselves and possibly their siblings. Learn More

Project Sports Equipment Facelift:
We are assisting Mark Sherrill in his efforts to bring new basketballs, footballs, soccer and kick balls to our local schools. Let’s work together as a community to pool our resources and contacts so our kids can have access to quality sports equipment they deserve.
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Project Haiti:
Project Haiti was a fundraiser held on February 28th, 2010 in Hollywood, CA to benefit God’s Littlest Angels, an orphanage in Haiti. All funds raised were specifically earmarked to help them finish building a 2nd facility in order to provide a home to more orphans after the earthquake hit in January 2010. Learn More

Christmas in Ghana:
"Christmas In Ghana" is a program that a 10 year-old girl came up with when she heard about Tyler's efforts for the rescued children in Ghana, Africa. Learn More

Project Shane:
"Project Shane" is a project to help a local 6 year-old boy named Shane Hanson. He was born with paralyzed vocal cords, subglottic stenosis, laryngeal malacia, tracheomalacia, and some unidentified neurological issues that caused him to spend the first 6 months of his life struggling to breathe.
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Josh and Ben Cole:
"In 2007 two local brothers Josh and Ben Cole ages 10 and 12 were diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy and defibrillators were implanted to protect their hearts. Learn More

Bringing Holidays to Our Troops:
Holidays to our Troops" is a program where more recently, over 100 kids collected and put together 6,200 zip lock bags filled with candy, gum, mints and a love note in a Christmas card from a child.
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Project Candlelight:
Project Candlelight is a program created by Minotte Cuenca who is a news reporter at a local paper. Minotte gathers gently used children’s books and ships them to children in remote places in the Philippines several times a year.
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Project Aaron:
“Project Aaron” is a project to help a local 4 year old boy who needs a dual organ transplant. Learn more