Why does Media 4 Humanity focus on child trafficking affecting America and not slavery worldwide?
While M4H cares about children all around the world, there are many suffering in our own backyard and we must concentrate our resources… Children living in abuse and poverty are more vulnerable to pedophiles AND human traffickers. Recent statistics show an alarming number of American children and children in New York City are at risk. In 2007, the National Poverty Center reported that 18% of all children in America were living in poverty. In New York City alone, that same year, more than half a million NYC kids were living in poverty and more than 16,000 were homeless. Also in 2007, an estimated 39.9% of inner-city kids were reported to suffer from abuse or neglect (www.nyc.gov) With the economic crisis and the rise of stress and financial instability on families, this number is bound to rise.
