Freedom for the Weekend: World Vision

Published September 18, 2009 @ 12:00PM PT

Well, it's Friday afternoon, and that means the weekend is almost here! W00t! Perhaps you're reading this blog because you're bored at work or school and you're thinking about what you want to do this weekend. How about spending part of your weekend fighting slavery? Each week I'll profile a different anti-trafficking nonprofit who you can connect with to help free slaves and prevent slavery around the world. So, spend a couple hours this weekend getting to know this nonprofit through their website, and then get involved!

This Week's Profile: World Vision

The Bottom Line: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian charity organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. They tackle a number of issues around the world, including human trafficking.

What They Do: They have programs around the world that care for children at risk of being trafficked and who have survived trafficking. They also advocate for better legislation and enforcement of legislation.

What Can I Do?: You can sponsor a child through their website, which is one of their most famous programs. They also have tons of other ways you can get involved as an individual, a church, a workplace, or another group.

Why They Rock: World Vision's child sponsorship program is especially cool because it gives you the name and face of a child who you're helping educate. So many children are at higher risk for trafficking without an education.

So now that you've got some basic information on World Vision, visit their website this weekend and get involved. And on Monday morning when everyone else is talking about sleeping in and watching tv over the weekend, you can say, "What did I do this weekend? Oh, just the usual- abolition of slavery."

Do you have a favorite nonprofit you'd like to see featured here? If so, let me know!

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Amanda has been a full-time abolitionist for six years. During that time, she has created reports, documentaries and training materials on human trafficking in the United States and around the world.