the Problem
When children are homeless, they are easily kidnapped, sold, and trafficked (i.e., sold and shipped) as goods. Oftentimes, such children are trafficked for the unwillful sexual use of their bodies.
Now consider this: there are over 100,000,000 homeless children in the world.
More statistics…
- 100,000,000: The number of homeless children in the world.
- 40,000,000: The number of homeless children in Latin America alone.
- 12,000,000: The number of street children in Brazil, according to a Brazilian Congressional Inquiry.
- 500,000: The number of women and children in prostitution in Brazil.
- 35,000: The number of women trafficked out of Columbia for prostitution.
- 10,000: The number of child slaves in the Peruvian city of Lima.
- 500,000: The number of girls younger than 16 in prostitution in the northeast states of Argentina.
- 30,000: The amount of children involved in prostitution in Costa Rica. Many foreign businessmen (mainly from the United States of America) come to Costa Rica each year to enjoy the freedom of legal prostitution and the easy access to under-aged girls and boys for sexual purposes.
- Thousands: The number of websites offering a travel agency-type service to Costa Rica and throughout Latin America to reserve a girl for a night before you even enter the country.
Jonathan Roiz "El Mensajero" (The Messenger) said,
June 20, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
This world is the canvas of God. In the beginning God painted His vision on the canvas of the universe. Than gave the paintbrush to His human creations. Giving us the responsibility to develop His work of art into a masterpiece. A heaven on earth. Over time we have abused our responsibility, and we have created a world of chaos and heartache. But it is never too late to bring change. Erasing the mistakes of the past, creating a future filled with possibilities. We are a work in progress.
Those who are doing evil works were not born these moral flaws. These practices were taught. Injecting hate and greed into the blood stream. Causing a moral heart infection. Those individuals who are painting with the brush of greed are well organized. They are united in their cause. But those who try to live good and moral lives have been blinded by their comfort zones. Unable to see the realities of those living in desperate situations from around the world. Only aware of some of these realities by the media who only give half stories, or here today, gone tomorrow coverage.
Individuals, organizations, and Churches have not experienced major social success because of their inability to unite as one. Setting aside their personal beliefs and philosophies, to tear down the walls of their own selfishness. When we tear these walls we will see that we share one common belief. That belief is that there are hurting people in the world who are in need of love and hope. The evil doers are united, and maintain the ingredients for success. Passion, communication, and unification. If we the good do not unite as one, and obtain these important ingredients. We will lose this battle.
We the good out number the “bad”. Yet we sit in our comfort zones and do nothing. Those that are doing something have failed to unite with every social revolutionary to achieve wide spread success. An estimated half million gang members or “Mareros” run the streets of Central America alone, often times outgunning local police. How can social revolutionaries in the cause to bring hope into the lives of many defeat a united army, if we are disorganized, and stuck in our selfish comfort zones. Or we want to make this a one-man show. At this time the “evil doers” are attacking the good one social organization at a time, and have been successful in threatening, and even killing social revolutionaries. But if we unite they will have to attack an army of social revolutionaries. We cannot do this alone!
It is time for us to unite as one. Every individual, Church, orphanage, social center, social organization, and government from around the world. Encouraging one another, supporting one another, communicating with one another, creating plans and ideas together, and together providing a solution to the heart pollution. Medicating the heart infection with education, and arms of love. Transforming the darkness into light. One becomes a thousand. A thousand a strong nation. United as one to open the windows of Heaven. Allowing the rain of love to flood though the streets like a mighty river. Consuming everything and everyone in its path. Removing the stains of the past. Pouring hope into the lives of many.