October 2: Stop Child Trafficking Now walk in Downtown Honolulu part of a national effort

The nonprofit charity Stop Child Trafficking Now is holding a walk in Honolulu that is part of a national coordinated effort on October 2.

The walk begins at Queen Street and Ward Avenue in Downtown Honolulu on Saturday, October 2 at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 12:30 p.m.
Check-in time begins at 7:30 a.m.

Walkers must register by October 1 and donations must be received by December 31.

If you registered by September 22, you can sign up for a Walker $10 t-shirt. After September 22, t-shirts will only be available in limited supply at the walk for $20 on a first come first serve basis. Click here for the registration website.

Child Trafficking is the recruitment, smuggling, transporting, harboring, buying or selling of a child through force, threats, fraud, deception, or coercion for the purposes of exploitation, prostitution, pornography, migrant work, sweat shops, domestic servitude, forced labor, bondage, peonage or involuntary servitude.

Child trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. UNICEF values the global market of child trafficking at over $12 billion a year with over 2.5 million child victims. Men, women, and children are all victims but, the most vulnerable groups, those with limited rights or protections, have been the hardest hit—especially children.

Trafficking children into the sex industry is done because there is a demand. Predators seek out vulnerable victims and lure them under false pretenses into situations they cannot escape from. No matter the reason, children have become sexual commodities to be bought and sold for the pleasure of exploiters. These children are scarred for life and need help.

To Report Human Trafficking Crimes in Your Area, contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 1 (888) 373-7888 or email [email protected].

For more information about the Honolulu walk, contact Melissa Jasmin at (212) 333-7286 or [email protected].