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Trafficking and the Commonwealth Games

Categories: Articles:Human Rights | Published: 19/05/2014 | Views: 1978
The ‘More than Gold’ campaign and STOP THE TRAFFIK have teamed up to bring 4 UN Gift boxes to Glasgow for the duration of the Commonwealth Games. The ‘Gift Box’ is an innovative project created by STOP THE TRAFFIK and the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking and was launched during the 2012 London Olympics.

The promise of a better life, an education, a good job and a loving relationship are all enticing promises. But things aren’t always what they seem…  GIFT boxes are walk-in pieces of public art that people encounter at street level luring them inside with enticing promises. Once inside the truth will be revealed...

Volunteers are needed to staff the boxes, training for volunteers will take place in Glasgow.

Each training session will last 2 hours – and all volunteers must attend one session to ensure we are all ‘singing from the same hymn sheet’. There will be 4 boxes and all will be in central Glasgow, they will all be ‘open’ for the duration of the Games period-Wednesday 23rd July - Sunday 3rd August. Each box needs a minimum of 4 people at any given time. Please do spread the word about this opportunity to stand up for victims of human trafficking, the more volunteers we have the better! To get involved contact: Marie Cooke, MTG Social Justice Team at mariecooke@onetel.com or 07876787713. Find out more about the Gift boxes here

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