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Arab Americans Fighting Human Trafficking
TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 12/23/2009 | Staff

Posted on 12/23/2009 9:27:53 AM PST by Patriot1259

Ann Arbor, MI – “80% of the victims of human trafficking are females, and 50% are children,” said Josephine Nicholas, who, together with three of her siblings, is a successful local Arab-American entrepreneur, founding several companies; as well as the charity event group called Party with a Purpose (PWAP).

“My siblings and I decided to turn our family’s Annual After New Year’s party into a fundraising event for Free to be Kids, an organization that has positively changed the lives of thousands of children sold into human trafficking,

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: arabs; humantrafficking; michigan; party

1 posted on 12/23/2009 9:27:57 AM PST by Patriot1259
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To: Patriot1259

Well, this is a fine start. Given that the Arab world is one of the worst abusers of human freedom it’s refreshing to see some Arab kids (albeit favorably influenced by western civilization) stepping up and doing something about the problem. The folks back in the “old country” could take a lesson here, but I doubt that the will.

Way to go kids! This is good news.


2 posted on 12/23/2009 10:25:53 AM PST by Habibi
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To: Patriot1259
Call me a cynic, but at first glance it sounds like just one more fundraising scam to me. (It's for the kids! It's for the kids!)

Free to be Kids, an organization that has positively changed the lives of thousands of children sold into human trafficking,

So how exactly did they reach 'thousands of trafficked kids' and positively change their lives? The slaveholders must be falling all over themselves to co-operate...? What amount of the donations goes to 'management'? Are there publicly available audits of this organization?

3 posted on 12/23/2009 11:12:10 AM PST by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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