December 20th was the day set apart by our beloved Prioress and our Directress to accomplish a short course about “Human Trafficking”. Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit. Men, women and children of all ages and from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world. The traffickers often use violence or fraudulent employment agencies and fake promises of education and job opportunities to trick and coerce their victims.
The victims are forced to work overtime and under unconducive environments without even off days. Some have their organs harvested depending of the trafficker’s intention. Our facilitators told us that human trafficking happens within the country, our families, and even within religious communities. They gave “DEAR” as a sign of identifying a trafficked person or victim in the public.
They emphasized that traffickers use treats to lure the victims of human trafficking. At the end of the course, all the Junior sisters were awarded Certificates of Attendance.
