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.
The meaning:
D – Dress (They are usually poorly dressed in their outlook, because
whatever they had before is old or was taken away from them).
E – Energy (Many of them are weak, malnourished and weary looking.
They are maltreated and hence they look tired and fatigued).
A – Age (Traffickers go for young people/generation because they are
vulnerable and easy to persuade).
R – Relationship (The relationship is that of “May – December” that is,
it is a disproportional relationship between mature people – the
traffickers and the minors – the victims of trafficking.
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.
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