1. WEAR FAIR TRADE
Wearing fair trade clothes, means that you’re not only making a fashion statement by wearing the funkiest sneakers and t-shirts, but you’re also making a statement that YOU don’t want children to work for 15hrs a day, for minimal pay, just so you can look cool. Visit www.nosweatshoplabel.com/ethical_retailers.asp for a list of ethical retailers. Visit www.etiko.com.au/urban/stir_sneakers.html to check out some great fair trade sneakers. $10 from every pair of STIR sneakers sold goes to STIR Child Rescue – helping children who have been trafficked.
2. EAT/DRINK FAIR TRADE
Make sure you can enjoy the treats you love without the guilt of knowing that children have suffered to make those products. Make ethical choices at the supermarket and always ask for fair trade alternatives when eating out. Visit www.fairtrade.com.au/FTproducts for a list of ethical products and look for the Fair Trade Log.
Buy from these shops in the Glen that sell Fair Trade Products – Macro Wholefoods, Safeway, Coles
3. TAKE UP A CHALLENGE
By doing the 40 Hour Famine you’ll not only be raising money to help eradicate modern day slavery, you’ll also be able to see what it’s like for many children in India who go without things like adequate food, education and technology. Visit www.worldvision.com.au/40hourfamine/index.asp to register to take up a 40HF challenge.
This year GWSC is aiming to raise to $10,000. If you did it please bank it ASAP or before September 30th.
4. SUPPORT DON’T TRADE LIVES
Child labour is only one of the forms of Trafficking and Slavery that are prevalent in today’s society. Millions around the world are forced to work in dangerous conditions, like on the cocoa fields in Ghana, or are forced into sex slavery. Support World Vision’s Don’t Trade Lives Campaign to stand up against all slavery and trafficking. Visit www.donttradelives.com.au/dtl/TakeAction/Chocolate to take the chocolate challenge and spread the Don’t Trade Lives Campaign in your community.
5. CREATE SLAVERY FREE
Use your artistic skills to help spread the anti-trafficking message. Visit www.stir.org.au/Art4Aid to get creative and win some fabulous prizes.
6. LISTEN TO SLAVERY FREE MUSIC
Support artists who are passionate about issues that are important to you. Vision Generation’s STIR CD has some of Australia’s best artists on it – John Butler Trio, Paul Kelly, Hilltop Hoods and Lior to name a few – all who are passionate about working with us to make a change. Visit http://stir.org.au/stir/stirmusic to check out the STIR cd.
8. MAKE YOUR WIDER COMMUNITY SLAVERY FREE
As well as make ourselves slavery free, we need to spread this consumer awareness in our communities and take responsibility for turning all our local cafes into fair-trade havens! Is there a local café that you are your friends frequent? How about starting there and asking them to stock fairtrade coffee. How about taking on a shopping centre? Project The Glen (Coming Very Very Soon)! Visit www.vgen.org/vicadvocacy to start or join a Project near you.
9. BECOME A YOUTH ABOLITIONIST
A Youth Abolitionist is a young person who is using their own unique skills and passion to help eradicate modern day slavery in their community. This is an exciting opportunity for you and your team to change the face of your community! We want YOU to develop a community awareness campaign and then have the opportunity to be involved in exciting large-scale campaign events. Visit www.vgen.org/vicadvocacy to find out more about this amazing opportunity.
Join with us for the Day of Action: TODAY’S ABOLITIONISTS on Tuesday September 23rd – Term 3 Holidays. Details and registration forms available by visiting http://www.stir.org.au/stir/Content.aspx?topicID=94#1
Also sign up for TREK AGAINST TRAFFICKING where we will be trekking to Canberra on the 24th-27th November. Applications close on the 26th of September. Details and registration forms available by visiting http://www.stir.org.au/stir/Content.aspx?topicID=94#3
10. EDUCATE YOURSELF
To make real changes for children in India you need to be armed with knowledge. Hear from World Vision’s global child labour and trafficking experts at our next Stir Session on the 25th of July. Visit ww.vgen.org/vicadvocacy to find out about Stir Sessions and other opportunities to get informed!
- Extracted from the World Vision VMag June 2008, Issue 1 – What role do you play in child trafficking?
This is the transcript of a speech given by Gabriel and Daniel at both the Senior School and Middle School Assemblies (Period 3 & Period 5 respectively)
