The Salvation Army United States National Headquarters have created an Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking, and are providing regular updates on news and initiatives.

If you would like to subscribe to their newsletter, you can email your request to anti_sextrafficking@usn.salvationarmy.org

Also visit www.salvationarmyusa.org/trafficking  for the latest news and updates.

Excerpts from a newsletter sent out Monday November 16, 2009 reads:

"Due to the efforts of a group called Plan, 40 million children have had their births registered. While this may not seem like big news to some, in the world of anti-trafficking this is a huge development. Lack of birth registration sets children on a path where they are denied many of the basic rights and privileges of citizenship, and puts them at serious risk for trafficking (it's easier to traffic children that don't "officially" exist).

That's why Path's undertaking may represent one of the biggest and best anti-trafficking initiatives launched to date. Remember an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Forty million lives registered; forty million lives with more protection and rights and access to education; countless numbers of trafficking cases prevented!"

Use this link to read more about this story: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-40-million-children-who-just-didnt-exist-1820969.html

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