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 Join hands to combat child trafficking this MotherÕs Day
ECPAT UK is delighted with the success of the first 8 months of our campaign against child trafficking in collaboration with The Body Shop. The campaign, Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People, was launched last August to raise awareness of this appalling issue and to raise funds for ECPAT UKÕs work to combat child trafficking through the sale of a Body Shop hand cream, Soft Hands, Kind Heart. This partnership is a three year, global campaign and The Body Shop is working with ECPAT groups in over 40 countries. One bottle of hand cream is being sold every 30 seconds around the world to support the fight against child trafficking. ECPAT UK would like to thank everyone who has bought the hand cream and to suggest that it would make a great MotherÕs Day present for lucky mums next Sunday, 14th March. In the UK, ECPAT has been working with The Body Shop to raise awareness of child trafficking to this country and asking for support for another of our campaigns, Three Small Steps to protect child victims of trafficking. In particular, ECPAT UK has been highlighting the alarming numbers of trafficked children who go missing from local authority accommodation and asking the Government to take action to address this problem. Christine Beddoe, ECPAT UK Director said, "The key to protecting child victims of trafficking is guaranteeing safe accommodation for them. At the end of this three-year campaign, we want safe accommodation, including specialist foster care, to be available for all child victims of trafficking." To take action to support ECPAT UKÕs campaign go to www.ecpat.org.uk/take_action.html. ENDS PRESS CONTACT Notes The hand cream is on sale in-store and online at www.thebodyshop.co.uk, (RRP: £5), and for each sale £3.15 is donated directly to ECPAT UK to help fund campaigns and prevention projects against child trafficking in the UK.
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