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RE: America Gets PUNK'D by Ashton Kutcher and the McCain Institute for Public Funds

Wow! I never liked him anyways but another thing to keep in mind about human trafficking and the "cause to stop it" is... at the end of the day it is a business! Just like any other non profit 501 C3. Yea, I guess people care but what truly motivates is money. Anti-human trafficking coalitions with 501 C3 exploit human trafficking by using it to make money. People who contribute do it to save money. I can say in truth from personal experience in that world that there are alot of people out there who are in the streets helping victims and using money out of pocket with the only motivation is making changes in personal lives of people who suffer. One person I would like to mention is not a celebrity except to the hundreds of victims and what she calls "High risk" victims, (a high risk victim is described as a person who has found themselves in a situation that puts them in the position that makes them ideal targets for human traffickers.
Her name is Veronica Lamb, in Honolulu Hawaii. She started a safe house using her own money and opperating under her churchs 501 C3 for legal reasons. The only money she ever got to help were donations from the people in her church. This was not big money. We are talking about money to help cover rent to house the victims when she fell short some months. Money to feed the woman until they were approved for food stamps. She never took more then she needed to keep her safe house afloat. She kept the womans location safe from not only traffickers, but from the honolulu police, knowing that corruption trickles from the highest sources.
The safe house was called "Zoe House" and it was a place that even the police themselves reached out to for help when they had a victim with no place to turn.
What was her motivation besides love? She felt she had a calling from Jesus to do this. I will share a story and interview her in a future post.

So let it not shock anyone when money appears to be the motivator in human trafficking causes. I have no doubt in 10 years they will have lost interest and move on to the next hot ticket in non profits. Ever hear of save the whales anymore? Have the whales been saved?

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