They Are Not For Sale
The reason there has not been a post for over a week is because the school went to Hamburg. We went to Hamburg for a Human Trafficking conference run by an organization called Not For Sale. The conference was filled with art from our school that students have been working on for the last month. The organization from our school called Pick a Pocket also was represented there.
It was a busy and intense weekend where we all lived on four euro a day for food. When we were first told we were doing this I thought it was either impossible or we would just eat really lame food the whole time. I was completely wrong. Not only did we eat well, the group I was a part of had extra funds by the end. It was a lessen in frugality I will try not to forget.
The speakers themselves ranged from people working in the red light district in Hamburg to missionaries that have spent time in prison in Iran. They all had powerful messages, talking about loving and ministering not only to those in captivity to the ones holding them captive.
It was also very eye opening to at what level slavery still exists in the world. Their slogan was “In every country, in every city, on every street” which I thought was a big exaggeration at first. As the weekend went on and I started looking at some online resources my eyes were opened to how extensive the problem is throughout the world.
The weekend was effective for impassioning our students from our school as well as reaching out to the city. People here at the school have a renewed interest in changing how we live to fight modern slavery. From simply changing what we buy, to taking an active role in the fight. It is exciting to be around such passion, but also disheartening that such a business exists.
