Priority 1 – Tackling Human Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime defines human trafficking as the ‘recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit. Men, women and children of all ages and from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world.’ *

While it is difficult to know the extent of the problem of human slavery, there are between 30 and 50 million people enslaved in the world. While human trafficking takes place in every country, it is more prevalent within developing countries where poverty and lack of opportunities is a breeding ground for trafficking.

* https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/human-trafficking.html

Priority 2 – Care for Vulnerable Children

There are millions of children in the world who have been abandoned by their parents, been forced to leave home because of extreme poverty, or suffered the loss of their parents due to disease or war. Without parental guidance, provision, or love, these children's lives can be wrecked on the street, and they are vulnerable to many forms of exploitation, including the potential of being trafficked.

Goals

Priority 1

Tackle human trafficking by closely monitoring transit points around the world and provide support and care to the victims.

Priority 2

Care for and provide education to orphaned and abandoned children.

Activities

Priority 1

• Monitor transit in major points of travel around the world;
• Intercept vulnerable individuals who are in the process of being trafficked or have a high likelihood of being trafficked;
• Provide support and care for victims of human trafficking;

Priority 2

• Sponsor children to receive care in family homes;
• Provide quality education to children.

Myriad Canada is working with Love Justice International on this project, a US non-profit organisation whose work is to help prevent human trafficking in more than 25 countries around the world by stepping in during the critical moments between freedom and slavery. They also provide care and support to the most vulnerable through shelters, family homes and education.

Myriad Canada’s role is to carry out charitable activities across the globe in accordance with its charitable purposes. We control and monitor the use of funds and the progress of charitable activities to ensure that donations made to Myriad Canada have the greatest impact in accordance with donors’ expressed wishes. As a member of the Myriad Alliance with offices in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia and Australia, Myriad Canada has a vast international network and extensive practical expertise.