tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19204451624547795362011-04-21T20:28:54.647-07:00Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291745394672882269noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920445162454779536.post-84030592494639382822008-07-03T12:18:00.000-07:002008-07-03T13:07:17.788-07:00Have you ever hear of the children of the children who are forced to work without pay in cocoa farms? Chocolate can come at the price of someone's freedom and life.  I couldn't believe it when I first heard about this.  It's so unreal.<div><br /></div><div>There are an estimated 12,000 children who have been trafficked into cocoa farms just in the Ivory Cost alone.  Today there are chocolate manufacturers who have made the effort to guarantee that their chocolate if fair trade and has not been produced by trafficked children.  But there are many, many more chocolate producers who have not made efforts to filter out any forced labor within their cocoa farms.  My question is, how can we persuade these companies to take action against this injustice?</div><div><br /></div><div>The organization <a href="http://www.stopthetraffik.org/">www.stopthetraffik.org</a> has been campaigning to end the trafficking of people in these cocoa farms.  Visit their site to find out more on how you can help save a life and end slavery.</div><div><br /></div><div>One practical way to help this cause is to commit to only purchasing fair trade chocolate. </div><div>Here is a list of guaranteed fair trade chocolate:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Shops that Sell:</span><br /></div><div>Trader Joe's</div><div>Target</div><div>Whole Foods</div><div>Wild Oats</div><div>Ten Thousand Villages</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Chocolate to look for:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Green &amp; Black's</span></div><div>Green &amp; Black's Maya Gold Organic Dark Chocolate Bar</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Divine Bars</span></div><div>Divine Milk</div><div>Divine Dark</div><div>Divine Milk with Hazelnut</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Trader Joe's </span></div><div>Trader Joe's Swiss 71% Dark Chocolate</div><div>Trader Joe's Swiss Milk Chocolate</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Equal Exchange</span></div><div>Organic Very Dark Chocolate</div><div>Organic Dark Chocolate with Almonds</div><div>Organic Chocolate Espresso Bean</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For more information on what you can do and simple steps you can take to create awareness  please visit <a href="http://www.stopthetraffik.org/chocolatecampaign/">http://www.stopthetraffik.org/chocolatecampaign/</a></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3X3saJUs8f4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3X3saJUs8f4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1920445162454779536-8403059249463938282?l=beautyfourashes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291745394672882269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1920445162454779536.post-76043447601550321302008-06-29T18:22:00.000-07:002008-06-29T18:35:56.452-07:00I am a student currently taking a course based on the injustices in our world today and how they effect our society as a whole.  I've created this blog to share my research and findings specifically on human trafficking. The title of my blog, "Beauty for Ashes"was taken from Isaiah 61. The passage talks about replacing things of darkness with the things of light.  Where there was once destruction and death there is now life and wholeness. <div>I will be posting much more shortly, but for now check out the links I've added.  </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1920445162454779536-7604344760155032130?l=beautyfourashes.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291745394672882269noreply@blogger.com1