When Matt Friedman cam to talk to us on Tuesday I was surprised at how interesting his stories were. One of the things that really caught my attention was the story of the 11-year-old girl in the Indian brothel. This shocked me as it is close to my age and I can imagine the emotional trauma associated with being in a situation like that.
He opened my eyes to how human traffickers actually get the people. I used to think that they just abducted them but after he explained that usually they are deceived into working for them or going to a different country with the trafficker. The stats he showed about how most of the “slaves” are made to work in production lines for the big corporate companies. Now that I know this I aim to be a more aware consumer when buying things, considering where they are made and the company that makes it history.
I really liked how you have linked this to what actions you might take, I think that it is very important to understand where the products we buy come from and whether or not it is sustainable etc. I think that being aware and educating ourselves is something that everyone can do.
I also didn’t really understand that the people were deceived into working for people and I also didn’t fully comprehend how bad this issue actually is. I knew it existed but not on the scale that it is. Do you think that UWC has a moral responsibility to take action, and if so what could we do as a school?