Missions Fest is partnering with Jamie McIntosh and the International Justice Mission (IJM) to help free modern day slaves.
Most Canadian families have a lot of loose change sitting around their homes. According to “Real Simple” Magazine, there is $10.5 billion in loose change lying around in American households.
You can participate by appealing to families in your neighbourhood, school, church and community to donate this loose change.
IJM’s casework efforts have focused on rescuing girls from commercial sexual exploitation, releasing children from forced-labour slavery, freeing men and women from illegal detention and torture, protecting street children from abusive authorities and assisting victims of illegal seizures of land and property. Through its casework, IJM seeks to:
- Relieve the victim of the abuse currently being committed.
- Bring accountability and just consequences under the law to specific perpetrator(s) of abuse.
- Prevent the abuse from being committed against others who are also at risk by strengthening community factors that are likely to deter potential oppressors, reduce the vulnerability of at-risk populations, and empower local authorities to stop such abuses.
- Provide access to services to help victims transition to their new lives and to encourage long-term success.
Tools & Resources such as a PowerPoint presentation, T-shirts, collection cups, customizable letters and stories can be found at http://www.ijm.org/getinvolved/youth.
Bring your collection of “Loose Change” to Missions Fest 2010 and deposit it at the International Justice Mission Booth in the Broadway Church foyer Booth #BF 11. |
