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With an estimated 27-30 million plus people enslaved around the world, how are we going to bring an end to this injustice? Our website, Free To Shop, is designed to help end modern day slavery. While many people think that the majority of people who are enslaved are part of sexual slavery, the truth is that the vast majority of people, up to 90% of those enslaved, are trapped in debt bondage or forced labor. The good news is that with conscious buying, also known as voting with the power of your money, every one of us can cast a vote for freedom. And we can vote nearly every day with the purchases we make.
Free to Shop, relying heavily on resources such as the The Better World Shopping Guide, has carefully investigated and chosen to support companies that refuse to endorse slavery, give to many worthwhile causes, are concerned about the health of our planet and have standards for sustainable, responsible manufacturing with ethical supply chains. All of the companies featured on our website are companies you can trust. Additionally, while you are shopping from these companies, a portion of Free to Shop’s net proceeds is donated to anti-human trafficking organizations and after care facilities for survivors of sex slavery. For 2011, the organizations we have chosen to support are International Justice Mission and Transitions (formerly Transitions Global.)
We also want to salute The Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide, http://www.ethicalholidayshoppingguide.com produced by Shop to Stop Slavery and Eye See Media. The guide highlights over 50 advertisers that promote socially conscious shopping. All of these companies (Free To Shop is one of them) insist on fair trade and fair wages, and they all create awareness surrounding the issue of modern day slavery. Some of the companies featured in the guide provide aid for the rescue and restoration of survivors. Basically, all of these companies want to help eliminate poverty. Poverty fuels slavery and human trafficking, so by buying from companies helping to end the cycle of poverty, you ultimately help to curb modern day slavery.
Our feeling is that everyone should be Free To Shop. By shopping from socially conscious companies, you can be part of the solution. Happy Holidays and here’s to shopping for a cause and voting for freedom with your pocketbook.
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