Some Encouraging News

• After a two year legal battle, International Justice Mission was able to secure an anti-trafficking conviction in Cebu, The Philippines!  This was the first conviction IJM was able to get there, and only the fourth in that region.  The team there is hoping that this is the first of many such convictions, as they have many other cases in progress.  Unfortunately, the way the legal system is set up there, it is not unusual for cases to take two to four years before the judge reaches a decision.  Continue to pray for the many cases pending in The Philippines.
• Not for Sale is building a Vocational Center in Lima, Peru where they can teach vulnerable people valuable vocational skills.  Not only will this center be useful once it is built, but several men have been taught construction skills during the building of the center, enabling them to provide homes and schooling for their families, taking them off the streets and protecting them.  Now local companies have begun recruiting these men!  The next step in the process is to build the dormitories.  Read more about this project here.
• Want to learn about slavery in a more unconventional way?  Check out this interactive website designed by a student for her senior project.  Based on the book "Not for Sale" by David Batstone, this website lets you click your way through the story of a former slave and learn some of the facts of slavery at the same time.