Understand the Toll Trafficking Takes on Communities of Color
February is Black History Month in the United States. Honor this time by learning about how human trafficking affects communities of color.
United Nations Blue Heart Campaign Against Human Trafficking
https://www.unodc.org/blueheart/History
The Blue Heart Campaign actively supports the call for contributions to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking. The campaign provides brochures, fact sheets, testimonials and other media items that can be shared online.
- Contact Information:
- P.O. Box 500
- Vienna, Vienna
- Austria
- Active In: Globally
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness
- Forms of Slavery:
- Forced Labor, Sex Trafficking, Child Labor
- Email: info@unodc.org
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