Generación

Lima, Peru

Lucy Borja worked in Lima’s juvenile system

... when kids began to tell her their personal stories of being trafficked she knew she must act. Read an excerpt about Lucy’s stunning story about becoming an abolitionist from David Batstone’s book Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It.

The Surfing Tribe:

One of Generación’s most dynamic programs revolves around surfing.

A few years ago the harassment against street children – many forced to the streets through the hands and coercion of traffickers – increased and Generación had to take the youngest children away from the reaches of Lima’s violence. Generación rents a house in a coastal town about an hour from Lima, and fifteen to eighteen kids live there full-time.

Early on in the surfing program Not for Sale helped by providing surfing equipment so the children could learn how to surf. It is a remarkable scene to head down to the beach late in the afternoon and watch a group of ex-street kids mixing in with the locals. Some of Generación’s kids are now entering surfing competitions and performing at a high level.

Surfing has become a meaningful practice that brings physical, psychological, and spiritual benefits. The children are realizing that through surfing they can express themselves, compete, be respected, and connect with nature. The healing process is working and they are doing well in school.

Generación’s innovative prevention and aftercare program currently runs with very little economic resources. In the last year they moved three times to smaller houses due to the high rent. The Not for Sale Campaign is aiming to help Generación buy a house, where they can provide the kids with much needed health care, education, and practice their favorite sport.

Please help us fund raise $100,000 to buy a house and fund aftercare programs for Generación’s “surfing tribe”.

Donate to help Lucy and Generación.

Veronica’s House

Recently, the Not For Sale team at Generacion met a girl named Veronica in need of a haven from traffickers. Unable to house her, the team had to release Veronica back to the streets. One week later, her tiny body was found in a hotel room, strangled to death by one of the men she’d been forced to have sex with.

Veronica’s death serves as a reminder of the real danger children face on the streets of Lima. Not for Sale is building an emergency shelter and safe house in Lima, to be named “Veronica’s House” in her honor. We are determined to save Veronica’s peers from a similar fate, while offering them a better life in the process. Our shelter will be a haven for twenty teens to live and thrive, safe from the threat of traffickers.

But Not for Sale needs your help. Partner with us in this effort by making a donation today!

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