Vaden will be speaking on topics covered in the book and Trevor Howard will be performing. After the show, Vaden will be signing books.
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GAP Busted… again! More child slavery!
Published by January 7th, 2008 in Social Justice, Staff Blogs, Student Zone and Hero Holiday. 4 CommentsOnce again, the GAP has been busted for sweat shops containing child workers in abusive conditions. It is fascinating that the “Red” campaign supports workers in Africa getting fair wages, yet they are abusing their workers in India. What will it take for North American consumers to realize that we are being taken […]
...continue reading“ONE” Makes the “Movers and Shakers” list on Amazon.ca
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On the Indonesian island of Java, the tropical morning is already hot as ten-year-old Anis climbs down from a bicycle-driven rickshaw on the busy street. She joins her friends as they enter school to begin grade five. Anis’s mother had to quit school when she was ten, to help support her family by selling homemade […]
Ugandans are all too acquainted with the concept of corruption. The Lord’s Resistance Army, under the leadership of Joseph Kony, has terrorized the people of that country under the umbrella of Christianity for years. Perverting the teachings of the Bible and the Ten Commandments, Kony has abducted an estimated 25,000 children. With a trail of […]
...continue readingGrowing up in a village in Angola, Fatima had to spend up to four hours every day collecting water from the river. It was a dangerous trek. One year, seven of Fatima’s friends were attacked by crocodiles.
But the girls carried a much bigger danger back with them to the village. The water was polluted and […]
One life…one dollar!
Not a bad deal.
If you were told that you could save a child’s life for a dollar, you would do it in a heartbeat. The senseless reality is that millions of children in developing nations are dying because they cannot afford, or cannot access, an immunization that only costs one dollar.
When hundreds of […]
I believe that statelessness is one of the biggest atrocities facing the third world today!
Where are you from? What nationality are you? These are pretty common questions. Imagine not being able to give a straight answer. Imagine a life where no country will claim you as its own. This is a situation called Statelessness.
“No […]
It is ironic that I am blogging the sample of Chapter 6 (War) while in Burma… The country with the highest concentration of child soldiers on earth! Meeting these kids is very impacting. The one picture is from Chapter 6 and is indeed a Burmese Child Soldier. The other picture is a […]
...continue readingInternational Justice Mission - Executive Director
Published by November 20th, 2007 in Book Endorsments and QQ. 0 CommentsEach image and story in this book is like a stick of dynamite set to destroy ignorance, apathy and despair about the state of the world with alarming yet hopeful concern. Through “ONE” Vaden Earle gives a personal glimpse into the stark realities of human suffering and oppression. Such intimate portrayals of individuals whose lives have been affected by modern atrocities -real people with faces and stories and names - help shift us from apathy into action. Let the stories in this book capture us with the conviction that hope for change is neither impossible nor is it optional. Then watch injustice begin to lose its grip as each one of us grasps the hand of someONE.
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