Press Release

25^th June 2008

 

With the current trend away from plastic carrier bags people are increasingly looking for quality and hard-wearing permanent equivalents. For only £5, you can not only get a Jubilee Action designed woven shopping bag with an inspiring message, but even better – help to rescue a child from a life in slavery.  

 

“We want to encourage people to make a real difference, that’s why we choose the Who says you can’t change the world? Slogan for our bags,” says Caroline Saunders, Jubilee Action.“By buying a Jubilee Action bag people will be helping rescue a child from the sex industry in India and getting a great useable product, all for only £5.”

 

With their campaign “Who says you can’t change the world?!” Jubilee Action wants to raise awareness and money for the children trafficked or born into the sex industry in India. Each £5 received from the sale of the bags will be used to help rescue children who have been orphaned or enslaved by the brothel owners in Mumbai. The children are transferred into Jubilee Actions loving homes in a peaceful setting on the outskirts of the city. Here they receive support, care, education and most importantly a life of freedom.

 

The bags not only have a great design and a winning message, but the production of the bags also helps with reintegrating victims of sex trafficking and modern slavery. Produced under Fair Trade conditions with locally sourced resources to reduce the Carbon footprint, the bags are handmade by survivors of human trafficking in Nepal where the workers are given a safe job and a good income to build up a new life.

 

Do something amazing today – buy a bag for life and help rescue a child from slavery.

 

The bags can be purchased at the Jubilee Action stand at the top of Guildford High Street on 28^th June, or by contacting Jubilee Action directly per phone: 01483 230 250 or email: chrissavage@jubileeaction.co.uk.

 

The freedom is in the bag!

 

 

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Jubilee Action is a Christian based international human rights charity, dedicated to protecting children at risk and combating poverty. Our vision is to be instrumental in changing the lives of those who suffer unjustly. Our mission is to pioneer work with indigenous partners providing crucial care and shelter for children and families as well as investment for job creation within poor communities. Jubilee Action currently works in around 18 countries worldwide.

 

Since 2005 Hatti Trading has been making a difference to stigmatised and disadvantaged young women in Nepal through Fair Trade employment in the production of beautifully made hand bags. At the Hatti production centre in Kathmandu, young women who had been trafficked as children and subsequently rescued are employed under fair trade conditions. After a time of rehabilitation and as soon as there is a permanent vacancy, the older girls (min age 17) are offered the opportunity to work at the production centre. They are provided with safe, secure accommodation with a house mother to care for them and trained at the production centre. They are paid a good monthly wage, holiday, sickness, hospital fees and maternity pay and helped to adjust to life. This is a successful demonstration of Aid and Fair Trade working together to help change the lives of young women for the better, permanently.

 

 

Caroline Saunders

Tel: 01483 230250

Email: Caroline@jubileeaction.co.uk

 

 

Chaz Brooks / Uli Schiwon                                                                              

Chazbrooks Communications                                                                            

Tel: +44 (0)1483 537 890