Argentinian Mother Saves Hundreds

(Susanna on the Left)

Susanna Trimarco is the mother of a girl who went missing right after an appointment she had. When Susanna's daughter never came back, she set out to find her daughter and with help from the police, gave her the evidence that her daughter may have been sold into sex slavery. On Susanna's search to find her daughter, she has saved hundreds of woman's lives from sex slavery. She started out only by herself, but now her cause has become a movement. She was nominated for the nobel peace prize, and she was also awarded the human's rights award by the US State department. Susanna is not the only one who is fighting this cause. Susanna has been investigating the where about of her daughter, and has also involved herself in many other cases pertaining to human trafficking. In Argentina, the law states that prostitution is legal. But the part that is not legal is exploiting woman for sex. Susanna has put herself in many rough situations and has even gone undercover. Because of Susanna's witness to the world about this problem, police in Argentina have really stepped up their game to crack down on this crime. They have put 13 people, seven men, and six woman on trial for the kidnapping and holding as a sex slave, of Ms. Vernon. To convict these people has taken nearly a year now. The final verdict of the case will be on Tuesday, December 18th.  Since 2000, there has been successful progress to bring the numbers of underage prostitution and sex slavery/trafficking down drastically.

[Some facts that may shock you.]

1. 45% of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children [CSEC] cases happen online and 50% on the street.

2. Sex trafficking is believed to generate profits of an estimated $32 billion.

​3. The average life expectancy of a girl in forced prostitution is 7 years. 

​4. The average age of a child first used in prostitution is 11 to 14, with some as young as 9 years of age.

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2012/1211/Mom-in-Argentina-rescues-hundreds-of-sex-slaves 

If you want to be able to help, or understand this topic more go to
http://www.humantrafficking.org/combat_trafficking
or
https://wellspringliving.org/node/50

Using Animal Power To Light Christmas Tree?

In Sandy, Utah, the "Living Planet Aquarium" puts their animals to the task! Seeming as Christmas is coming up, they thought they'd spend a little less on their electricity bill this year. They put their eels to the task and they light the christmas tree up with their power! The project manager, Terry Smith, hooked the little five foot christmas tree lights up into the tank. The lights flash intermediately, and not constantly.Eels can "discharge specialized cells called electrocytes simultaneously to create a 600-volt electric charge equal to about five times the power of a standard U.S. wall socket." Now visitors can see the electricity being put into another object to power it and see it happening! This great display will be open now through December 31st.

UPI.com Electric Eels Power Christmas Tree!