{"id":44861,"date":"2024-09-26T12:34:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T10:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/grassy-park-residents-unite-to-combat-human-trafficking-20240924\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:57:36","slug":"grassy-park-residents-unite-to-combat-human-trafficking-20240924","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/grassy-park-residents-unite-to-combat-human-trafficking-20240924\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassy Park residents unite to combat human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Salvation Army South Africa held a picket to raise awareness about human trafficking.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Police emphasised the importance of educating parents to be vigilant, to prevent children from becoming victims.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Community leaders stressed the need for more awareness<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Human trafficking, a global multi-billion-dollar crime, often thought to only occur across borders was centre stage at an awareness picket to highlight the real dangers of trafficking in local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday 21 September, the Salvation Army South Africa in partnership with Grassy Park police, Grassy Park Community Policing Forum (CPF), Spiritual Crime Prevention Desk and neighbourhood watches picketed along Strandfontein Road to educate parents and residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capt Juanita Wright, Salvation Army South Africa\u2019s national Anti-Human Trafficking co-ordinator, said the initiative hoped to educate communities on the real threats of human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis week, internationally, as the Salvation Army we are raising awareness of the heinous crime of human trafficking also known as modern-day slavery,\u201d she shared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSadly, it is a crime that not only affects women but men, boys and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_77ad2b27\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12238\/dca8b9481fe14692974e383ab04aad68.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/afe492f164e145f7b7825245ab806e86.jpg\" title=\"The Salvation Army South Africa held a picket to highlight human trafficking. PHOTOS: Natasha Bezuidenhout\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Salvation Army South Africa held a picket to highlight human trafficking. PHOTOS: Natasha Bezuidenhout<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12238\/f538f173ffd24829b6a1b7fbd053b1dc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/525f76596066485ba70ed18ebecfd0ab.jpg\" title=\"Residents of Grassy Park and Pelican Park joined a picket, on Saturday 21 September, to highlight human trafficking. PHOTO: supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Residents of Grassy Park and Pelican Park joined a picket, on Saturday 21 September, to highlight human trafficking. PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The main aim of the picket was to educate parents to be extra vigilant as children are home for the school holidays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOften we find adults just letting children be outside unsupervised \u2013 but we cannot do that because traffickers are out on the prowl for victims they can use for exploitation such as sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, child brides, organ trafficking\u2026.the business around human trafficking is broad and very real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wright added that she hoped the campaign would prevent children from being trafficked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur children are not for sale,\u201d she said. \u201cWith the awareness campaign, we are hoping to prevent any of our children from being trafficked and kidnapped or going missing during this school holidays.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She further explained how human trafficking can occur within local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is important to understand when it comes to human trafficking, it\u2019s not necessarily cross border. It can be from one community to another or one house to another,\u201d she said. \u201cIn fact, human trafficking means the movement of people so whether it is Grassy Park to Athlone or from one road to another, it will be classified as trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grassy Park CPF deputy chair Nicole Jacobus commented that it was vital to raise awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to protect our children, women and men because it can happen to anyone,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is very important that we educate our communities and children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reverend Vernon Jacobs, from the Grassy Park Spiritual Crime Prevention Desk, said it was worrying that people were \u201ctoo relaxed\u201d on the issue. \u201cIt is something that is very close to our hearts because our kids need to be educated properly in order to make well-informed decisions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" 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