42 Survivors of Labor Trafficking Need your HELP... piece a life back together TODAY...

Thank you for taking the time to read this simple and yet hopeful request.

Through differing relationships we have with anti-trafficking organizations, agencies, local task force and shelters in the US we have been asked to aid in this restoration effort in serving 42 labor trafficking survivors from Indonesia, Dominican Republic, and the Philippians. (Below you can read the whole article)

How can you help?
Purchase 'International Calling Cards" and send them to the address below... This will allow the survivors to have ongoing phone conversations with their families.

Where to Find these Cards?
You can purchase International Calling Cards at your local Walgreens, Costco, local grocery stores, and even online.

How many minutes should the cards have on them?
We suggest at least 30 minutes +
Even send multiple cards.

Address to send cards?
Jacobs Well
attn: Shana Puckett
1617 West 42nd St
KC, MO 64111

Thanks for participating, spread the word through twitter (@endingslavery), facebook or any other social medium you use. We will let you know more details as they come, and if there any other items that might be needed....
We have attached the link for you to read the entire story.. Plus i have copied a portion of the article mainly referring to the trafficking implications..

"According to the indictment, the enterprise required the foreign nationals to work where the enterprise assigned them. The enterprise was already in violation of federal law and the H-2B visa provisions by fraudulently changing the terms of the visas and/or placing the foreign nationals in employment in violation of the H-2B visa certifications. However, the enterprise threatened to cancel the immigration status of foreign nationals who refused to work as directed by the enterprise.


The visas obtained by the enterprise for the foreign nationals were the workers’ only means to remain legally within the United States. Thus, cancellation of their visas would render them illegally within the United States and without the ability to find other legal employment. The enterprise allegedly threatened to charge the families of the foreign nationals in their home countries a fee of $5,000 if they returned to their home country.


The enterprise allegedly violated federal law by paying the foreign nationals on a commission/incentive type basis rather than the prevailing hourly wage. The enterprise paid some workers approximately $3.50 for each hotel room that they cleaned. The enterprise profited by keeping a portion of each foreign national worker’s wage, not paying them for all hours worked, failing to pay overtime, and by fraudulently retaining all payroll taxes.


The enterprise allegedly charged the foreign nationals additional fees, including transportation fees for driving the foreign national workers between the assigned work location and their apartments, and for driving the foreign nationals, even against their will, to other locations in the United States to work. The enterprise also charged uniform fees, miscellaneous and unexplained fees, and fees to petition for extensions on the foreign national workers’ visas.


The enterprise further profited, the indictment says, by requiring the foreign national workers to reside in apartments it exclusively secured and controlled, for which it charged exorbitant rents. The enterprise leased various apartments for $385 to $650 per month while requiring anywhere from three to eight foreign nationals to reside in the apartment, charging each of the foreign nationals between $250 and $350 per month for that apartment’s rent. The apartments were not sex-specific and usually mixed both men and women inside one apartment. The enterprise provided minimal furniture. The foreign nationals slept on the floor, mattresses, or air mattresses. In assuring compliance with the exclusive control of these living conditions, the indictment says, the enterprise often threatened to cancel the immigration status of foreign nationals who requested permission to seek alternative housing.


According to the indictment, these fees and expenses, combined with the lack of payment for hours worked, underpayment for hours worked, and lack of work assignments, often resulted in the foreign national workers receiving a paycheck with negative earnings. The enterprise allegedly ensured that the workers did not make enough to repay their debt, purchase a plane ticket home, or pay for their own living expenses while in the United States.


The enterprise further controlled the foreign national workers in the Kansas City area by not allowing them to receive mail, the indictment says. The enterprise maintained keys to the apartments and to the apartment mailboxes and forwarded the worker’s mail to the business office of the enterprise"

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