31/7/11 - my total is 3st 3lb (45lb) in this first phase £405 so far. All 6 of us lost a total of 202lb raising over £1000. ... then moving on... phase 2 = can I lose 3 stone by Christmas?

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24/7/11 - well, we're weighing in for the final weigh in on Friday 29th July... as of today I have lost 42lb (3 stone)... 5 more days to go. ...and then I'l be on to Phase 2 of my weight loss journey... I am goig to keep Hope for Justice as my focus

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8/7/11 - Only 3 more Sunday weigh-ins until the final one - 36l (2st 8lb lost so far)

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original blurb:

Liberty's Biggest Loser

Between now and 31 July 2011 myself and some friends from my church are losing weight - exchanging our lbs for £s to combat human traficking by supporting 'Hope for Justice' and helping to raise awareness that the slave trade continues today... yes, even here in in the UK right under our noses. Please would you make a stand and sponsor me?

To see what this charity does for this vital cause, please visit: http://www.hopeforjustice.org.uk/

Quote from Ben Cooley - Founder of Hope for Justice

Quite often I get asked what Hope for Justice actually does. People agree the statistics are horrific with 99% of trafficked victims never rescued. But they want to know how we intend to change this.

I can assure you that our intention is to seek a lasting solution. Campaigning is important but we want to go further than that. Our long term vision is to bring about the end of human trafficking, we want to stamp it out for good. I cannot stand the awful fact that children as young as three years old are being sold into slavery in the UK. It breaks my heart to have met children as young as twelve years old who have been forced to sell their bodies for sex. Our aim is to make this country uninhabitable for traffickers and a place where they can no longer continue with their despicable trade.

We will do this by:

• Investigating and bringing about the rescue of victims from the abuse of human trafficking.
• Assisting in the protection and rehabilitation of victims.
• Ensuring perpetrators are held responsible for their crimes via prosecution.
• Campaigning at a local, national and international level to ensure that relevant laws on human trafficking are effective in combating the problem.

 
Human Trafficking is the sale, transport and profit from people who are forced to work for others against their will. This trade in human life is taking place on a vast global scale and is the world’s fastest growing crime. The statistics are shocking.

1.2 million children are trafficked every year, two every minute
The average age of a trafficking victim is just 14 years
$9.5 billion is made through human trafficking each year
The UN estimates that 80% of people trafficked are taken for sexual exploitation.

Definition of Human Trafficking:
‘Trafficking in human beings" shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.’

 

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