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Blog - Amplify your voice

Friday, July 24, 2009 at 12:56:00 PM EDT


When I read this blog post today I immiediately had images from The Matrix running through my head- remember the scenes of all the humans in pods being "harvested" by machines? Sad thing is, something similiar to this is happening in real life. Amanda Kloer's post "Nigerian Baby Farms Breed Slaves from Slaves" addresses the baby farm phenomenon wherein Nigerian girls are being trafficked to literally breed children; children who are then sold to unsuspecting parents who want to adopt a child or into slavery. Girls are paid $170 for their efforts. Read more by clicking the link above.

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Wow. That is unbelievable. Thank you so much for letting us know about this! I wonder what we can do to help stop it from happening.
# Posted By Mahayana | 7/24/09 05:29 PM | Report | Reply
Unforunately I have searched around I have found plenty of articles about "baby farms" in Nigeria such as this one from the BBC. However I could not find any resources about any groups working against this problem. If anyone does know anything please post it! I would really like to get involved with this.
# Posted By  vanessaaishacoleman | 7/24/09 09:14 PM | Report | Reply