How Rock ‘N Roll Apparel Fights Slavery
Not For Sale and Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum rock ‘n’ roll band Third Day have joined forces to to prevent human trafficking in one of the world’s most vulnerable areas. The purchase of a...
View ArticleWhat does it mean to “Go Upstream” in the Amazon?
We talk a lot about “going upstream” to end modern slavery. Basically, if we want to create long-term change then we have to do more than just pull people out of the river; we have to to keep them from...
View ArticleArtisan Training Provides New Opportunities in Peruvian Amazon
Around the world, Not For Sale is creating social and economic change by empowering vulnerable communities. One area that is highly at-risk to human trafficking is the Peruvian Amazon. While it is rich...
View ArticleYou’re invited to help us launch a company!
Welcome to the movement to end slavery. Long before I finished writing Not For Sale, I realized that we had a problem: Ending slavery and preventing trafficking would be harder than I thought. We had...
View ArticleEpisode 2 of 4: The Birth of REBBL
We invite you to watch Episode 2 from the Road to REBBL video series. In this episode, you will get an inside look at how the idea for REBBL came about. REBBL is a tea company started with a vision...
View ArticleThe Road to REBBL (Episode 3 of 4): “Creating the Beverage”
Welcome to Episode 3 in the Road to REBBL series. Because REBBL is a beverage that could eventually be sold in stores, we’re building an opportunity for you and I as consumers to be connected to the...
View ArticleFrom David Batstone: Help us launch REBBL to end slavery in the Peruvian Amazon
Today is game-changing in the life of Not For Sale. Our tactics against slavery are getting smarter, more creative and outright radical. We’re launching a beverage company, REBBL, that will address...
View ArticleRoad To REBBL Raises $150,000–Supports Community Development In Peru
Last year in Peru, nearly 50% of human trafficking in the country took place in the Amazon—an area where only 11% of the population lives. This year, Not For Sale began working to provide economic...
View ArticleCombating Illegal Logging and Exploitation in Peru
For hundreds of years, Amazonian communities have supported themselves through natural resources: growing, gathering and trading produce to feed their families. As Peru’s economy has grown however,...
View ArticleREBBL Now Available In California Markets
This month, REBBL begins distribution to Whole Foods and other independent natural food retailers in Northern California. Standing for “Roots, Extracts, Berries, Bark, and Leaves,” REBBL is an herbal...
View ArticleProtecting Education to Prevent Slavery in the Amazon
A Special Report from Christina Hebets, Senior Director of International Projects, Not For Sale. I am currently in Madre De Dios, Peru, where Not For Sale works with poor and vulnerable communities to...
View ArticleAT-RISK YOUTH TRAIN AS YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
UCAYALI, PERU: This week, Not For Sale launches a unique new training initiative for at-risk youth in the Peruvian Amazon. The Young Indigenous Entrepreneurs program focuses on the development of...
View ArticleMothers are Not For Sale
The illegal logging trade, believed to be worth up to $100 billion worldwide, poses one of the greatest threats to the safety and freedom of the communities indigenous to the Amazon. Reports suggest...
View ArticleFrom Peru: The Potential (and Challenges) of Working in the Amazon
In Peru, Not For Sale works in seven vulnerable communities in the region of Madre De Dios, an area deeply situated within the Peruvian Amazon. The region itself is a hotbed for human trafficking for...
View ArticleExploited because she wanted to go to school
This was originally posted on Causes.com as a part of our Children Are Not For Sale campaign. To take action, click here. Meet Marta. At 16, Marta is eager to go to school and learn, but her village in...
View ArticleHave you seen our latest Causes campaign?
Child slavery is a reality that cannot be accepted as an inevitable evil, but instead must be fought head-on. This summer, we are focusing on fighting for children. Most of the children we work with...
View ArticleLydia’s Story
Meet Lydia. Imagine that you are 15, the oldest of 8, and your father has just died. Your mother accepted a job as a cook at a nearby illegal logging camp, and was forced to become a prostitute. You...
View ArticleImpact in the Amazon
In Peru, we work with an association of indigenous communities to decrease the risk of human trafficking in the Amazon. While the environment is abundant with natural resources, these communities are...
View ArticleGiving Keys Now Available
Today, Not For Sale is excited to announce the launch of a unique, limited edition, Not For Sale Giving Key – a necklace designed by The Giving Keys to support Not For Sale’s work around the world....
View ArticleA Father Rescues His Daughter
On a recent trip to Peru we were able to meet two young women whose stories drive home why we are so certain that economic opportunity can help prevent exploitation. Both girls, cousins, grew up in a...
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