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Run 4 Revolution is a worldwide running club that, through its members, creates awareness and helps fund the fight against the violence that steals dignity and health from children trafficked into forced prostitution.   Human trafficking is the world’s third largest criminal enterprise–just after drugs and weapons.  There are nearly two million children, worldwide, who have been forced into the commercial sex trade.  This is an industry that is based solely on force, coercion and exploitation–an industry that profits $32 billion annually from rape.  This is an industry that WE are doing our part to see crippled–brought to its knees with your support.

All donations received and money earned by Run 4 Revolution go directly to fund International Justice Mission.  The International Justice Mission fights to secure the protection of the law for trafficked women and children.  Human trafficking will continue as long as it is a profitable criminal enterprise.  By working to free victims and prosecuting the criminals benefiting from this industry, IJM operations actively increase the risk and decrease the profitability of trafficking.

Run 4 Revolution’s goals are two-fold:

1) Raise awareness on the existence of human trafficking operating in our world today.  The collective noise that we make can not be ignored by the corrupt governments that allow these atrocities to continue.  Individually, we are simply concerned about injustice.  Collectively, however, we are a revolution.

2) Provide financial support to International Justice Mission.  IJM has the infrastructure to effectively seek and provide justice to those who cannot get it for themselves.  Our financial support goes directly to fund raid operations, child rehabilitation and care.

Why RUN 4 Revolution?

Running is something that most of us take for granted.  Almost anyone can step outside and run.  We run for exercise, we run for pleasure, we run for quiet time…we run for many reasons.  The little ones that we run for, however, would give anything to be able to run.  To run would mean freedom, it would mean escape, it would mean the end of the darkness that swallows them.  We run for those who can not.  We run because it hurts, but we know it would hurt so much more to stand still.

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News From IJM:

Critical Conviction In Manila: Former Police Officer Sentenced To Life In Prison For Trafficking

October 30, 2009

MANILA, the Philippines – On September 29, 2009, two child sex traffickers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a regional court for their crimes. This critical prosecution is all the more significant because one of the two perpetrators is the first Philippine police officer to be charged with a trafficking offense. Former police officer Dennis [...]

Twelve Victims of Trafficking Rescued From Brutal Cambodian Brothel

October 25, 2009

SIEM REAP, Cambodia – For months, rumors had swirled that young girls were being sold for sex in a karaoke bar tucked in the bend of a dirt road in Siem Reap. IJM investigators had been building up a case, but needed critical evidence to prove that minors were being made available to customers.
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“When these little girls walked into the courtroom, they did so with more support than their oppressor ever imagined they might have.”

October 16, 2009

By Kaign Christy, IJM Director of Operations, Southeast Asia
Two years ago, I came to IJM’s D.C. headquarters to become director of operations for our Southeast Asia field offices after three years as IJM’s field office director in Cambodia. When I return to the field, I am always struck with the sheer magnitude of the obstacles [...]

Conviction Secured in Uganda Land Seizure Case

October 8, 2009

Widowed in 2000, Joyce cared for her and her late husband’s four daughters alone, but was able to provide for the family with the home and assets they had shared. But Joyce became a victim of property grabbing when an acquaintance of her late husband named Maaka John offered to take over the administration of her home and property. She trusted him, and assented when he convinced Joyce to process her late husband’s pension and set up a joint bank account with him. Soon, Joyce discovered that her account had been drained without her knowledge. Maaka also sold a structure on her property, a truck he stole from her and the sugar crop she had grown, giving her only a pittance.

India: IJM Hosts Innovative Training For Prosecutors Combating Forced Labor Crimes

October 5, 2009

In most of its cases on behalf of victims of forced labor slavery, IJM works with public prosecutors to bring slave owners to justice. But in and around Chennai, India, IJM’s staff discovered a recurring problem: Most of these prosecutors – those with the responsibility to pursue convictions in forced labor cases – lacked a basic knowledge of forced labor law and prosecution methods, and many did not understand the brutal nature these crimes.