Last update I mentioned JusticeACTS in the lower
right corner of the page. This update I really want to focus
on that. For the world cup, it is estimated that anywhere
from 40,000 to 100,000 people will be trafficked into and
within South Africa specifically for sex.


Others trafficked end up as domestic workers or
wives. Some refugees have told of how a relative will go
into the hospital for a headache or some small problem and
end up dead. When they get the body back they find it has
been cup open in the stomach area. They’re organs are
being sold on the black market. Some of this stuff may
sound like it’s coming out of some crazy Sci-Fi book or
urban legend, but it is real and happening here in SA.

JusticeACTS is an organization who’s goal is to end
Trafficking here in South Africa. Other organizations
involved are IOM, ANEX CDW ( an NGO against child
domestic labor), Media Village and a bunch of other
organizations as well.

We plan on hitting this problem with the world cup
on multiple fronts: First is the prevention stage. This
involves things as simple as handing out flyers and
presenting a training program to teach at risk communities
how to identify risky situations, protect themselves, and
report suspected trafficking.

We are also working on a petition for parliament to
implement legislature against Human Trafficking. As of yet,
there is no law in SA against it and when caught people are
most often let go, and in many cases not even questioned.

Media Village is heading up the media campaign.
We have many scripts for PSA’s already written and are
working on funding. We already have clearance to show the
PSA’s on all the supporting and main screens during the
World Cup.

The second phase is victim assistance, JusticeACTS
is going to open a safe house by the time the world cup
starts next year. They are also opening a coffee house
designed to cater to street children and prostitutes in order
to have a contact point with those trafficked.

The third part of the plan is mobilization for the
world cup. YWAM will be bringing in 3500 volunteers for
the World Cup to do ministry. We will be training a portion
of them to deal specifically with human trafficking.

I know this sounded more like an advertisement for
a ministry than an update, but the opportunity to work in
this area is one of the main reasons I will be staying out
here for another year.

A couple weeks ago a couple of us from MV got to
work with ANEX CDW with a youth camp they were
hosting. It was a week long camp during the school
holidays and we were helping teach the kids, mostly high-
school aged, life skills, career advice, and encouragement.
And even though I was only able to help out a few hours
out of the day it was really amazing to get to work directly
with people and invest, if even for a few days, into their
future.

To get more information on JusticeACTS please
visit their web-site:


http://justiceacts.org




In other news things are going very well with the
radio school. I have been working mainly as technical
support along with some teaching along sound theory and
recording. Its really neat to see how far the students have
come with radio after only two and a half weeks. I am really
looking forward to the rest of the school. My only big
trouble so far is that I switched over from the DTS to the
Radio School with no down time and am starting to get a
little worn down. Luckily enough though I will be home for
a month in July and am really looking forward to a bit of a
break.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and
support. God is doing some amazing things out here and
we all get to be a part of it.




~Jeff