{"id":2214,"date":"2014-04-30T15:03:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T15:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2014-05-06T15:30:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T15:30:46","slug":"a-street-childs-future-a-drug-smuggler-prostitute-or-slave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2214","title":{"rendered":"A street child&#8217;s future: a drug smuggler, prostitute or slave?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Falalay.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D2214&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/220px-Maria_Full_of_Grace_movie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2215\" src=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/220px-Maria_Full_of_Grace_movie.jpg\" alt=\"220px-Maria_Full_of_Grace_movie\" width=\"220\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/220px-Maria_Full_of_Grace_movie.jpg 220w, http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/220px-Maria_Full_of_Grace_movie-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>I recently re-watched a fantastic film, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0390221\/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt\" target=\"_blank\">Maria Full of Grace<\/a>&#8221; (2004) which tells of a 17-year old Colombian girl who, with a lack of income and future prospects, is persuaded to work as a drugs mule, swallowing heroin pellets to smuggle to the US. It really made me think just how relatively easily someone who is young, desperate, poor and\/or vulnerable can be persuaded to undertake such dangerous and terrifying work.<\/p>\n<p>Children out on the streets or living in high-risk situations are clearly very vulnerable to many pressures and may be coerced into drug smuggling, sexual exploitation, slavery, prostitution and international human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Please do <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2004\/oct\/29\/londonfilmfestival2004.londonfilmfestival\" target=\"_blank\">read more about the film<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RZlgZGMVFFs\" target=\"_blank\">see the trailer<\/a>. Or find out more about the reality in Bolivia of <a href=\"http:\/\/bbcworld.mh.bbc.co.uk\/Pages\/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=43&amp;FeatureID=65\" target=\"_blank\">children being used as drug mules<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/j\/tip\/rls\/tiprpt\/countries\/2013\/215403.htm\" target=\"_blank\">trafficked to work in the sex trade or as slaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film&#8217;s tagline states that it is &#8220;based on 1,000 true stories&#8221;. It is so vital that children are protected within Alalay rather than becoming just another hopeless story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently re-watched a fantastic film, &#8220;Maria Full of Grace&#8221; (2004) which tells of a 17-year old Colombian girl who, with a lack of income and future prospects, is persuaded to work as a drugs mule, swallowing heroin pellets to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2214\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}