Empowering Change: Aydee Chaeta’s Inspiring Journey

Sep 20, 2023 | Blog, News From the Frontlines, Peru

In the heart of Madre de Dios, a region of the Peruvian Amazon, a remarkable journey unfolds through the life of Aydee Silva Chaeta Saavedra, a beacon of hope from the Palma Real Native Community.

A Decade of Dedication

Over a decade ago, Palma Real sought our assistance to help their children pursue brighter futures. Together, we embarked on a mission to provide education and opportunities for these young minds.

Breaking Barriers

With your unwavering support, we removed barriers by covering school fees and providing housing for over 30 Palma Real children. This support enabled them to chase their educational dreams, and the attached photo reflects the unity and hope that emerged from this collaboration.

(Apologies for the fuzzy photos, but they are all we could find of Aydee’s cohort of students back in their community and in front of their dormitory — it was a long time ago!

But trust us, Aydee is in these photos!)

A Nursing Success

Aydee Chaeta’s journey epitomizes the impact of your generosity. With determination, she graduated as a registered nurse, symbolizing the triumph of perseverance and ambition.

A New Chapter

We’re delighted to share Aydee’s latest chapter: her appointment to the prestigious Governing Board of FENAMAD. This appointment underscores her unwavering dedication to making a positive impact.

Guardians of Communities

FENAMAD, or “Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes,” is devoted to safeguarding the well-being of all 36 Native Communities in Madre de Dios, including isolated indigenous groups like the “no contact people” deep in the Amazon rainforests of southern Peru.

A Moment of Pride

The attached photo captures Aydee at her swearing-in ceremony, a moment that showcases her grace and determination in taking on this vital role.

 

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Uganda: Inspirational Video Update

Sep 9, 2023 | News From the Frontlines, Uganda

🚨🎥🇺🇬 Inspiration Alert 🚨🎥🇺🇬
In 2018 Not For Sale invited refugees throughout Uganda to apply to join our Entrepreneurship Challenge where we provided training, support, and funding to help start or grow local businesses that also helped their respective communities.

Now our partners at CIYOTA have taken the concept to an entirely new level!!

Hear from our partner Ntakamaze Nziyonvira (aka TK), the CEO of CIYOTA:

Mo Farah to speak at M Restaurants charity supper in support of Not for Sale

Sep 8, 2023 | Blog, News From the Frontlines

Very cool news story in the Evening Standard (London) announcing our November 1, 2023 gala at M Restaurant. 

Olympic and world champion (10 times!!) runner Sir Mo Fahar will join Not For Sale President and Cofounder David Batstone and M owner/founder Martin Williams on stage to speak to a world wherein people & planet are Not For Sale. 

Mo Fahar, originally from Somalia, was himself a victim of human trafficking as a child and knows well the perils of living vulnerable to the greed of others. 

The profits for the evening go to support Not For Sale’s work in Africa and Peru. 

Kudos to Martin & M for their steadfast support over the past 5 years. London friends please come out for the event!

Join us on Nov 1, 2023 by signing up here.

Fast For Freedom Prayer Guide

Feb 16, 2023 | Blog, News From the Frontlines

People of faith have an important role to play in ending modern-day slavery and creating
new futures. Although there is diversity in our faith and in how we live it out, we are all
united in the belief that stealing another person’s destiny is a grave evil that must be
opposed in both word and deed.
Not For Sale is delighted to offer yet another tool for engagement. This Fast For Freedom
Guide that you hold in your hands reflects the statements above. It is written by a variety
of people from various Christian communities, in different countries, with different faith
backgrounds – pastors, students, teachers, and everyday abolitionists alike. Despite the
diversity, there is unity in the desire to see an end to modern-day slavery, and the passion
to make that happen through prayer, fasting, and action. All of us can do significant
things to bring about change.
This Fast For Freedom Guide combines the spiritual disciplines of prayer, scripture, and
fasting. But this guide is not a static document. Its intent is to help the mind, heart, and
spirit combine with smart activism. We hope that each day these spiritual disciplines will
be the catalyst for action as you live out true freedom in your community and bring
freedom to others. Don’t forget to look at the action guide in the back to learn how you
can be an agent of change.
 
 

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Not For Sale University Curriculum

Jan 17, 2023 | Blog, News From the Frontlines

Welcome to the abolitionist movement! Yes, you may have chosen Not for Sale as a reader
for your course, honors program, common reader initiative, or “town/gown” reading
selection, but you have also joined a movement. You are helping to make a horrific yet
largely hidden aspect of the global village visible. You are educating others that although
the scourge of slavery may have been legally abolished in our country more than 150 years
ago, it is a reality in every state today. You are empowering students to find their voices and
raise them in the fight to free the estimated 48 million men, women, and children enslaved
throughout the world.
We would like to help your class, department, program, or institution have a positive
experience as well. That’s the impetus for this Instructor’s Manual: We want to provide
numerous resources, ideas, sample assignments, and out-of-class engagement opportunities
for you. Feel free to contact us directly if you have questions regarding the material, and please let us know what new ideas, resources, and assignments you develop.
As you prepare to integrate Not for Sale into your curriculum, we encourage you
to think broadly. This is an interdisciplinary topic that can be explored from a variety of
perspectives. Very few academics are truly content experts on the issue of modern-day
slavery, so this is an intriguing topic to explore with your students and colleagues. Learn,
create, debate, and engage in the issues together. We found it to be quite a worthwhile
experience, and we are confident you will, too.
 
Written by Ruth A. Goldfine, Ph.D.; Keisha L. Hoerrner, Ph.D.; & David Batstone, Ph.D.
Kennesaw State University & the University of San Francisco, 2008 (copyright retained by authors)
 
 
Buy the Not For Sale (first addition) book to accompany the University Curriculum guide.
 
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