Polaris Post Volume 22
April 2009
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★[Saturday, April 11, 7pm ～: Seminar on Child Trafficking]
Cambodia -- surrounded by Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam,
have you traveled this country famous for the Angkor Wat?
In this beautiful country to which some 150,000 travel from
Japan per year, child human trafficking is widely spread.
Several years ago, a Japanese university student traveled to
Southeast Asia and witnessed child prostitution in Cambodia.
Children are forced to work in prostitution, often controlled by drugs.
HIV/AIDS is spreading among children.
The student was determined to work on the problem when he returned
and, with other founding members, a NPO was established to combat
child prostitution in Cambodia.
The third in the Polaris Project seminar series, we will have a
speaker from the Kamonohashi Project, a Japanese NPO that works in
Cambodia.
Polaris Project works in Japan while Kamonohashi Project works in
Cambodia, but we share a common goal: to eliminate human trafficking.
We invite you to the seminar to learn and think together what we can do
about the issue. Please join us on Saturday, April 11, from 7pm.
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Polaris Project Monthly Seminar: The 3rd "How do we stop Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children?" Seminar Series -- Human Trafficking in
Cambodia
<<Summary>>
Some children have no choice but to "sell" their bodies; they are
in Japan and abroad. The seminar will focus on
commercialization of children in developing countries and suggest what
we can do.
For the 3rd seminar in the series, Mr. Kunihiko Abe of Kamonohashi
Project, will speak for the Kamonohashi Project, a highly regarded
social business, working to prevent human trafficking and child
prostitution in Cambodia. Mr. Kabe led their Cambodia office from 2005 to 2008
and will share his experiences on the field.
Kamonohashi Project:
http://www.kamonohashi-project.net/ <<Date>>
Saturday, April 11, 7pm to 9pm
<<Venue>>
JICA Chikyu Hiroba Seminar Room 302
(One-minute walk from Hiroo Station)
<<Map>>
http://www.jica.go.jp/hiroba/about/map.html <<Speaker Profile>>
Mr. Kunihiko Kabe, NPO Kamonohashi Project
2008 to Present: Supporters Department, Kamonohashi Project
2005-2008: Director, Cambodia Office, Kamonohashi Project
Prior to joining Kamonohashi Project, he worked for the Social
Security CalWORKs Program of California state government in the
United States.
<<Admission Fee>>
1,000 yen (500 yen for students; please present your student ID
at the door)
<<Registration>>
Please fill in the form online at:
http://my.formman.com/form/pc/jtlfbc6KYEZPZFJm/ * Your registration will be complete when you submit the form
online (Polaris Project will not reply to your registration).
* On-the-day registration will be accepted only when there are
some vacant seats are available.
* Sorry, this event is held in Japanese:(
<<For more information, please contact:>>
Polaris Project Japan Office
Campaign Team
TEL：050-3496-7615
E-mail:
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* SOS website for girls "Polaris" launched
http://www.pol214.com/ The press conference was covered by NHK:
http://www.polarisproject.jp/news/42-news/353-04022009 (in Japanese)
* Booklet "It’s Happening to Her, Right Now" On Sale
http://www.polarisproject.jp/news/42-news/279-book(in Japanese)
*Human Trafficking Related News (in Japanese)
http://www.polarisproject.jp/cases *Polaris Project in the News (in Japanese)
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