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• WHEN: 
• Feb. 7th, 6pm-10pm
• WHERE:
• iCoffee in Summerfield/Greensboro (corner of 150 and Lake Brandt)  (click for directions)
• WHAT:
• a benefit concert to support the World Vision project to raise awareness and combat the sexual exploitation of children around the world.
• there will be an opportunity to make donations and a portion of the proceeds from all coffee sold will go to the cause.
• WHO: 
• Acoustic Artists from 6-9pm: (click to hear music)
• David Wilson, Jr.
• Meryl Angelicola
• Phil Wagoner (RITK)
• Joshua Ling
• Bands from 9pm-on
• Rich Little Poor Kids
• WHY:
• An estimated 2 million children are enslaved in the global commercial sex trade. Most are girls, but a significant number are boys.
• What are the manifestations of child sexual exploitation?
• Prostitution
• Sex tourism
• Child pornography
• Trafficking and sale of children for sexual purposes
• Sexual abuse of girls or boys by family and community members
• Forced marriage
• In countries such as Lithuania, children as young as 11 are sold into prostitution.   Children are taken from children’s homes as young as 10 years old and forced to make pornographic movies. 
• In Asia and Europe, children as young as 13 are sold as mail order brides.
• everyday, children are raped and abused by people they once trusted, adults who are supposed to care for their well being.
• World Vision has started an initiative to fight the sexual exploitation of children by lobbying government organizations to tighten laws and make consequences more severe.
• we can make a difference!