{"id":1400,"date":"2012-01-03T06:31:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T11:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2012-01-03T09:33:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T14:33:31","slug":"childrens-rescue-initiative-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2012\/01\/childrens-rescue-initiative-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Rescue Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Activist Faith, I like to highlight Christians on the frontlines of creating positive change in our world. Today&#8217;s hero? My friend Bruce Ladebu, pastor and founder of Children&#8217;s Rescue Initiative. Here&#8217;s an amazing picture and story of a recent project of his:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Investigating slavery<br \/>\nat a brick plant, Bruce Ladebu saw two<br \/>\ngirls laboring under brutal<br \/>\nconditions. He made arrangements to free<br \/>\nthe girls, who also had three brothers, a<br \/>\nmother and father. In the last<br \/>\nweek of June, this family was freed from<br \/>\ntheir tortuous life as slaves.\u00a0 After freeing this family, our team in this<br \/>\nAsian country found that the two younger<br \/>\nboys had been taken to a hospital<br \/>\nweeks before and they were operated on<br \/>\nto remove one of their kidneys<br \/>\neach. They were told that the operation<br \/>\nwas to put medicine inside of them.\u00a0 This is becoming a common practice with<br \/>\nthe children: to harvest their organs.<br \/>\nThe girls would have been sold to men<br \/>\nfor sex sometime in the near<br \/>\nfuture. Our investigation<br \/>\ncontinues and our mission deepens as we boldly<br \/>\nrescue children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/thechildrensrescue.org\/\">Children&#8217;s Rescue Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Activist Faith, I like to highlight Christians on the frontlines of creating positive change in our world. Today&#8217;s hero? My friend Bruce Ladebu, pastor and founder of Children&#8217;s Rescue Initiative. 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