1. You donated more than $15,600 for The Born2Fly Project! That's donations via Chip-in, PayPal, and check. Fantastic--thank you! Every penny goes to reaching kids before the traffickers do.
2. Any day now, I expect a call from artist Leah Wiedemer saying she's finished the last illustration for the wordless children's book that's the centerpiece of the B2F project. The book will be about 75 pages with more than 400 illustrations. (You'll love it!)
3. I'm almost finished writing the companion curriculum that will teach kids the important concepts in the book.
4. We're getting quotes from the printer on the final cost to print the books and curriculum.
Since we didn't reach our full financial goal of $81,000, we can't print nearly as many books as we want, but we'll print what we can.
Remember, our mission is to reach kids before the traffickers do.
Most kids get lured into trafficking because they don't know the ploys that traffickers use.
Wherever awareness training takes place, the rate of trafficking plummets. There's just not enough, nor is it in the languages of most at-risk kids.
That's the beauty of The B2F Project. Through a wordless book, we can educate kids and parents all over the world about the dangers of child sex trafficking -- no matter what their language or country, nor how remote their villages.
After working on this project for 4 long years, I'm thrilled we're almost ready to go to press and print these precious materials. I'm anxious to hear back from the printer telling us how many books we can print.
If you want to see that number go up, you can still donate via PayPal or credit card by clicking the orange Chip-in button at the upper-right or here.
On behalf of the many children we'll reach before the traffickers do, thank you.
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