I am the voice for the VOICELESS!

“I am the voice for the VOICELESS!”

That is what Ania McNair, a student at Reginald F Lewis High School in Baltimore City, said after her Human Trafficking memorial event.

The Red Sand Project was held in collaboration with Bridging Gaps Through Positive Solutions, a youth mentorship nonprofit in Baltimore City. The goal was simple: bring awareness and pay homage to those who have lost their lives due to human trafficking.

Ania and her student-led organization, NOTFORSALE, work to promote awareness of the issue that haunts Baltimore.

“The Red Sand Project recognizes those victims who fall in between the cracks of Human Trafficking. We acknowledge those who haven’t been heard and those who didn’t get the help that they needed.” – Ania McNair, 2020 Philanthropy Tank – Baltimore Awardee

“Baltimore, Maryland, is a hotspot for human trafficking. The confluence of highways… combined with the proximity to several major airports, a plethora of hotels and casinos, and extreme poverty beside extreme wealth, has created the perfect conditions for the trafficking industry to thrive.”

Cristina Maza, Al Jazeera (Click for Original Article)

When asked why she came up with the idea, Ania said it was to show youth that “we see you and hear you.”

Please contact us if you are interested in supporting Ania and NOTFORSALE in their mission against Human Trafficking in Baltimore City. Teens are encouraged to participate.

Shown are the Baltimore City youth and community members that came out to show their support for NOTFORSALE by dropping RED SAND on the ground.

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Maza, Cristina. “Inside Baltimore’s Human Trafficking Industry.” Al Jazeera | Child Rights News, Al Jazeera, 30 July 2020, www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/7/30/inside-baltimores-human-trafficking-industry#:~:text=On%20any%20given%20night%20in,a%20victim%20of%20human%20trafficking.