Student Art Against Human Trafficking - Bucaramanga
Students with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2012
In 2012, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) visited different areas of Colombia to educate children and young adults on how to recognise, report and prevent human trafficking. As part of this program, children from various schools and communities created murals to show their understanding of human trafficking and their support of modern slavery survivors. Of the 1,900 children with whom UNODC worked, the majority lived in areas where levels of prostitution and drug crimes are very high. This piece was created in Bucaramanga, which is the capital and largest city of the region of Santander. It depicts a woman with long, flowing hair who has broken free of the chains to the left. The phrase to the left reads 'Tu no eres una [unreadable]...di no a la trata de personas', which translates to 'you are not a [unreadable]...say no to human trafficking'.
