You know, we all have dreams of a better life sometimes. How would it be to make good money abroad –sigh- study abroad –sigh-. Can you imagine, there are people in this world taking advantage of girls and boys with hopes and dreams like this, by selling them as human slaves? DAMN. We we’re in shock! We’ve been involved in the MTV EXIT Live in Indonesia campaign. A nationwide concert tour, with Indonesia’s biggest popstars and rockbands. S.I.D., Agnes Monica, Peter Pan, The Changcuters, J-Rock and many more artists. They’ve joined MTV EXIT in the fight against human trafficking. All the concerts are free (funded by USAID and AUSAID) so MTV can reach out to as many people as possible. Working in this project, closely with NGO’s and Indonesian government as well, we learned that in Indonesia only there are around 2.5 million victims each year. Kids sold to beg on the streets (yes, also in Bali), young girls lured under false promises into brothels to work as a sexslave, young men trying to make money for their family and end up locked up in a factory working night and day. All being heavily abused. SNIFF. We not like.

MTV EXIT is not trying to stop human trafficking. But is putting a spotlight on the issue thru the power of music and celebs. A positive campaign! MTV EXIT has been touring in Asia with concerts in the past years, working together with Placebo, The Killers, Radiohead. Making videoclips, documentaries with Angelina Jolie, Lucia Liu, animations and so much more (all on www.mtvexit.org or www.facebook.com/mtvexit). And a new videoclip will be shot this month with a biiiig big artist… ssssh we can’t tell, sorry!

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