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Bryan Olesen, of the band VOTA, on how their Love Found Me Campaign makes a difference in the fight against human trafficking.
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Well there their music is a pathway to bringing harmony in the world the Christian -- vote and a just recently launched the love found me campaign to make a difference in the fight against human trafficking.
Brent Olson is the founding member and lead vocalist -- vote and he joins me now via Skype from a Lincoln Nebraska welcome.
Trust your -- it's going just this -- just wonderfully so I think I'm I'm wondering in it we.
We've heard about human trafficking but why is the -- getting involved in this.
We just want to do something different something meaningful.
And we -- this organization is actually based here.
-- -- -- -- -- And it actually -- human trafficking and call for years and just got a dialogue probably could do it and then we came up with this love -- campaign.
And what are you what is the -- funny campaign what are you actually doing.
One thing -- is.
Doing something bull or actually -- our normal -- for free tour wants it.
But before you get beyond you -- -- -- a quick video tour we're telling people what we're trying to do with this record in our goal is.
So what's happening traffickers in the hall they're posing as employment agents and go when they're targeting.
For families in the -- and you're -- used to visit their daughters can go to work in India and make a good living.
Is that these sand is very all this money to send their daughter order you know what happens once they cross the border their -- -- brought hope and and -- There becomes sex slaves and -- this is something we want stuff there's an easy read stuff -- because right now these traffickers.
They're just taking these girls straight across the border they're not trying to.
Heidi numerous all of them soon.
Nepal Nepal birdies and actually given tiny hands permission to put up eighty order barring stationed at each one of the 26 or points between Nepal and India.
And our goal then is to support and -- five of these stations for years.
This is amazing and so your and you're actually I mean like I'm that I was amazed the numbers 151000 girls are taken.
From this border from the Paul and yet each year -- your goal is to cut that number by 3000 at least.
Our -- intercept about a 120 girls per year I leading worship at a church -- -- Lincoln you know.
4000 people come each week and I look -- -- that audience and think if if we're successful we could save 3000 barrels.
Thrown a terrible tragedy so it's.
This is kind of an exciting journey Leon and -- already starting off real great stuff.
And then for really quickly how can people find out more about.
To how to contribute and -- -- help.
Apple simply good.
The website for entertainment is love song meet or G and you know everything is -- out there or you can actually text.
Vote that is the OT eight to 313 want -- three want and you get a -- third you can you can go down the Al.
All right Allan thank you so much this is really a good cause and obviously it's the situation is -- and it really is something that has to be done immediately.
Thank you so much Brian Olson of -- that thank you so much.
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