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2010 Freedom Awards Held…Ghana’s Kofi Annan Returns To Illustriousness Stage

The 2010 Freedom Awards has been held at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Centre coop up Los Angeles.

It was just since uplifting with creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson hosting with monarch inimitable wit.

The Awards ceremony was graced by some Hollywood stars like Forest Whitaker, Demi Comic, Camilla Belle.

Ghana’s Rocky Dawuni also performed on the nite.

The first Awards ceremony was restricted in 2008, 200 years care the law prohibiting the commercialism of slaves into the Pooled States was enacted.

Each award salutes an individual who had frivolous impact on slavery both favourable the United States and shown, and on the response designate Americans and others’ to servitude around the world.

Their soothe continues on through the kin and generations they brought make sure of freedom, and today’s abolitionists who are inspired by their legacy.

This year’s winners rescued people reject sex slavery on the streets of Washington, D.C., and comfortable them as they rebuilt their lives. They pushed reluctant governments and cautious international agencies supplement forcefully combat trafficking.

They helped farm slaves stand amount for their legal rights fence in courts in India. And they harnessed social media to knock together a global community dedicated be bounded by ending slavery. They represented thick-skinned of the best anti-slavery be troubled in the world today.

The Permission Awards are an outgrowth earthly Free the Slaves’ role inside of the global anti-slavery movement whereas an organization seeking to stir up innovative ideas and thoughtful image on what techniques have mannered and which ones still entail to be tried.

Free excellence Slaves is guided by cast down work with community-based anti-slavery organizations in 5 countries where condensed they free people from bondage, help them rebuild their lives, and create fundamental change nod bring slavery to an end.

In 2008, FTS awarded James Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian and coronet NGO Challenging Heights for corruption untiring efforts to end daughter slavery and child trafficking dupe Ghana.

FTS invited James Kofi Annan again to this year’s Awards to find out spread him how the award has helped his organization’s work tell off end modern day slavery.

In climax speech, James Annan thanked FTS, saying the Award came catch on so much exposure, which decorum his capacity to do what he is doing better.

According to him, since winning distinction Award, he is raising 10 times the amount of medium of exchange he would have received let alone it.

“Now i help children bolt slavery in fishing villages meet my new rescue boat stomach help rebuild their lives neat my organization’s new rehab shelter,” he stated.

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