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Help Dawson Fight Against Sex Trafficking and Climb Mt Everest (8848m)
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By Dawson Cole
Funds go to Freedom 8848 Justice Society Keep it all Calgary, AB, CA Report
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Hey Everyone I'm Dawson. Here is an exciting challenge I'm doing with Freedom 8848...
What is freedom 8848:
Freedom 8848 began with an overwhelming sense that something needed to be done to raise awareness and support the fight against the injustice of sex trafficking.
Fighting sex trafficking seems like an enormous thing to take on (almost like climbing Mount Everest). The men who started Freedom 8848 3 years ago couldn't actually travel to Nepal to climb Mount Everest to raise funds and awareness but they thought that there is something just as big they could do here in Alberta! 
The challenge:
On August 17th myself and my friend Micah will be leaving Calgary and joining a group of others who have decided to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest (8848 meters). We will be climbing 3 mountains a day starting August 18th - 20th. 3 mountains a day for 3 days. We will be back in Calgary on August 21st. We will be climbing mountains here in Alberta but we're not 100% sure what 9 peaks we will be doing yet. I'm hoping to find out soon. At the end of each day, we will be fed a BBQ-style meal and then be sleeping in tents and staying the night at a group camping site near main access points to the mountain. The actual location will be finalized closer to the date.
Because Freedom 8848 was started and run by Christians we'll also have time at breakfast for devotions and worship. 
The fundraising aspect: 
By climbing 3 mountains a day for 3 days we are hoping to spread awareness about sex trafficking. Each participant of the Freedom 8848 9 peak challenge is encouraged to fundraise $8,848 to help support and end to sex trafficking. I launched my campaign on April 10th and as of right now, on July 27th, with so much help and support we've been able to raise $8,898! 101% of my goal. 
All the funds that are raised go to freedom 8848 and then to 3 different organizations that specialize in the prevention of sex trafficking, Rescue of people trapped in sex trafficking and Restoration of people who were caught in sex trafficking. 
Brave Education: BRAVE Education exists to fill a need in the field of human trafficking prevention education. BRAVE conducted a series of focus groups in 2018 regarding human trafficking which revealed that there was a gap in prevention education for young people. BRAVE Education was formed to fill this gap. Since then, they have been delivering prevention education primarily to educate children ages 8 to 18 years old, with research underway regarding age-appropriate research-informed programming to empower and protect younger children. 
Next Step Ministries: Next Step Ministries (NSM) is a Christian non-profit organization that believes, with our community of supporters, we can make a great impact on this crisis in our lifetime. Our goal is to offer a safe place for every woman who wants to exit sexual exploitation through services offered and intentional partnerships with like-minded agencies.
 
International Justice Mission: We are the largest anti-slavery organization in the world. Together, we can end slavery in our lifetime. Today, more than 40 million people live in slavery.  IJM partners with local authorities in 24 program offices in 14 countries to combat slavery, violence against women and children, and other forms of abuse against people who are poor.
We believe we can end slavery in our lifetime. Here's how: Rescue Victims: Locate victims and remove them from the place where they’re in danger. Bring Criminals to Justice: Hold slave owners, traffickers, rapists and criminals accountable in court. Restore Survivors: Give survivors the support and tools they need to heal and to thrive. Strengthen Justice Systems: Stop violence before it starts by helping to strengthen the local justice system.
 
 
Why am I doing it: 
 
The more I research the sex trafficking industry and learn more about it, the more I realize how closely linked the pornography industry is connected to it. I have seen how the pornography industry has had a huge negative impact on my life and I know that it has an even more huge negative impact on the women, kids and men trapped in the sex trafficking and the pornography industry. It’s absolutely devastating what these people go through. I want to do this challenge because I know this will be the most challenging thing physically and maybe even mentally I have/will put my body through but it’s still no comparison to what the people trapped in the sex trafficking and pornography industry go through. I want to be someone who fights for what is right and just. Someone who will fight for love. 
 
How can you help: 
 
Financially: 
 
If you would like to help financially I very much sincerely appreciate it! It means a lot that you support me and this cause. You can donate by hitting the contribute button
 
Sharing my Campaign: 
 
I understand that not everyone can contribute financially. If you can't you can still help! Please consider sharing this campaign with those around you. Friends, family, coworkers, random people. In-person, in emails, or on social media. Whatever or however you want!
 
- Prayer: 
 
Ultimately this is a spiritual battle. Sex trafficking is a sin against God. Pray that the people who are sucking people into sex trafficking come to repentance, seek Christ and fully surrender their lives to him. 
 
Pray for the people trapped in the sex trafficking industry to continue fighting and that they may not lose hope. Pray that Christ reveals himself to them in dreams and visions and that the people trapped may find Christ if they haven't. 
 
Pray for the people who have been rescued that they may be fully healed and see the hope and healing offered through Christ. Pray that they can help others who were/are in similar positions. 
 
Please pray for me as I prepare and train for this hike. Pray for everyone involved in this hike will be able to complete it and that there won't be any injuries and that we can have good conversations with others about sex trafficking and Christ. Please pray for our fundraisers too. 
 
Loving those around us: 
 
Seeking to love those around us is another way you can help. We never know what people's battles are but just by loving and supporting those around us is an amazing way you can help. Seek to love those who are hurting, downcast, and marginalized by society. 
Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

 

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After 6 men sat together in the Bow River basin and discussed the GIANT of

an issue of SEX TRAFFICKING,  it was easy to use Mt. EVEREST as a metaphor.

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- "Standing at the base of Everest it seems insurmountable,

too big to conquer, but the reality is, it isn't.

The first step is to decide to pack a bag and

move towards it." - Rem (Founder)

 

Why 8848?  Because, Mt. Everest is 8848m tall.  The idea was born to summit Everest not overseas but, here in the Alberta Rocky Mountains.  These men were inspired to create The Freedom 8848 Team Everest Challenge as a justice initiative of 4th Musketeer Canada following a 72 hour wilderness journey called Extreme Character Challenge -XCC.

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The Freedom 8848 Team Everest Challenge was created to raise funds, awareness and most of all empathy for those who have quieted voices.  To support and find ways to protect those who are enslaved, on a recovery journey, the frontline organizations, our children, and anyone else who is directly or indirectly involved.

 

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-"I just couldn't sit on my couch and think there was something I  could be doing to help someone who was being trafficked"- Freedom 8848 member

 

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The event is split into 4 tiers:

  • Full summit - 8848m elevation gain - 9 mountains in 3 days
  • Base camp - 5600m elevation gain - 6 mountains in 3 days
  • Mountain Mover - 3000m elevation gain - 3 mountains in 3 days
  • Remote Everest Freedom Challenge - Teams of participants will collectively climb 8848m as a team in their desired location.

 

 

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"This mission needs your help!"

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As one of the Freedom8848 supporters put it: 

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" I hope... that they don’t only climb the equivalent of Everest:

they move the equivalent of Everest."

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The funds raised are donated to carefully selected organizations.  


 

Freedom 8848, their partners, and all it's participants sincerely ask for your support as we enter the third of many annual events this August 18-21, 2022. 

We believe with your help we can become the

"...GROUNDSWELL of people standing together moving mountains for justice."   

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Can you IMAGINE??  We can!!

 

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