Is it our responsibility to help the people of the world? Globalization has made us more aware of important issues and events around the world, and as global citizens we must determine what our roles should be in helping to solve these problems.
A Long Way Gone (child soldiers/children’s rights), The Distance Between Us (immigration/poverty), and The Road of Lost Innocence (sexual slavery) all focus on young people in different parts of the world who faced dangerous situations due to the social and political conflicts in their countries. 

Your essay for this assignment should further explore the problem emphasized in your book, and you must use the book you read as a source of examples; however, you must also need use additional sources. There is a list with some possible references for each book posted on BB.
In your essay, you should describe the problem, explain and evaluate current and future solutions or lack of solutions, and overall, take a position on the global community’s role in responding to the problem. While you do need to include information from the book and other sources in this essay, one objective of this Writing Project is to look at these global problems from a human perspective, so it is ok to include your own reactions to Ishmael, Somaly and Reyna’s experiences.

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ESSAY CONTENT:

• YOU MUST DISCUSS THE PROBLEM/SOLUTION!
• YOU MUST BE PERSUASIVE.
• THE MAIN IDEAS IN YOUR ESSAY MUST BE YOUR OWN.
• YOU MUST USE INFORMATION FROM YOUR BOOK – INCLUDE DIRECT QUOTES.
• YOU MUST ALSO USE INFORMATION FROM ADDITIONAL SOURCES
• YOU MAY ALSO INCLUDE SOME SUPPORT FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES.

THE ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE by Somaly Mam
Additional References about Sex Trafficking for The Road of Lost Innocence Essay
Busza, Joanna, Sarah Castle and Aisse Diarra. Trafficking and Health. BMJ, 5 June 2004.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC420297/
Kara, Siddharth. Supply and Demand: Human Trafficking in the Global Economy. Harvard International Review, Summer 2011.
Human Trafficking Awareness in Los Angeles
http://www.metro.net/riding/rescue/

http://www.voxxi.com/human-trafficking-in-united-states/

Enslaved in America: Sex Trafficking in the United States
http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/resource/past-articles/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states

Acting for Women in Distressing Situations – Website for Somaly Mam’s Organization
http://www.afesip.org/

United Nations – Human Rights
http://www.un.org/en/rights/

CNN Freedom Project
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/

The Polaris Project
http://www.polarisproject.org

Not For Sale Campaign
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/

International Justice Mission
http://www.ijm.org
http://www.ijm.org/news/ijm-cambodia-assists-anti-trafficking-police-rescue-girl-brothel