AAI’s star trainer Donna Hubbard opened the International Aviation Transportation Association (IATA’s) conference on Cabin Safety in Bangkok in May as well as the conference in Geneva on at the High Commission on Human Rights with the formal release of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Circular 352 – Guidelines for airline companies for training of cabin crew on identifying and responding to trafficking in persons.  ICAO sets international guidelines for airline companies globally and the launch was made with the full support of the High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCHR). See media stories: UN Agency Urges Mandatory TrainingAircraft cabin crew have new tools to stop human trafficking   & Preventing human trafficking by empowering aircraft cabin crew  

The conference was opened by Dr. Fang Liu, Secretary General of ICAO and Kate Gilmore (UNHCHR) prior to Donna riveting the crowd with her testimony on the impact on victims : From Tragedy to Triumph. including the story of Airline Ambassadors and her work as a human trafficking awareness trainer. 

 

 

 

 

Other speakers were Laurent Sauveur on UNHCHR, Janine Von Thungen, with an inspiring interactive exhibit on Trafficking in Persons, Martin Maurino who coordinated the development of of the ICAO Guidelines for Cabin Crew, Julie Abraham of the US Department of Transportation on the Blue Lightning Initiative, Mikela Dontu, who shared inspiring results of training cabin crew at Sky Regional Airlines, Sara Nelson of the Association of Flight Attendants, who helped get training mandated for US flight crew, Tim Coleman of IATA (sharing that this issue will be emphasized again at the General Meeting of IATA in early June in Sydney).  Closing remarks were made by  Catalin Radu (ICAO) and Mona Rishmawi, OHCHR.

 

 

 

 

We had some fun and got to see a bit of Geneva too including Uptown Downtown the upscale shop for vintage designer brands of our colleague Gigi Gya. We did some research in the “red light” district and  had a great dinner  with friends.

AAI trainers Sherry Saehlenou & Nancy Rivard with Landry Carr from US State Dept.

Donna Hubbard with colleagues from Lufthansa

Julie Abraham, from US DOT, departing

This sign greets all who arrive or depart from Geneve!

AAI at Senate Briefing -HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM

CSPAN Coverage HERE

FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM:

NEW CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Monday, May 7, 2018

3:00 p.m., Russell Senate Office Building Room 485

Live Webcast: www.facebook.com/HelsinkiCommission  

CSPAN Coverage HERE

Traffickers move trafficking victims on airplanes, buses, trains, and taxis—frequently relocating to avoid detection by law enforcement and to chase big markets, like major sporting events and vacation destinations. Hotels, often unknowingly, sell rooms to traffickers for exploitation.

Over the last decade, transportation and hotel professionals have recognized the role they can play on the front lines of identifying potential trafficking victims. Many organizations work alongside NGOs and the Departments and Homeland Security and Transportation to ensure that their employees are ready to respond to, rather than look away from, victims in plain sight.

However, some companies have been slow to join the fight. Legislation pending in Congress will require hotels and airlines to train their employees to spot and report signs of trafficking before the companies can become eligible to win government contracts. More decentralized systems of travel and tourism—such as Airbnb and Uber—may need new frameworks to ensure that their systems do not become the preference of traffickers on the move.

The following expert panelists are scheduled to participate:

·         Tracey Breeden, Director of Safety Communications, Uber

·         Nancy Rivard, Founder and President of Airline Ambassadors

·         Carol Smolenski, Executive Director, End Child Trafficking and Pornography (ECPAT), USA

·         Craig Kalkut, Vice President of Government Affairs, American Hotel & Lodging Association

Additional panelists may be added.

Saber Rock, Nancy Rivard and Congressman Chris Smith who opened the Briefing.

Testimony to the Helsinki Commission May 7, 2018

Fighting Human Trafficking in Travel and Tourism – New Challenges and Solutions”

Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) is a non-profit organization made up of members in the airline industry, which has led advocacy on human trafficking awareness since correctly identifying trafficking on four flights in 2009. We developed the first “industry specific” training which has been provided to 6,000 frontline personnel at 70 airports in the U.S. and around the world. Our work will be highlighted at the release of the new ICAO Guidelines in Geneva and at the IATA Cabin Safety meeting in Bangkok this month.

Because the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016 made it mandatory for U.S. airlines to train flight attendants, most airlines are utilizing the Blue Campaign’s excellent on line training materials. Delta is still out front – in 2018 they launched an enhanced training tailored for Delta’s 54,000 employees, initiated an apprentice program for trafficking survivors, hosted events to motivate employees, an event for Atlanta based CEO’s and launched a test with new airport signage.  This year American Airlines joined Delta and signed the ECPAT Code of Conduct. JetBlue is also committed and was highlighted at the IATA General Meeting last May.

International airlines are jumping on board too. Air Asia and Air Emirates launched initiatives last year and AeroMexico and Copa have joined the international fight by joining the UNODC Blue Heart Campaign.

There are successes:

Airline Ambassadors provided training in Sacramento airport which is proactive for awareness. In February this year, Sacramento AA Agent, Denice Miracle, noticed two girls, aged 15 and 17 who were traveling on a one-way ticket to do some modeling for a man they had met on Instagram. They had told their parents they were spending the night at each other’s houses, Her alertness and critical thinking saved those two girls.

Congress can help by strengthening the laws to encourage airlines to provide training to all employee groups, (including agents, pilots and more). Funding should be increased so the Blue Campaign to provide live trainings to training staff of the 33 major airlines in the U.S. The on line trainings are very good, but many employees to not pay close attention and is often not even mentioned in annual recurrent trainings. Some employees still are not taking the issue seriously.

Here are three examples:

  1. Last March on a flight from Rome to Chicago all 8 flight attendants were sure that a 50 year old American man was trafficking a 7 year old Albanian girl, they reported it to the pilots (even pointing to the manual where the pilots should radio to alert the upcoming airport),  but the pilots refused saying that they didn’t want to get the man in a lot of trouble. “This has never been mentioned in pilot training, and we are not going to take the chance.”
  2. Agents in Houston heard that we provided an airport training and said “When is someone going to train us? We see potential trafficking every day!”
  3. I visited airline operations and asked what action they would take if a pilot radioed in a suspected human trafficking cases. They answered “No action – human trafficking is not a threat to aircraft security.” They also need to be trained.

Funding should specify that Train the Trainers (for training staff) should include actual trafficking survivors, to make the issue real, motivating trainers to emphasize this during annual recurrent training.

Airports – also play a key role in awareness:

We helped Chicago, Las Vegas, and San Francisco Airports to implement a training video for all badged employees. Atlanta, Houston, Minneapolis and Sacramento have also been proactive.   The DHS Ad campaign is in most Customs areas and A21 signage is in Chicago and New York airports. 1000 “Tips” have been submitted through Airline Ambassadors Tip Line App that is given to our airport trainees. We are saving lives.

However, many airports have not been receptive to offers of training like Los Angeles and Miami. They have said live training is not needed, and there are no resources to support it.

But we know training IS needed. Donna Hubbard, noticed a woman crying outside the bathroom at MIA Airport. She stopped to talk – and the girl said that a man she had met at a bar the night before bought her a ticket on the flight to New York, but she didn’t want to go to New York….she wanted to go home to her mother. Donna contacted the airport police, who intimidated the girl until she said nothing was wrong. It was Donna, a human trafficking survivor herself, who helped intervene and did get the girl back to her mother.

The Human Trafficking Investigations and Trafficking Institute has one of the best trainings out there for law enforcement, but most airports or police departments are reluctant to invest their limited training funds in human trafficking awareness training because it is not mandatory at the state level. Officers continue to treat victims as suspects, not a victim centered approach. Training resources need to be increased for training of travel industry personnel and law enforcement, as coordination is critical to end modern day slavery.

Motivating the Private Sector

Although the private sector is critical in this fight, most airlines truly do not understand the importance of human trafficking awareness and hesitant to integrate new actions into their corporate cultures.   They are nervous that vigilante flight attendants will make false accusations and cause a lawsuit and no real motivation to ensure proper training for employees, eliminate trafficking in the supply chain or adopt policies to provide job opportunities for victims. We sent a letter to the CEO’s of 24 airlines and hospitality companies to requesting their openness to hiring survivors of human trafficking – only the American Bus Association responded!

Support is needed to mobilize private sector partners. It was the Caux Roundtable Japan who encouraged All Nippon Airlines to host our presentation in Tokyo last month. If the U.S. joins the international UNODC Blue Heart Campaign, along with 18 other nations, with actress Mira Sorvino at the Goodwill Ambassador, it would encourage airlines, transportation and hospitality companies in the direction of social responsibility.

The critical infrastructure of our transportation system can no longer be used as a tool to implement human trafficking, or modern day slavery. This is also the fastest growing crime in the world. It is linked to drug trafficking, human smuggling, arms trafficking and terrorism, also a cabin safety issue.

In the words of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, the largest flight attendant union in the U.S.:

“We are committed not only to preparing our membership to recognize and report suspected instances of human trafficking, but also to raise public awareness of the problem…putting an end to human trafficking will require a coordinated effort and commitment of the entire transportation industry.”

In October – Nov 2018 Saber Rock traveled to Afghanistan to set up our Airline Ambassadors office, deliver humanitarian aid, and begin projects to help make Afghanistan great again!

Saber Rock, Nancy Rivard and Congressman Chris Smith

Saber joined AAI’s Board of Advisor’s in July.  His  film won the “Most Inspiring Documentary” and also  “Most Exceptional Human Being” Award at the 2017 Hollywood Movie Awards.  Here is the movie trailer. 

Saber established an Airline Ambassadors office in Kabul and also signed an agreement to work with Rana University as an international Adviser of Western countries.

He is a celebrity in Afghanistan and made several TV appearances on the trip including Tolo,  Ariana and Khursheed television shows. Public exposure alerted the Taliban and also put him in danger. When he began a distribution of shoes on behalf of Airline Ambassadors to delighted children, he received warning just in time and narrowly escaped a suicide bomber coming to kill him.

Thank you Rock for bravery and commitment!

 

 

 

Here is some background.: Saber was a young battle hardened veteran when he was assigned to work with a small hand-picked team of U.S. Marines deployed to Helmand Province, one of the most violent regions in Afghanistan. Their mission was to drive a wedge between the Taliban and the Afghan villagers. All of their communication would have to pass through Rock, making him the lynchpin for winning over the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. The “Rock” became the critical link between insurgents and our country for over 11 years and counting, as Rock is still committed to helping his country transform into a nation that respects and educates its citizens. General Allen, his USMC Commander, said; “He has an indomitable spirit”. 

ONE MANS FIGHT AGAINST THE TALIBAN –  CNN

Although Saber Rock could have continued with his high paying and safe job as Chancellor of Kabul University, he chose instead to help his country during war and exposed himself as a rare patriot.  Although our society measures capacities for worth by college degrees and the attainment of high posts, Saber’s will to contribute to a better nation despite personal danger while exhibiting, love, humor, energy and commitment is a character that you too will certainly recognize and envy. He has a command of seven middle eastern languages and has an undeniable charisma that makes him a brother to everyone he meets.

  • Note: In 2009 Airline Ambassadors signed an MOU with the Humanitarian Affairs Division of the U.S. Armed Forces. We look forward to humanitarian initiatives with with his expertise and support to help orphans and vulnerable children in Afghanistan.  

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much to Air Asia Airlines for highlighting Airline Ambassadors in their In Flight Magazine this month!

AAI’s Nancy Rivard, Donna Hubbard and Andrea Hobart traveled to SE Asia in August to provide training for Air Asia Airline four largest bases and they are the first international airline to have embraced the issue of human trafficking prevention by educating flight crew and front line staff. See story HERE

 

 

After conducting several human trafficking trainings with UNODC Colombia, AAI was invited to sign a global Memorandum of Understanding to partner with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime on preventing and combatting trafficking in persons.  Jean Luc de Lemahieu, Director UNODC participated at AAI’s Side event in Vienna in May and used AAI’s example when  he addressed airline companies at the IATA Global Conference.    On September 11 , 2017 Jean Luc signed the partnership agreement with AAI’s president, Nancy Rivard and AAI Board member Lourdes Venes also participated.

 

Afterwards AAI hosted a Roundtable on the Prevention of Human Trafficking through Air Transportation  in coordination with Youth for Human Rights.  Many thanks to Birgit Karner and Fritz Schebeczek who brought together 25 stakeholders from government, law enforcement, non governmental organizations, private sector and civil society to explore legal and practical opportunities to implement a standardized system in air transportation to illegal transportation of humans. Journalist and media consultant – HeatherWokusch  facilitated: See attached Summary Document from the meeting HERE

Fight Child Trafficking | Airline Ambassaor Int. | Dipl. Akademie Wien 11.09.2017 | © Alfred Nechvatal

Testimony to U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation

 Force Multipliers: “How the Transportation Industry can Combat Human Trafficking”

Nancy Rivard
President
Airline Ambassadors

The critical infrastructure of our transportation system can no longer be used as a tool to implement human trafficking, or modern day slavery. This is also the fastest growing crime in the world. It is linked to drug trafficking, human smuggling, arms trafficking and terrorism, also; human trafficking aboard aircraft is a cabin safety issue.

Traffickers often use the speed, convenience and comparative safety from detection of commercial air travel. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows 3.6 billion global passengers in 2016 and U.S. serving airlines carried 928.9 million domestic and international passengers..

Airline personnel can be ‘eyes in the skies” providing vital intelligence to law enforcement. They can be a force multiplier in the fight against human trafficking. One flight attendant interacts with a minimum of over 500 passengers per week. This translates to 24,000 passengers per year.

Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) was established in 1996 as a non-profit organization made up of members in the airline industry. AAI has led advocacy on human trafficking awareness since correctly identifying trafficking on four flights in 2009. Working with Congressional members and government agencies they developed an “industry specific” training, which has been provided to 5,000 frontline personnel at 57 U.S. airports and international locations. This training is provided by volunteer flight personnel and survivors of human trafficking and is consistent with the “Blue Lightning” protocol of the Department of Homeland Security.

The story of an Alaska Airlines flight attendant, Shelia Fedrick who saved a little girl with a note in the bathroom, went viral in February 2017 with over 2,000 media citations. Shelia is an AAI trainer and this is only one of dozens of stories of victims who have been saved as a result of these prevention efforts.

Airline Ambassadors International commends the leadership of Senator Thune for the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S.2658) which includes the requirement that flight attendants be trained to identify and report potential trafficking aboard flights. Since the new legislation, most airlines have now adopted a human trafficking policy and have implemented a minimum level of training for flight attendants. However, there is still more work to do to strengthen this momentum.

PROBLEMS STILL NEEDING SOLUTIONS

AIRLINE INDUSTRY

Oversight

There is not adequate oversight evaluating effectiveness of training on human trafficking awareness in the airline industry. There is not motivation for companies to ensure maximum effectiveness of such training of flight attendants, or to train other critical employee groups at major human trafficking transit hubs, including airports.

 Flight Attendants

Positive momentum has begun with several airlines adopting the DHS Blue Lightening computer based training, or a few slides in the on line portion of recurrent training. However many airline professionals have said they do not pay close attention to on line trainings and the typical flight attendant glosses through on line trainings as fast as they can, and very little of the information is retained. The issue of human trafficking awareness is not even mentioned by the training staff of most U.S. based airlines during annual training. Emphasis by trainers is needed in recurrent training.

Pilots

When flight attendants report suspected trafficking situation on board they are to inform the pilots, who are to radio the upcoming airport, to contact law enforcement for evaluation. However, in two recent cases the pilots refused to report despite the fact that flight attendants were concerned and the procedure was in their “In Flight Manual”. The pilots stated that they were reluctant to cause a problem for the passenger and the suspected trafficker and victim deplaned unhindered. . This issue needs to be addressed in pilot recurrent annual training so pilots will feel comfortable following the procedure.

Operations personnel

Operations personnel are also not trained. Their responsibility is to monitor hundreds of flights arriving at each major airport location.   When questioned recently on what action would be taken if a pilot radioed in a potential human trafficking on the flight, one supervisor replied that he would take no action, as this issue was not related to aircraft security.

Passenger Service Agents

Agents also see trafficking indicators when interacting with customers checking in for flights and are not trained how to respond. Some have shared that they have seen many potential cases but did not know who to report to and were even concerned about risking their jobs. Many have said they would like training so that they know what is expected of them, and most are quite willing to act.

Lack of Corporate Commitment

Although the private sector is critical in this fight, most airlines truly do not understand the importance of human trafficking awareness and hesitant to integrate new actions into their corporate cultures.   They are nervous that vigilante flight attendants will make false accusations and cause a lawsuit. They have no motivation to ensure proper training for employees, eliminate trafficking in the supply chain or adopt policies on this issue that include providing of training and job opportunities for victims. When AAI sent a letter on April, 2017 to the CEO’s of 24 airlines and hospitality companies to support human trafficking policies and being open to hiring survivors – there was no response.

Data Sharing – Law Enforcement

The Department of Homeland Security was created under the Patriot Act to coordinate information among agencies and partners to secure our critical infrastructure, but this information is not shared. Despite formal FOIA requests for how many tips came from airports where trainings were given, no information was shared and thus, evaluation of training programs cannot be measured.  Although details of law enforcement cases should remain confidential, the sharing of information on how many tips were received, and if they led to arrests or prosecutions would provide valuable data for NGO’s, airlines, academia and the American public.

Reporting Mechanisms

The current public reporting systems for receiving human trafficking “tips”, cannot receive data rich information from the partners that is seeks to empower. For example, AAI employs a smartphone application that can transmit encrypted trafficking data in critical real time, but law enforcement and NGO partners cannot receive such data, including video, recordings, text and pictures.

Department of Homeland Security has spent millions of dollars on an excellent advertising campaign on human trafficking awareness with posters highlighting sex, domestic servitude and labor trafficking, but

  1. The reporting phone number is different from the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH ) # which is confusing for the general public.
  2. The DHS Hotline is not a direct number
  3. Although the National Human Trafficking Hotline can receive texts there is no mechanism to receive data rich information by either Hotline, which many AAI trained professionals are equipped to provide.

Recommendations

 Oversight

  1. The relevant critical infrastructure oversight agency (FAA or DOT) should be established to provide minimum results based educational standards to oversee compliance to human trafficking training for airline transport industry.

 Enhanced Training for Airline Personnel

  1. Minimal, on line training should be supplemented with classroom mention and training should be required for all frontline or relevant employee groups – flight attendants, pilots, operations personnel and passenger agents.
  2. Legislation to require airlines to train staff could provide resources for live Train the Trainer programs on human trafficking to training staff of major U.S. based airlines. Such training should include live participation of survivors of human trafficking to make the issue come alive for trainees, so training staff of each airline will understand the issue and emphasize it during annual recurrent trainings.

Corporate Commitment

  1. Legal protection offered to airline and employees who report potential trafficking be established along with a reporting protocol to FAA or the Department of Transportation.
  2. Tax incentives be considered for companies for providing minimum standards in compliance to combat human trafficking, (including training of employees, elimination of trafficking in the supply chain and willingness to provide jobs to victims of trafficking.)
  3. Federal government consider providing incentive to airline companies by deciding to book government travel only on those air carriers meeting minimum standards for corporate social responsibility in this area.

Data Sharing

  1. A system be established to measure the number of trafficking tips received from airports, airlines and airport employees and number of “tips” which lead to actual cases and prosecutions.
    1. That data be shared with relevant partners or academic institutions for evaluation.

Strengthen Reporting Mechanism

    1. Establishment of an email address to be monitored 24/7 as a system for reporting potential human trafficking “tips” for quick response and the ability to receive data rich information – phone, text, email, pictures, video and geo-location to ensure prompt action and the ability to receive rich data – rather than just a phone call or text

In the words of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, APFA: largest flight attendant union in the United States:

“We are committed not only to preparing our membership to recognize and report suspected instances of human trafficking, but also to raise public awareness of the problem. Flight attendants have thwarted these criminals in the past, but putting an end to human trafficking will require a coordinated and sustained effort as well the commitment of the entire transportation industry.”

Mexico — Airlines are being urged to train more flight attendants to help prevent human trafficking, placing cabin crew on the front line of the fight against sexual exploitation and slavery.

Airline leaders meeting in Mexico will be briefed by the United Nations agency responsible for tackling the largely hidden crime, which the United Nations says nets smugglers $150 billion profit a year.

“We want … airlines to join our campaigns and our initiatives in order to make human trafficking and migrant smuggling visible,” Felipe De La Torre of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), told Reuters ahead of the June 4-6 meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

According to the International Labour Organisation, almost 21 million people are in forced labour, meaning three out of every 1,000 people on the planet are enslaved at any given time.

In a case that sprang to public attention in February, an Alaska Airlines flight attendant helped rescue a teenage girl from alleged trafficking onboard a domestic U.S. flight in 2011 by leaving her a note in the toilet.

Shelia Frederick told NBC TV her suspicions had been aroused by the girl’s dishevelled appearance compared to the smart clothes and controlling attitude of her older male companion. The pilot alerted police who arrested the man on arrival.

More than 70,000 U.S. airline staff have been trained to identify smugglers and their victims in that way under the Blue Lightning initiative, launched in 2013 with the support of JetBlue, Delta Air Lines and others.

Such training has since become mandatory.

But Nancy Rivard, a former flight attendant hailed as a pioneer of such training, said the U.S. federal programme is poorly funded and that the majority of foreign airlines are barely starting to focus on the problem.

“This exists in every country in the world. There is room for improvement but at least we are beginning to make changes,” Rivard, founder of Airline Ambassadors International, said.

online training does not go far enough, she added.

AWARENESS PLEA

Airlines are asked to report suspicions to authorities but not step into the shoes of investigators. UNODC has produced a card called #BeAwareOfTheSigns it wants airlines to distribute.

“When you see a person who’s afraid or threatened, or suspicious interactions in a couple, or a very old person with a small child and they are not related or emotionally connected, those are possible signs,” De La Torre told Reuters.

Although some airlines have mounted campaigns, this week’s meeting of around 200 airline bosses marks the first time the issue has been discussed globally in aviation. Further steps could be discussed at IATA’s next full meeting in 2018.

“It’s a growing concern and our industry is strongly mobilised to fight against human trafficking,” said IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac.

Still, some of IATA’s 117 nations face criticism over allegations of forced labour and some delegates questioned how willing they would be to draw attention to the issue, while airline chiefs may be reluctant to put their brands at risk.

JetBlue, which took part in an online discussion on the issue on Sunday, urged airlines to put aside such concerns.

“There is no downside. There is only upside in saving and helping people with their lives so we encourage all airlines to get on board,” senior vice-president Robert Land told Reuters.

(Reporting by Tim Hepher in Cancun; Editing by James Dalgleish

Here is a list of the upcoming AAI missions for 2019

Itineraries for each trip will be out soon and for more information contact coordinators below or angels@airlineamb.org

MARCH

6-8 Romania , Human Trafficking Awareness training for US Embassy in Bucharest angels@airlineamb.org  

Nepal –  30 – April 11  Dr. Kate Jewell; drkatejewell@yahoo.com 

APRIL

Guatemala ; Marie Rivard marie.rivard@airlineamb.org 

Philippines April 29 – May 6  Jamie Park; jamie.parke@aol.com 

MAY

Nepal – May 29-June 10 Dr. Kate Jewell; drkatejewell@yahoo.com 

USA Behavioural Analysis 2019 conference in Minneapolis (21-23 May.

JUNE

Colombia – Cartagena –  Jose Redondo; jredondo1414@gmail.com

Nepal – Kate Jewell   Dr. Kate Jewell; drkatejewell@yahoo.com 

JULY

Haiti Art Day July 18 – 21 Martine Longchamp  martine.longchamp@airlineamb.org

AUGUST

South Africa – Cheryl Robinson  hdchey@netscape.net 

SEPTEMBER

Haiti – Back to School – Martine Longchamp martine.longchamp@airlineamb.org 

Nepal – Kate Jewell   Dr. Kate Jewell; drkatejewell@yahoo.com 

OCTOBER

Philippines – Cheryl Robinson; hdchey@netscape.net 

NOVEMBER

Nepal – Kate Jewell   Dr. Kate Jewell; drkatejewell@yahoo.com 

DECEMBER

Colombia – Cartagena – Jose Redondo; jredondo1414@gmail.com

 

 

 

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Airline Ambassadors is a CFC approved charity, #44822 and receive support from federal employees.

There are charity events scheduled across the US in 2018 at federal buildings and military bases.

Volunteers are needed to sit at a table for about 2 hours to share information on our work helping vulnerable children and educating  on human trafficking awareness.

to volunteer email angels@airlineamb.org 

 

Rep Comstock receives TIP Hero Award from ML Murray

Rep Comstock receives TIP Hero Award from ML Murray

Congressional Endorsements
Congressman Smith receives Trafficking in Persons "TIP" Hero Award

Congressman Smith receives Trafficking in Persons "TIP" Hero Award

 
Airline Ambassadors pioneering work raising awareness for human trafficking has received support from Congressional leaders from both parties! Congressman Chris Smith and Congresswoman Barbara Comstock personally received awards on September 27, 2016.  See this article from Hollywood on the Potomac
The links below are video statements from other representatives who have received our "Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Hero" award as a Leader in the Fight Against Human Trafficking. 

Congressman Yoho
Congresswoman Titus
Congresswoman Speier
Congressman Honda
Senator Klobuchar
and another supporting video from Chris Hanson  (of "To Catch a Predator")
 
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