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Last June 2 2009, Stairway Foundation and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) officially launched the animation entitled Red Leaves Falling, an animation film drama on child pornography and child sex trafficking, and the main reason of this campaign is to pressure the Philippine congress to enact the anti child pornagraphy bill to end the crime against child welfare.
Nakikita natin ang problemang ito sa telebisyon, naririnig natin sa radio, nababasa natin sa newspaper at internet pero kung talamak na ang suliraning ito bakit tahimik pa rin tayo at nanonood lang? Ang usapin ng Child Pornography ay hindi in-sync sa issue ng kahirapan dahil hindi laruan o kapiraso ng karne ang mga musmos na kabataan para ibenta at babuyin ninunam, at hindi kainlan man sagot ang prostitution para mapunan ang kahirapan at kumakalam na sikmura, hindi rin ito masasabing subsitute kaysa sa magnakaw at pumatay, dahil kahit anong angulo nito ito ay mali at ito ay isang krimeng dapat panagutan.
Sa pamamaraan ng Stairway Foundation ay ibinahagi nila ang issue ng child pornography sa pamamaraang madaling matutunan kahit ng mga kabataan, at ito ay sa pamamaraan ng animation at maayos na paglalahad ng issue na kung saan hindi kailangan ng mabibigat na detalye at mga scenario. Ayon kay Vanessa Tobin ng UNICEF na ang problemang ito ay mas lumalala pa dahil na rin sa kakulangan ng batas na susuporta at magtatanggol sa mga kabataang biktima nito. With UNICEF and Stairway Foundation’s campaign which is Silence is Acceptance: Stop Child Pornography, it encourages ud to break from silence and act against child pornography hanggang hindi pa rin napapasa ang batas kontra sa krimeng ito.
In their toolkit that UNICEF and Stairway Foundation sells that only cost 500 pesos that will be big help in their fund raising for their awareness campaign and shelter and food for those who were rescued, contains 3 animation videos, 3 comic versions and 3 guides on the 3 cases that covers child pornography and child sex trafficking; Red Leaves Falling: A Story of Child Pornography and Child Sex Trafficking, A Good Boy: A Story of Pedophilia, and Daughter: A story of Incest. Three stories of abuse that is rampant in the society yet we remain silent on this issue. Lets break the silence and report the crime on the police precinct near you or contact Department of Social Works and Development you can also contact Bantay Bata 163 and save the child and their future.
To avail the toolkit visit stairwayfoundation.org or call Unicef at (63)(2)901-0173.
