Matt Sorum of Guns N Roses & Velvet Revolver with Comedian Ben Morrison at My House, Hollywood, CA on June 10, 2010.
An autographed guitar by Matt Sorum, Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver fame, went for $15,000 at last night’s, “Hands For Haiti” event at My House, in Hollywood CA.
Money raised will support The Abolish Slavery Coalition‘s rescue and rehabilitation of women and children forced into slavery.
Human trafficking is the fastest growing illegal business in the world, with children as the commodity. There are more than 27 million slaves in the world today — more than in any other time in history.
Meet Thuy Lai, a young girl living in Kampochea who at age 8 was the youngest madam The Abolish Slavery coalition has yet to encounter. Her mixed Vietnamese and Cambodia heritage was seen as an asset to human traffickers who prey on little Vietnamese girls. An undercover Vietnamese field agent took this picture of Thuy.
In 2007 Thuy “disappeared.”
Comedian Ben Morrison, Ashton Kutcher‘s MTV’s Punk’d prankster, pictured below, hosted the event for The Abolish Slavery Coalition. Kutcher and wife Demi Moore are dedicated to banning child slavery and have launched a campaign of their own called Resatevac.
Nick Howard, aka DJ Reflex, spun for the crowd after the auction. Reflex is a top hip hop dj and is credited for helping break such artists as 50 Cent and Kanye West.
Actor Zack Conroy with friend.
Political consultant Courtney Ross Tait with Style Seen Daily Co Founder Crystal Fambrini.
Vayaro purse designer and artist Kee Roy and Gabor Vonyo.
Vayaro purses are made with fine leather and jewels.
P3R Publicists, pictured below, created the Revolutionary Me gift bags passed out to VIP Guests who donated.
Revolutionary Me is a clothing company that wants to being change to the world through fashion. Their prints contain political messages like love your earth and fight for freedom. The “true birth” shirt pictured below was passed out to guests in attendance, and signifies that each human being is special and should not be forgotten.
Money raised at the benefit will support the Port Au Prince Missions to rescue and rehabilitate women and children victimized by human trafficking by providing clean water, solar energy, education, and disaster relief.
This boy pictured below was forced into slavery and redeemed for $50 in Darfur.
To learn more how you can help stop human trafficking and free children from slavery, visit www.abolishslavery.org.
