i m joining cnn s campaign to end modern day savory. i pledge i pledge. i pledge to look for and follow leads about slavery in my stories. we ve got to keep this dream alive i am happy to partner with cnn fly to freedom campaign in an effort to adopt the freedom seal and to end forced labor. you and me, we were going to be the heros i will ask any government representative, what are they doing to end slavery. together you and me share your videos and photos using the hash tag, fly to freedom and be part of ending modern day slavery.
organization, there are 21 million slaves today. in the world. 19 million are trafficked by individuals and enterprises which is private companies. that is why i m bringing the freedom seal to the world because now we have a tool that we can use to communicate we as a society are ready for transparency. amazing work rani is doing there. if you want to learn more about the freedom project go to our website, cnn.com/freedom. and you can find out how other businesses are fighting against modern-day slavery. city officials in los angeles are getting creative to conserve water in the reservoir. pedram javaheri joins us now to explain what that means. it s a fascinating story and a big talker for a lot of people as well. what the city officials have done is they have taken 100
fighting to end human slavery. i m from a small village in india. reporter: the freedom seal is the brain child of ronnie hong. ronnie is a victim, herself of child trafficking. she has devoted her life to eliminating the practice once and for all. we created the seal to be a visual mark of saying freedom from slavery. the freedom seal was created to show consumers can tell which companies are actively trying to prevent forced labor in their supply chains. when you talk to companies, what is your pitch to them? what do you say to them? i tell them, you know, there is an economic reason you want to get the freedom seal. the freedom seal, when we did research again we knew was an
go beyond that. we wanted to be a visual mark of freedom from slavery. the freedom seal was created so consumers can tell which companies are actively trying to prevent forced labor in their supply chains. when you talk to companies to try to get them to adopt this, what do you say to them? i tell them there s an economic reason why you want to get the freedom seal. the freedom seal when we did research we knew it was an economic benefit to the companies. consumers are going to demeanor their products are not tainted by forced labor and supply chains. reporter: rani s story began at 7. she was taken from her family and sold in to slavery in southern india. she stopped eating and became so sick she almost died. i was transported in to another state where i did not know the language. i was disoriented.
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