On my way home from Maceió, I was patiently waiting for my luggage at the national airport in Sao Paulo, before heading to the international airport for my flight to Montreal. Suddenly, to my utter surprise, I saw a wooden cage, moving along the conveyor belt. Inside sat an imprisoned woman.
A sign, in Portuguese, attached to the cage read: “HUMAN TRAFFICKING - Help Brazil avoid the trap.” You can imagine that I took this photo while thinking of each of you…and this awareness campaign was also found in the women’s bathroom. Written on a mirror in large letters, as if with red lipstick, were the words: “I was a victim. Help Brazil avoid the trap.”