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Bra donations help Mozambique slaves

CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports on how a US man has found a way to use second hand bras to help young girls break free from a life of abuse in Mozambique.

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Dave Terpstra was living in the US when he first learnt about the sex trafficking problem in Mozambique.

He began collecting second hand bras, which are a luxury item in Mozambique's used clothing trade, and donated them to former trafficking victims to sell.

The project is providing a real job to the former slaves who are earning up to three times the minimum wage.

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The income is providing them with the ability to support themselves and their families and to stay off the streets.


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