Two children making a sandcastle by the sea out of which looms a sinister looking man with a camera around his neck, a yellow hat who brandishes green dollar notes; a yellow-eyed hairy beast lurks behind him; with Sinhalese lettering; a warning about child sex tourism and AIDS prevention issued by Peace (Protecting Environment and children Everywhere). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

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[1996?]
Reference:
677671i
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Two children making a sandcastle by the sea out of which looms a sinister looking man with a camera around his neck, a yellow hat who brandishes green dollar notes; a yellow-eyed hairy beast lurks behind him; with Sinhalese lettering; a warning about child sex tourism and AIDS prevention issued by Peace (Protecting Environment and children Everywhere). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Of the 10 million children allegedly engaged in some form of the sex industry in 2002, approximately 32,000 of these were boys exploited as prostitutes along the Sri Lankan coastal area alone (information extracted from http://www.globalfundforchildren.org )

Publication/Creation

Mount Lavinia (P.O. Box 58, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka) : Published by Peace, Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere, [1996?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 58.2 x 45.3 cm

Lettering

Lettering in Sinhalese - not transcribed Verso bears lettering: 'Samasevaya: National Secretariat, Talawa N.C.P., Sri Lanka' and the words 'Education on AIDS'

Creator/production credits

The organisation P.E.A.C.E. is concerned with the elimination of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), Child Sexual Abuse, Incest, Abuse in Families, Child Pornography, Trafficking of Children and Child Labour in Sri Lanka. Its particular concern is to combat and eradicate Child Sex Tourism

Reference

Wellcome Collection 677671i

Copyright note

1996? Sri Lanka current address of Peace: 166 Thibirigasaya Road Colombo 5 Sri Lanka 15/07/2009 UkLW UK Transcription from the item

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