I’ve been struggling to know what to post about my actual work in Cambodia and Thailand, related to human trafficking and child sex slavery. I’ve talked about it only briefly in previous posts, regarding red light districts and some of the outreaches for whom I was creating imagery. In preparing for this trip, I spent...
You are correct she is no longer a victim, she is a survivor. Thanks for blogging about your trip.
Hirally
Seth and I were talking over dinner about how we could tell people about what we’ve been doing, and at the same time give them entirely the wrong impression. And yet these stories are worth telling, because they are integral parts of this trip. Last night we stood on a street corner talking with a...
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Hi Nikki–
You don’t have to wait for someday to be an active part. There are simple things you can do right now. Here are some places to look:
For Their Rescue (who I’m traveling with): http://www.fortheirrescue.blogspot.com
Love 146: http://www.love146.com
Every little bit helps. And it makes a difference in the lives of real people.
This is so incredible. I appreciate reading the stories and your experience here. My attention was piqued a while back about this area and human trafficking. I hope some day to be an active part of the cause to stop the madness.
My posts so far have been mostly non-work related. But we have been working. Some of what we are doing involves confidentiality, so the images I can post are limited. I’ve spent the last few days with a transitional home for girls who have been rescued from child sex slavery. They range in age from...
Seth and I did some other sightseeing, taking in Cambodian culture as we prepare for the rest of our work. We spent some time at Wat Phnom, a Buddhist temple and park in Phnom Penh. As we were about to turn and leave, I saw, 50 yards down the hill, a monkey scamper across the...
Seth decided we needed to see The Killing Fields, and Tuol Sleng Prison. He was right: if we’re going to know Cambodia, you can’t skip the atrocity. The nation’s psyche has been formed by 30 years of it. It plays right into some of the causes of child sex slavery and human trafficking. We spent...
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