By Isabelle Bryan | Project Leader
Thank you so much for joining Hope for Justice in this fight against human trafficking. Since April 2018, we have consistently housed an average of 20 girls every month at our Lighthouse providing restorative care to put them on the path to recovery after their trafficking ordeal.
Your support has enabled us to help victims of sex trafficking like Chanmoni:
Aged just 13, Chanmoni was pressured by her ‘boyfriend’ to leave her native Cambodia and cross the border into Thailand. The boyfriend sold her to a pimp, into a life of exploitation and abuse. She wanted to run but the threats were severe, and they used alcohol to keep her compliant.
Eventually she managed to escape their clutches and found a way to get back across the border to her family. Unfortunately, they rejected her, saying they were ashamed of her and blaming her for not listening to them. This attitude was widespread in her village, so she was brought to Hope for Justice’s Lighthouse for assessment and care, ready for longer-term recovery and restoration in a place of support and understanding.
We always aim for reintegration into families and communities when it is possible, but when it is not, our goal is to offer help and support to achieve independent living. Chanmoni will need a lot of specialist care, as she is in a fragile state psychologically, but now the healing can start and over time, she will improve and find joy again.
On behalf of Chanmoni and all the girls supported at our Lighthouse, ‘thank you’.
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