By Isabelle Bryan | Project Leader
Thank you so much to all our generous donors for joining Hope for Justice in our mission to eradicate human trafficking.
Despite the difficulties presented by COVID-19, we have continued to provide specialised, individualised support to female child survivors of sex trafficking at Hope for Justice’s Lighthouse in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. At our Lighthouse, we provide these vulnerable girls with holistic aftercare support tailored to their specific needs to enable them to overcome their trauma and rebuild their lives after their trafficking ordeal.
Your generous support makes it possible for girls such as Sitha* to dream for a better and brighter future. Sitha, a 15-year-old girl, was tricked into forced prostitution. She was told she would work as an ice-server to earn some money. However, she was led into a room with a bed, beaten by the male customer when she tried to escape, and forced to have sex. She was trapped and exploited in the establishment for six months, during which time she was locked in a room, only allowed to leave to work as a prostitute or go to the toilet, fed leftovers from the restaurant, and given no pay.
She was rescued by the police and transferred to our Lighthouse, together with two other girls. They received crisis support and aftercare in the days and weeks following their exploitation. Our team also supported one of the survivors through the judicial process, helping them to testify against their trafficker at a provincial court. Each of the survivors has been awarded compensation.
Our safeguarding officer responsible for this case said: “Thanks to the collective work of the team, we were able to keep the girls safe and secure justice for them.”
Sitha is now training to become a caterer, and the other two survivors have been reunited with their families. The culprit has been put behind bars for seven years.
For more information about Sitha’s case, please click on link below:
*Name changed to protect survivor's identity
Thank you for your ongoing support.
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