Until when she was taken. From a very young age, Sophea’s mother treated her unkindly and abused her. The family was not poor but her mother would often hit her and the cruelty made Sophea wonder if the woman was her mother. At such an age, you would think that life...
But little did she know the worst nightmare of her life was awaiting her. Orphaned at the age of 13 when her parents passed away, Ngoc Anh was raised by her siblings. It was tough getting by and she dropped out of school to find work so that she could support herself...
But all she got in return was deception and anguish. With the passing of her mother in 2008, the responsibility of caring for her younger brother fell on Lilis when her father and three elder sisters expected her of it. As a young teenager, she was struggling to even...
In Singapore, Hagar provides trauma recovery and resettlement support to women who have been trafficked into the country for labour and sexual exploitation. The women are primarily from the Asia region and most have little or no formal education. Their similarity is...
At Hagar’s Community Learning Centre in Cambodia, all of the students who attend our school come from low-income families. Unlike children who grew up and live under “normal” circumstances, these children have suffered trafficking and severe abuse and as a result,...
This is Sophea. Sophea grew up at the back of a market. Her life was not easy. “My mother was cruel and hit me whenever I did something wrong. At times I thought she might not be my real mother because she was so cruel towards me. My father was the only one who...
