“(When) the first friend (was) kidnapped, I was so worried. (I thought) ‘This is not safe. Is anyone going to kidnap me or kill me? How do I live now?’. But after two or three friends were kidnapped, I thought, ‘maybe this is normal? Or maybe (this time) my friend...
Chanthavy doesn’t remember very much about her parents. When she was very young, her mother died, and not long after, her father died in a construction accident in his hometown. Chanthavy and her two siblings were orphans, but her brother and sister were old enough to...
“I am Sophea and now I know love” – Sophea, survivor of trafficking and former Hagar client Hagar helps people heal, one person at a time. Because when healing happens, the cycle of trauma stops. Watch Sophea’s transformation from child slave to...
Piseth is 11 years old, and he’s been attending Hagar’s Community Learning Centre (CLC) for three years now. Piseth’s family comes from a low-income area on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Before he came to CLC, he went to a school close to his home province, but his...
Bora has been living with his foster family since November 2015, with three other boys. He is well behaved, and he works hard. Bora always does his daily chores, and he takes care of the pig that the family are raising. Bora will take his national exam in August of...
Priya is the eldest of seven children. She loves her family, but at the age of 14, her parents sold her to be married to a much older man who abused her daily. Priya wanted to return to her parents’ home but her parents wouldn’t hear of it as it is culturally...
