Yasin is 13, but he looks taller than his age. He’s described as a happy, clever, and a polite boy, but Yasin has had to work hard to start healing from the trauma of his childhood. When he was younger and living at home, Yasin tended the sheep of a rich man. One day,...
“In Afghanistan, internal trafficking is more common than transnational trafficking. And most of the trafficking victims are children. Trafficking is slavery. Children are slaves.” The impact of human trafficking doesn’t end when a survivor has escaped or been...
“(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...
