Kunthea giggles a lot when she speaks. She is eleven years old, and she looks as if she’s just had a growth spurt, but her posture is confident. Kunthea has lots of dreams, ones that she believes she will be able to reach because of the support of her foster parents....
Channary, like any new mother, is tired. Her baby girl is three months and 27 days old and isn’t yet sleeping through the night. Though tired, Channary has a quiet confidence about her, and a very clearly close relationship with her counselor. Channary grew up...
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...
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...
