This week Global Breakthrough team members travel through Cambodia to gain understanding of the rampant sex trafficking operations at work there. Struck by poverty and desperation, this is a country where women and children are sold at large. Below, a team member presents in a form of free writing, a powerful depiction of their experience [...]
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Trip Update: Cambodia
Posted by Casey on March 30th, 2012
Posted in Human Trafficking, Trip Updates 
Tags: Cambodia, Children, Get Involved, Global Breakthrough, poverty, sex trafficking, trip update, Women 
No Comments »Children of Cambodia. A Trip Update 2/20/12
Posted by Alicia on February 20th, 2012
We have a small team currently in S.E. Asia. They have just spent a few days in Cambodia developing partnerships with existing organizations who work with children who are trafficked from Cambodia to Thailand. Here is Jeff McKinley’s (President of Global Breakthrough) reflections on their trip: I’m writing from the bordering city of Poi Pet [...]
Posted in Children, Human Trafficking Tags: Cambodia, Child Trafficking, Children, Get Involved, Global Breakthrough, Human Trafficking, Sex Trade, Thailand 1 Comment »Closer Look: Child Labor in Cambodia
Posted by Casey on February 3rd, 2012
At seven years old, Doung Paeaktra is the sole provider for his family. His father is dead and his mother is nursing a new born babe. He sits on the banks of a river sifting through trash and looking for plastics he can recycle and thereby gain a few cents. Doung is not alone; it’s been [...]
Posted in Poverty Tags: Cambodia, Child labor, Global Breakthrough, International Labour Organization, poverty No Comments »Mu Sochua: Women Making a Difference
Posted by Casey on January 30th, 2012
Mu’s Story: Mu Sochua escaped Cambodia’s violent Khmer Rouge regime when her parents, fearing for her safety, sent her away never to see her again. She returned to Cambodia 18 years later to advocate for human rights and proper governance. Today, she serves as a Member of Parliament and Human Rights Advocate. She has received [...]
