DARA* - CHOOSING A DIFFERENT PATH
When there is no realistic path forward, an apparently attractive job offer, migration opportunity or promise of quick money can become difficult to refuse.
SEREY’s work therefore begins before exploitation happens.
VOAN´S JOURNEY. FROM POVERTY TO PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE
When Voan was in grade nine, people tried convincing him to quit school and work illegally on fishing boats in Thailand. The promised salary sounded enormous compared to what his family earned in an entire year. These kinds of often false-promises of well-paid jobs in cities or other countries are one of the doorsteps into human trafficking and exploitation - even today. Thankfully he decided not to take this job opportunity.
A CHANCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – EDUCATION PROTECTS FROM EXPLOITATION
Many young people in the villages have not completed their education. Some follow in their parents’ footsteps and become farmers. However, many are sent by their families to work in cities, other regions, or even abroad. This is where the risk of exploitation becomes very real. Without sufficient education or vocational skills, they are vulnerable to unsafe or dangerous jobs, poor or no pay—and in the worst cases, even forced labor or prostitution.
BLESSINGS AND CHALLENGES
In unserem letzten Newsletter haben wir euch einen Einblick in die teils sehr schwierigen Situationen von vielen Familien hier gegeben. Die Ursachen, warum einige Menschen hier in Kambodscha immer noch unter sehr herausfordernden Bedingungen leben müssen und warum manche in moderner Sklaverei enden, sind sehr vielschichtig. Es geht vor allen Dingen um Bildungsmangel, Armut und […]
OVER 1,000 CHILDREN EQUIPPED FOR SCHOOL!
Da sich die meisten Familien in den Communities, in denen wir arbeiten, die Schulmaterialien nur schwer oder gar nicht leisten können, haben wir dafür extra Spenden gesammelt. So konnten wir bei vier Schulabschlussfeiern dabei sein, diese mitgestalten und über 750 große Schulpakete und über 400 kleinere Pakete (ohne Uniform und Rucksack) an die Kinder verteilen.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY
Many of you have probably already heard something about human trafficking.
No one should ever become a victim! But how do people end up in such situations? How is it possible that, even today, people are exploited under conditions that resemble modern slavery?