January is Human Trafficking Awareness month. According to the ILO, 49.6 million people are trapped in modern-day slavery. The realities of their experiences are brutal [...]
Committed is inspired by the difference connection can make. When you wear this necklace, you are connected to a woman trapped in exploitation who has [...]
As we step into a new year, we want to say THANK YOU for all your continued support of Hope and Light. When I first [...]
A friend of my cousin sold me. She asked if I could babysit her child but it was all a trick. When I arrived I [...]
On 23 October 2019, the bodies of 39 Vietnamese people—29 men, 2 boys, and 8 women—were found in the trailer of an articulated refrigerator lorry [...]
Bangkok currently has very tight restrictions and lock-down continues due to the increase in COVID cases of the Delta variant. Today watching video updates from [...]
Our partners in Pattaya and Bangkok have been heavily on my mind the last few days. Speaking to them via zoom this week they are [...]
This is Nina. Nina works in the red light district in Cambodia. The night I met Nina she hadn’t been feeling very well, she had [...]
Fon was born in the village of Trat, Thailand. Her home life was unstable and there was regular violence within the family. During her teens [...]
Cambodia, of all the places I have visited across Asia this one touches my emotions the most. Situated in Phnom Penh stories of violence, murder, [...]