by Kathy Thomas | Artisans, Stories of Hope
Read Time: 5 min. Women in East Asia’s Brothels Are Searching For Hope In East Asia, extreme poverty encourages sexual exploitation of women in brothels. These women want to provide for their families but have few options. Trades of Hope is partnering in East...
by Kathy Thomas | Stories of Hope
Read Time: 2 min. *** SOME CONTENT MAY BE SENSITIVE FOR SOME READERS*** Reminder: Trades of Hope only shares information that has been voluntarily provided through Artisan interviews and is shared with the Artisan’s permission for the purpose of raising...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Read Time: 1 min. Searching for Hope “I’m from a small and poor village in the northeastern part of my country. Growing up, my family was so poor that we didn’t even have a roof. When I was a teenager, I decided to leave my village and move to the city. I...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Read Time: 1 min Sold to a Brothel by Her Family “I grew up in a poor village in the countryside with my parents and my older brother. When I was in high school, I had to drop out of school to help my family earn money, so I never earned a degree. Instead, I was...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Read Time: 5 min. Sisterhood Rescues Two Sisters In the fall of 2018, Bay and Ling’s lives were forever changed by a sisterhood of strangers from around the world. For several months, a local team of community outreach volunteers visited Bay and Ling, along with...