A Chance to Move Forward
When a young woman is rescued from human trafficking, the road to recovery is a long and challenging one for many – emotionally scared and...

When a young woman is rescued from human trafficking, the road to recovery is a long and challenging one for many – emotionally scared and...
05 MAY 2022| HONOR 1000 - MICRO FINANCE PHILIPPINES | STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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We are happy to conduct our first face to face Partners Awareness Campaign Training (PACT) for public school teachers!
During her stay in the Blessed House, Mae (name changed for protection and privacy) was able to go to school. Though she was older than most of her classmates, she persevered and even finished a vocational course on cooking while also attending formal school.
Everyday, Ofelia sets out in the afternoon to sell boiled duck eggs, or more commonly known in the Philippines as "balut", together with other snacks to fill her neighbors. She does this diligently to provide for her four children, while her husband works as a construction worker.
Poverty remains to be one main factor of sexual exploitation in the Philippines. Thus, reaching poor communities and teaching them how to fight OSAEC are crucial in ensuring the safety of the children.
In one online awareness campaign, a teacher for children with special needs shared that she received a report from a neighbor that a child with special needs is being abused in her own home.
Unfortunately, children with special needs can be more prone to exploitation because they cannot speak up or defend themselves.
The ultimate goal for survivors of human trafficking and online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) at The Blessed Project is for them to be reintegrated to the community, or if possible, to their families. The main challenges for this process to happen are the unpreparedness of relatives to accept and care for the trainees, unsuitable environment within the community, and the slow legal process for those with ongoing cases.