SHELTERS
THAILAND
the need.
Shelters are safe spaces for survivors, where both their immediate and long-term care needs are met. Following trauma, victims of trafficking need to feel supported and empowered in their unique journeys towards healing.
Free for Life currently partners with short-term facilities located near our border monitoring station, as well as a long-term home in Thailand. At our Thai home, women and girls live in a family-style environment, where there is no time limit on their recovery. The survivors are encouraged to stay until they have completed their education — an important step towards ending the multi-generational slavery in this region.
our response.
Learn about Home of New Beginnings’ latest accomplishment — a state-of-the-art baking kitchen to serve women and girls in the community!
UPDATES FROM THE FIELD
Dok
DOK'S STORY*To protect the identity of this survivor, her name and image have been changed* While growing up in a remote village in Thailand, Dok spent her nights sleeping in a shed. She was unloved and unwanted by her family and married off to a much older man while...
Choi
CHOI'S STORY*To protect the identity of this survivor, her name and image have been changed* Choi was born into poverty -- she had few opportunities ahead of her in a country bordering Thailand. One day, a woman came to the small village and promised Choi’s parents...
Baking with Survivors
WEBINAR: BAKING WITH SURVIVORS Free for Life International hosts a conversation with Bonita Thompson and Ann Thongves (Home of New Beginnings - Thailand) on the success of their new baking kitchen for vulnerable women and how daily life has shifted due to the...
Thailand: A Deep History of Sex Slavery
This is part one of a two-part series. Thailand is a country typically known for its sex tourism and bustling red-light districts. What many don’t know, however, is that sexual slavery is deeply rooted in Thailand’s history.
Thailand’s New Normal
The Coronavirus ripples around the globe like skipping stones in the river. Each hit disturbs the calm, predictable patterns of life, creating overlapping circles of isolation, fear, and uncertainty.
Reflection from a Volunteer
How do I make you, the reader, understand the sounds as I walked in ‘Soi 8’ — the blaring music, the calls of the girls, the laughter and boisterous bellows of the men, or the smells of sweet perfume mixed with sewer vapors and street food and dirty streets? How do I make you see the beauty of outcast girls who are hated by their culture, sold by their mamasans, and groped and abused by men?
FREE FOR LIFE IN ACTION
BORDER MONITORING
Our cornerstone program is border monitoring between India and Nepal. At our station, trained staff members identify warning signs and intervene to rescue victims.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Our scholarship program builds relationships with survivors of human trafficking, so that we can walk hand-in-hand with them as they achieve their dreams.
OUTREACH & AWARENESS
Our goal is to create concerned citizens who can identify and appropriately respond to potential trafficking scenarios around them.