Children of Cambodia

I watched a video about child sex slavery in Cambodia. It's rare to hear about human trafficking halfway across the world unless you're searching for it; however, "in southeast Asia alone, UNICEF says that one million children are involved in the commercial sex trade." This video tells a story of a girl named Dalyn who stays at a rehab center in Cambodia along with many other children who have been previous victims of sex slavery. She was tricked into prostitution at the age of twelve and at seventeen, is now willing to publicly share her story. Dayln lived at home with her abusive father after her mom passed away and once she couldn't take it anymore she moved in with her grandfather. One day a woman came and pursuaded her to come go work in a clothing factory, but when they arrived the woman sold her to a brothel. After being sold to multiple brothels, being held gunpoint, and starved until surrender, Dalyn began her work as a prostitute. She was locked in a cage under the brothel and only fed when she agreed to a client.




These stories come alive more and more to me every time I see an actual video of someone who has been a victim of sex slavery. It's crazy because I could never picture something like this happening to me but it happens to so many "normal" girls on a daily basis. I prefer videos like this that actually tells a raw story of a girl just like me rather than just reading facts and statistics. It becomes so real when you're hearing the testimony of someone who has faced it all. I can't imagine how hard it would be to go through everything Dalyn did and still have the courage to publicly tell my story and get it out. She has a lot of courage and I respect her for doing it. One thing I hate about is that not only are these girls robbed of their innocence but also, they are seen as outcasts to the towns in which they live. Everything that happens to a victim of human trafficking is against their will and it sucks that they are looked down apon by their communities when it wasn't even their fault. On the bright side, I liked that this video included the rehab center and the life these girls now live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG89oL_keVs

"Cambodia: CHILD SEX SLAVERY." Youtube. Web. 14 May 2010. .