Tam’s Story

Tam’s Story

For years, Tam shouldered the immense responsibility of supporting her family alone. Neither she nor her husband received formal education. Both their son and daughter were born with cognitive disabilities, putting more strain on Tam and her husband. With few...
Lailima’s Story

Lailima’s Story

Lailima’s life before Hagar was filled with adversity. The Taliban’s regime change in 2021 shattered her dreams of education and imposed restrictions on women’s rights. Economic decline led to financial ruin, forcing her into an abusive marriage for relief. She...
Malis’s Story

Malis’s Story

When Malis walked through the doors of Hagar’s Home of Love in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, she carried deep physical and psychological wounds. She had been trafficked to China at just 16 years old and forced into sexual slavery and domestic servitude. When she finally...
Bac’s Story

Bac’s Story

Bac has been a victim of human trafficking since he was two years old. Both he and his mother were tricked and sold to China, where they suffered terrible abuse. The man who purchased Bac’s mother as a wife in China would routinely torture both of them....
Yen’s Story

Yen’s Story

(Name and image changed to protect client privacy) I was born and raised in the highlands of Vietnam in a farming family. As a member of the 9x generation (people born in Vietnam in the 1990s), children like me grew up playing and studying by ourselves, as our parents...
Mien’s Story

Mien’s Story

Mien, like her peers, enjoys spending time with friends when she has free time. She frequently visited her close friend in her friend’s rental room for social gatherings and chatting. One day, when Mien went to her friend’s room to freshen up and take a shower,...