Thailand:
- located at the center of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia
- world’s no.1 exporter of rice, exporting more than 6.5 million tons of milled rice annually
- poverty and the lure of money have caused prostitution and sex tourism in particular to flourish
- it is believed that at least 10% of tourist dollars are spent on the sex trade
- Prostitution is illegal in Thailand
- Local officials with commercial interests in prostitution often protect the practice
- Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination
- 2.8 million sex workers, including 2 million women, 20,000 adult males and 800,000 minors under the age of 18
- Many Thai women believe the existence of prostitution actively reduces the incidence of rape
- estimates that children in prostitution make up 40% of prostitutes in Thailand
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like You have loved me
Break my heart for what breaks Yours, everything I am for Your Kingdom’s cause
