Today is my birthday and the birth of a long-time dream! Today I am launching a natural and organic beauty company that will hire survivors of human trafficking and support organizations involved in their rescue and rehabilitation. The name of the company is Apple Rose Beauty. Please like my Facebook page, sign up for my newsletter and purchase samples on my website! Thank you so much for continuing on this journey with me!
Here’s a snippet of how the name of the company came about.
“Her name was Apple. We met in the Red Light district in Thailand. My team and I were working with an organization called Samaritan Creations in Bangkok, Thailand. The organization went in to bars to talk to women caught in human trafficking and invite them to their safe-house and rehabilitation to employment program. Apple was the first woman I met in the bar. She was so happy to see me – one customer who wanted nothing from her but to talk about her life and her dreams; to be her friend. She was forced into this situation through a variety of unfortunate circumstances. Her mother had cancer and as the oldest girl she was responsible for taking care of her ailing and aging parent financially. With little to no education and few options she decided to wait tables. She had to take several advances on wages to help pay for her mother’s medical bills and fell further and further into debt to the bar owner. Before she knew it, one night she was forced to service foreign men sexually. Her mountainous debt as well as threats to hurt her family if she left held her captive. Later that month my team met another woman in the bar called Rose. Her story was similar to Apple’s. At the end of my month in Thailand I called Apple. She told me she had built up enough courage to leave the bar. I also called Rose. She didn’t answer…” –Kristy Alexander (Apple Rose creator)
These heart breaking interactions during my 11 month sojourn to 11 countries in 2014 spurred the creation of Apple Rose – A natural and organic beauty company that hires survivors of human trafficking and donates to organizations involved in their rescue and rehabilitation.
