So what the heck is Nathan actually doing this month?
Right now I am in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
10 hours from Bangkok to the North, roughly 3-4 million people, known for elephant rides, 3 hours from Burma, 3 hours from Laos, and hot bed for sex tourism.
This month the guys are separate from the women on the squad. Remember Nhu is our contact. Last time I talked a little bit about the prevention side of sex-trafficking, a side often overlooked but most needed when talking about the abolition of sex slavery.
Prevention is more than just creating awareness.
Remember Nhu houses 60 girls in total between two orphanages outside of Chiang Mai. The girls housed here most often come from the neighboring hill tribes.
We often wonder how could anyone sell their child into the sex industry?
We think it’s a fair question from where we stand.
The reality is we know little about the subject.
Think about this. 3 kids to feed. No money to buy food to feed them.
Someone from the city comes to offer your child a job where money can be made to feed both her and your family. In the back of your mind you may know that your child might end up in the sex market, but in the forefront of your mind your options are still the same.
Without money the family starves. It’s more complicated than you might think.
For many of the families it’s a loose loose scenario.
20% of Thailand’s GNP comes from sex tourism.
Women are commodity. Children are commodity.
Besides having respect for your elder, purity is the next most valued thing in Thai society. Doesn’t make sense does it.
Now what happens when you provide a way out for the mothers and fathers and villages where the children are sold out of? Thais aren’t evil people. They love their families just as much as we love ours. Provide them a way out of this scenario and I guarantee villages will not repeat the offense. It’s happening in this generation. It’s happening with Remember Nhu. Stop the trafficking before it starts and you don’t have trafficking.
Prevention is key.
The girls at the house are between the ages of 5-17, All of them at one point at risk for being trafficked. Remember Nhu has houses in Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam, Philippines, and India.
This is one of the best ministries that I have come across during the entire World Race. Please consider checking them out.
Rak (Love), Nok
