Awakened In A Brothel

There is a very real nightmare thousands of young girls around the world are living each day. I can’t help but be moved to tears reading Rati’s story and others like her. Check out the International Justice Mission to see how they’re fighting hard to free men, women and children out of the human trafficking industry and find out how you can do something about it.

 

 

MUMBAI, INDIA – For much of her life, Rati has fought to fend for
herself. Her mother died when she was four. Her father, a bangle seller,
later married a woman who refused to allow Rati to attend school,
forcing her to stay home and do housework. When she complained to her
father, he cruelly dismissed her – “You are not my daughter.”

In late August 2010, Rati’s father and stepmother took her with them
on a trip to Mumbai to meet a friend of her father. At the train
station, her parents gave her a strange instruction: They told her to
wait in a certain spot and then left. Rati waited all day at the station
– growing more and more confused – and, by evening, she was very
hungry. A woman at the train station approached her and offered some
candy; ravenous, Rati ate it quickly.