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“You know, I used to catch myself with my head down because I was so ashamed of what I was doing. Now I catch myself with my head high because I am proud.”
The words spilled forth as Ke, a NightLight team member, held up a piece jewelery she had just created. Ke was once one of the many Thai women bought and sold in the bars of Bangkok night after night. For five years Annie Dieselberg had visited her in the bars, watching her slowly lose her health, her dreams, her dignity, and her identity. One night when she was drunk, Ke confided that sometimes she cut herself because she was not sure if she was still a human being. For Ke, seeing the blood and feeling the pain confirmed her humanity. Dieselberg could see that being bought and sold as a commodity–a sex object–was slowly draining Ke of life. She began to dream of a way to provide alternative employment that could give life rather than drain it from Thailand’s beautiful daughters…
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Lighting the Way to New Life
You know, I used to catch myself with my head down because I was so ashamed of what I was doing. Now I catch myself with my head high because I am proud.”he words spilled forth as Ke, a NightLight team member, held up a piece jewelery she had just...
Purpose is Not a Product
runa is a Hindi word meaning bright morning sun. It is also the name of a Freedom Business offering transitional housing and employment in an environment marked by holistic care. The dawning of a new day for sexually enslaved women drives Aruna’s...
Turning Fashion Upside Down
hirteen years ago I never would have imagined that one day I would start an apparel company in India. Halfway through my junior year of college, I had just begun a semester abroad in Uganda. I thought I was there to “help” people, volunteer with...
Putting Inspiration Into Action
alerie Kosiadi is an FBA Partner and has played a pivotal role in our Masks for Freedom initiative, leveraging her network to develop and coordinate bulk sales to organizations in her region and beyond. She works as a Customer Success Manager at a...
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Lighting the Way to New Life
You know, I used to catch myself with my head down because I was so ashamed of what I was doing. Now I catch myself with my head high because I am proud.”he words spilled forth as Ke, a NightLight team member, held up a piece jewelery she had just...
Purpose is Not a Product
runa is a Hindi word meaning bright morning sun. It is also the name of a Freedom Business offering transitional housing and employment in an environment marked by holistic care. The dawning of a new day for sexually enslaved women drives Aruna’s...
Turning Fashion Upside Down
hirteen years ago I never would have imagined that one day I would start an apparel company in India. Halfway through my junior year of college, I had just begun a semester abroad in Uganda. I thought I was there to “help” people, volunteer with...
A Village Without Girls
ive years ago there were no teenage girls in the village where Five14 does business. All had been sold, trafficked into prostitution by the time they were twelve, to relieve their family’s abject poverty. Freedom Business Alliance exists to support...
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