After selling herself at fourteen to a brothel inside her home town of Svay Pak, Mien takes an undesired path all over C | dG1fWWpRcXo2RlFKOXM
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00:00 There's so many people in Cambodia that have no idea what's going on.
00:05 They think that there's sex going on, but they don't understand about the torture,
00:09 the severe abuse that these girls go through.
00:12 There are over a hundred brothels on the street.
00:16 Some people are quoting 80 to 100,000 women here who are being commercially sexually exploited.
00:26 In 2003, IJM successfully advocated to do a large intervention in Svay Pak.
00:33 But we were aware, especially being on the ground here, that really the story had not ended.
00:38 Myen was in this brothel in Svay Pak the day that IJM made a raid.
00:45 When they are rescued, it's just the beginning of their life.
00:48 So aftercare is their journey.
00:51 Aftercare alone wasn't the answer, and we realized that we needed to be part of the prevention end of it.
00:59 Many people, they are unhappy with us.
01:04 They think that we are not good enough.
01:07 They think that we are not good enough.
01:11 Many people, they are unhappy with us.
01:13 They think that all these people come to kill them recently.
01:18 We have no friends.
01:21 We look like a stranger in the community.
01:24 But my job is to build relationships.
01:28 What we're talking about is healing a child that's been through unbelievable abuse.
01:37 How do we do that?
01:40 Our goal here is to gather useful information. Who sold them? How much they sold them for?
01:45 If I know if it was me, I'd be wondering if somebody was out there. Who would help me?
01:51 They can come and ask me anytime. I told them we are here for you.
01:58 Failure is part of what we have to deal with.
02:09 I want to restore home for children.
02:12 We're not talking about a shift in culture. We're talking about changing values.
02:21 If a mother looks in her child's eyes and sees value, she will not traffic that child.
02:27 So what are you going to do when you're done with your coffee?
02:38 What are you going to do when you're done with your coffee?
02:40 What are you going to do when you're done with your coffee?
02:42 (electronic music)