It takes so much courage for survivors to
speak out and tell their stories.
For one, they are afraid of the
traffickers finding them, but two,
it brings up alot of really really hard
memories. And so I feel privilaged to
hear a survivor story and know that just
by telling their story, they trust me
enough to hold it for them.
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My name is Lorena. I'm from Philippines.
My name is Othaya Kante Saldado.
I'm from Sri Lanka.
My name is Thige.
I'm from Eritrea, Asmara.
My name is Flora and I'm from
Pablo, Mexico.
My name is Jason Gusman and
I am from the Philipinnes.
So my name is Pichai.
My name is Suchai.
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I was promised a good job for the house
and didn't have to worry about anything.
She said, "you can come with me and work
with me in restaurant. I have restaurant.
I- I pay you alot of money."
I thought it was a great opportunity to
come over here and work in the
United State. Because everyone in the
Philippines like when they heard America
they wanna go- they wanna come here.
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I wasn't able to talk to anybody. I was
forbidden to put one step out of the shop.
We sleep on the floor. Yes.
I feel numb because I don't know what do,
I don't know how to do it.
I had to work 17 hours a day,
seve- seven days a week.
I wasn't able to talk to my co-workers.
Sometime I feel like I wanna kill myself
because it was to painful like it's really
it's really like hurt- it's- it's really
like you know hurtful how you see-
how you see treat me.