9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It takes so much courage for survivors to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
speak out and tell their stories.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
For one, they are afraid of the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
traffickers finding them, but two,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it brings up alot of really really hard

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
memories. And so I feel privilaged to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
hear a survivor story and know that just

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
by telling their story, they trust me

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
enough to hold it for them.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[MUSIC]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My name is Lorena. I'm from Philippines.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My name is Othaya Kante Saldado.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm from Sri Lanka.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My name is Thige.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm from Eritrea, Asmara.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My name is Flora and I'm from

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Pablo, Mexico.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My name is Jason Gusman and

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I am from the Philipinnes.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So my name is Pichai.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My name is Suchai.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[MUSIC]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I was promised a good job for the house

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and didn't have to worry about anything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She said, "you can come with me and work

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with me in restaurant. I have restaurant.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I- I pay you alot of money."

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I thought it was a great opportunity to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
come over here and work in the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
United State. Because everyone in the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Philippines like when they heard America

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
they wanna go- they wanna come here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[MUSIC]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I wasn't able to talk to anybody. I was

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
forbidden to put one step out of the shop.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We sleep on the floor. Yes.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I feel numb because I don't know what do,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't know how to do it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I had to work 17 hours a day,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
seve- seven days a week.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I wasn't able to talk to my co-workers.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Sometime I feel like I wanna kill myself

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because it was to painful like it's really

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it's really like hurt- it's- it's really

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
like you know hurtful how you see-

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
how you see treat me. I don't know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Where am I gonna go. I don't have anyone.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't have any money even though she

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
promise me to pay me like 150 dollars

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a month but I did not get that money.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
My trafficker often said that girls have

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
more rights in the United States than

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I did. She said, "if I kill a dog I would

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
get in trouble but if I kill you nobody

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is going to know and nobody is going

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to care.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She took my passport. I can go.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I feel afraid. Because I don't know

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
where to go. No passport how can I go back

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to Thailand. Yeah. I- I don't know-

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't know how to go.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't know friend. No friend.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Just friendly with in her house.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The trafficker said, if I tell anybody

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what was going on, nobody will

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
believe me. And if I go to the police,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
they will not believe me. They will put

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
me in jail and she- she knew where my

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
children were and I didn't want to risk

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
my children.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What she always said that you can't go

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
nowhere. You belong to me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[MUSIC]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The day that I was escape, umm, the- the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
woman who helped me like took me to CAST

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the same day and uh, since then CAST

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
help me alot with, you know, shelter,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with food, with money, with anything that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I need to get on my feet.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They brought you like who was gonna help

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you to talk or interpreter. Like if you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
need something.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
For the blanket, for the clothes,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
they give me alot.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Encouraging me to do something like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
encouraging me like to go to school.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And the CAST help you to know your right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And they- they make me very strong and

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
independent person.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
CAST open door for me. CAST take me

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
at Alexandra House. CAST take me school,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
now I speak English alittle bit.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
CAST has, uh, helped me through

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
everything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[MUSIC]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When I spoke like with the congressman

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or with senator like when we went

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to Washington DC. I feel like am very

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
important person.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We went to Sacramento and we got the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
regulations passed. So now thanks to the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
green card campaign, we are, uh, green

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
card holders.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I want to be the voice of, um, the fixer

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because I know how it feels to be in

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that situation.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In this country, you know, people has

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a voice no matter who you are even though

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you are a slave.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We all know we've been- we've been, uh,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
been enslaved and now we survived.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Even though we passed like, but we always

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
talk about that and we're still sharing.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[MUSIC]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Free it's, uh, it means alot to me. Like-

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
like when you're free, when you became

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a free, you- it feels like you're

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a new born child.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Freedom for me is really special thing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for me because I never have freedom

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in my life.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When I- when I was free, I was scared but

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I was so happy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Am happy now because I have everything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I go to school. I have job.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I have green card. I- I- everything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm happy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Yes, I love freedom. Anybody love freedom.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I- am proud of myself. I was a slave

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and now I'm survivor, I'm activist and

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm a mother.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Freedom is everything to me. This is,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you know, everyone deserve to have, uh,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
freedom. It's free.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I wanna be part of it. I wanna be part

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of the mission to end slavery. I wanna be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
part of the making of the history of end

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
slavery for good.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And the CAST, uh, help me become

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
an independent- become like a real man.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
[MUSIC]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
At CAST we have the previlege of working

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
directly with victims, who then transform

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and become survivors after going through

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
our critical programs.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And that's important because we are able

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to use those experiences and help

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
survivors become leaders and powerful

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
agents of change to impact

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
systemic social change.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Who better to inform us how to end modern

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
day slavery than survivors themselves.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When survivors tell us they're now happy,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we know we've done our job at CAST.