0:00:10.504,0:00:13.338 It takes so much courage for survivors 0:00:13.338,0:00:15.379 to speak out and tell their stories. 0:00:15.379,0:00:19.609 For one, they are afraid of the traffickers[br]finding them, 0:00:19.609,0:00:23.379 but two, it brings up[br]a lot of really really hard memories. 0:00:24.168,0:00:29.958 And so I feel privileged to be able to hear[br]a survivor story 0:00:30.476,0:00:36.216 and know that just by telling their story,[br]they trust me enough to hold it for them. 0:00:36.786,0:00:40.476 (Music) 0:00:40.481,0:00:43.591 My name is Lorena.[br]I'm from Philippines. 0:00:43.591,0:00:46.131 My name is Othaya Kante Saldado. 0:00:46.131,0:00:47.461 I'm from Sri Lanka. 0:00:47.501,0:00:49.141 My name is Thige. 0:00:50.165,0:00:51.840 I'm from Eritrea, Asmara. 0:00:52.004,0:00:54.707 My name is Flora[br]and I'm from Pablo, Mexico. 0:00:55.142,0:00:58.882 My name is Jason Gusman[br]and I am from the Philipinnes. 0:00:59.282,0:01:00.862 So my name is Pichai. 0:01:01.254,0:01:02.724 My name is Suchai. 0:01:02.814,0:01:07.994 (Music) 0:01:08.222,0:01:10.822 I was promised a good job for the house 0:01:10.822,0:01:12.832 and didn't have to worry about anything. 0:01:13.066,0:01:18.124 She said, "you can come with me[br]and work with me in restaurant. 0:01:18.464,0:01:20.574 I have restaurant.[br]I pay you a lot of money." 0:01:20.574,0:01:24.886 I thought it was a great opportunity[br]to come over here and work in the US. 0:01:24.886,0:01:28.976 Because everyone in the Philippines,[br]like when they heard America, 0:01:28.976,0:01:31.176 they wanna go- they wanna come here. 0:01:31.536,0:01:34.836 (Music) 0:01:34.909,0:01:37.606 I wasn't able to talk to anybody. 0:01:37.606,0:01:40.206 I was forbidden[br]to put one step out of the shop. 0:01:40.292,0:01:43.442 We sleep on the floor. Yes. 0:01:43.980,0:01:47.280 I feel numb because I don't know what do, 0:01:47.280,0:01:48.850 I don't know how to do it. 0:01:49.044,0:01:51.254 I had to work 17 hours a day, 0:01:51.364,0:01:53.234 seve- seven days a week. 0:01:53.633,0:01:56.043 I wasn't able to talk to my co-workers. 0:01:56.043,0:01:58.987 Sometime I feel like I wanna kill myself 0:01:59.098,0:02:03.098 because it was to painful like it's really 0:02:03.556,0:02:07.556 it's really like hurt- it's- it's really 0:02:07.607,0:02:11.427 like, you know, hurtful how you see- 0:02:11.427,0:02:13.864 how you see, um, treat me. 0:02:13.864,0:02:19.371 (Music) 0:02:19.372,0:02:20.412 I don't know. 0:02:20.412,0:02:24.443 (Music) 0:02:24.454,0:02:27.324 Where am I gonna go. I don't have anyone. 0:02:27.324,0:02:32.554 I don't have any money even though[br]she promise me to pay me 0:02:32.554,0:02:36.904 like 150 dollars a month[br]but I did not get that money. 0:02:37.057,0:02:38.805 My trafficker often said 0:02:38.805,0:02:43.264 that dogs have more rights,[br]in the United States, than I did. 0:02:43.264,0:02:46.867 She said: "if I kill a dog,[br]I would get in trouble 0:02:46.867,0:02:49.480 but if I kill you,[br]nobody is going to know 0:02:49.480,0:02:50.886 and nobody is going to care." 0:02:50.886,0:02:53.756 She took my passport. I can't go. 0:02:56.706,0:02:58.045 I feel afraid. 0:02:58.908,0:03:00.798 Because I don't know where to go. 0:03:02.623,0:03:05.696 No passport how can I go back to Thailand. 0:03:10.400,0:03:12.850 Yeah. I- I don't know- 0:03:12.850,0:03:14.270 I don't know how to go. 0:03:14.508,0:03:16.488 I don't know friend. No friend. 0:03:16.511,0:03:19.151 Just friendly with in- in her house. 0:03:20.140,0:03:22.644 The trafficker said, if I tell anybody 0:03:22.644,0:03:25.617 what was going on,[br]nobody will believe me. 0:03:26.097,0:03:27.474 And if I go to the police, 0:03:27.474,0:03:29.184 they will not believe me. 0:03:29.184,0:03:33.207 They will put me in jail[br]and she knew where my children were 0:03:33.207,0:03:35.399 and I didn't want to risk my children. 0:03:35.399,0:03:39.849 What she always said[br]that you can't go nowhere. 0:03:40.509,0:03:41.516 You belong to me. 0:03:42.542,0:03:45.552 [MUSIC] 0:03:45.555,0:03:49.355 The day that I was escape, umm, 0:03:49.355,0:03:52.625 the woman who helped me,[br]like took me to CAST 0:03:52.625,0:03:56.465 the same day and uh,[br]since then CAST help me a lot 0:03:56.465,0:04:03.106 with, you know, shelter, with food,[br]with money, 0:04:03.106,0:04:06.846 whit anything that I need[br]to get on my feet. 0:04:06.846,0:04:11.356 They brought you like who was gonna help[br]you to talk or interpreter. 0:04:11.756,0:04:13.236 Like if you need something. 0:04:13.317,0:04:15.827 For the blanket, for the clothes, 0:04:15.867,0:04:17.347 they give me a lot. 0:04:17.862,0:04:18.902 (Laughter) 0:04:19.095,0:04:21.725 Encouraging me to do something like 0:04:21.725,0:04:24.195 encouraging me like to go to school. 0:04:24.319,0:04:26.669 And the CAST help you to know your right. 0:04:26.848,0:04:31.418 And they- they make me very strong[br]and independent person. 0:04:31.460,0:04:35.810 CAST open door for me.[br]CAST take me at Alexandra House. 0:04:36.655,0:04:41.105 CAST take me school,[br]now I speak English a little bit. 0:04:41.325,0:04:45.510 CAST has helped me through everything. 0:04:45.755,0:04:49.135 (Music) 0:04:49.137,0:04:51.910 When I spoke like with the congressman 0:04:51.910,0:04:55.117 or with senator[br]like when we went to Washington DC. 0:04:55.467,0:04:58.347 I feel like am very important person. 0:04:58.506,0:05:03.011 We went to Sacramento[br]and we got the regulations pass. 0:05:03.011,0:05:08.116 So now, thanks to the green card campaign,[br]we are, uh, green card holders. 0:05:08.116,0:05:11.876 I want to be the voice of, um, the fixer 0:05:11.876,0:05:14.926 because I know[br]how it feels to be in that situation. 0:05:15.207,0:05:18.454 In this country, you know,[br]people has a voice, 0:05:18.454,0:05:21.702 no matter who you are,[br]even though you are a slave. 0:05:21.768,0:05:27.368 We all know we've been enslaved[br]and now we survived. 0:05:27.573,0:05:30.813 Even though we passed like, 0:05:30.813,0:05:33.573 but we always talk about[br]that and we're still sharing. 0:05:33.683,0:05:37.263 (Music) 0:05:37.353,0:05:41.353 Free it's, uh, it means a lot to me. 0:05:41.856,0:05:45.446 Like when you're free,[br]when you became a free, 0:05:45.446,0:05:48.916 it feels like you're a new born child. 0:05:49.616,0:05:52.746 Freedom for me is really special thing[br]for me 0:05:52.746,0:05:55.936 because I never have freedom in my life. 0:05:56.194,0:06:01.134 When I was free, I was scared[br]but I was so happy. 0:06:01.288,0:06:04.418 I'm happy now because I have everything. 0:06:04.418,0:06:06.158 I go to school. I have job. 0:06:06.331,0:06:08.571 I have green card. I have everything. 0:06:08.598,0:06:09.668 I'm happy. 0:06:09.786,0:06:13.456 Yes, I love freedom. Anybody love freedom. 0:06:14.378,0:06:19.828 I am proud of myself.[br]I was a slave and now I'm survivor, 0:06:20.308,0:06:24.121 I'm activist and I'm a mother. 0:06:25.525,0:06:28.215 Freedom is everything to me. 0:06:28.283,0:06:32.743 This is, you know, everyone deserve[br]to have a freedom. It's free. 0:06:32.772,0:06:35.511 I wanna be part of it. 0:06:35.511,0:06:38.098 I wanna be part of the mission[br]to end slavery. 0:06:38.098,0:06:44.595 I wanna be part of the making[br]of the history of end slavery for good. 0:06:45.101,0:06:49.521 And the CAST help me[br]become an independent, 0:06:50.651,0:06:52.660 become like a real man. 0:06:59.439,0:07:03.131 At CAST we have the previlege of working[br]directly with victims, 0:07:03.741,0:07:08.999 who then transform and become survivors[br]after going through our critical programs. 0:07:09.498,0:07:13.808 And that's important because we are able[br]to use those experiences 0:07:13.928,0:07:18.808 and help survivors become leaders[br]and powerful agents of change 0:07:19.258,0:07:21.728 to impact systemic social change. 0:07:22.121,0:07:24.961 Who better to inform us[br]how to end modern day slavery 0:07:24.961,0:07:27.281 than survivors themselves. 0:07:27.488,0:07:31.388 When survivors tell us they're now happy, 0:07:31.801,0:07:33.911 we know we've done our job at CAST.