Chiang Rai, Thailand, Thailand
Wan* was supposed to die. She had been sold to be a human sacrifice to a village seeking gold. That sounds awful, and it is, but her story is even sadder than that. At age 8, her brother-in-law forced her to come and look after his children. Wan knew he wasn’t a nice man from her sister, who had been forced into marriage with him. It wasn’t very long before he raped her. And not too long after that, he sold her to a village who believed a human sacrifice would help them find gold. Thanks to a brave man who rescued Wan, she ended up, broken and afraid, on the doorstep of HOR.
Location
Thailand · Chiang Rai, Thailand · 2008 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Yes, Wan was referred by the Ministry of Social Welfare to local service provider. The village chief who was going to sacrifice Wan was put into jail on other charges of drug possession and is currently in prison. However, he has communicated that he will still kill Wan when he is set free.
Healing doesn’t come right away to one whose been wounded so deeply. Trust has to come first. After days, weeks, months of love, prayer and tender care at the local service provider. Wan began to blossom. To speak. To live. She knows she is safe now. She’s found refuge and hope. We have since found Wan another home where she can continue to be safe, grow and develop as a young woman.
local service provider/Chiang Rai, Thailand
The local service provider leader and is a friend of ours and runs an aftercare facility for the last 15+ years.
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