The Somaly Mam Foundation and AFESIP work together to support Somaly Mam’s tireless efforts to rescue, heal, and empower the women and children who have been affected by trafficking and sexual exploitation. AFESIP operates three shelters in Cambodia, all of which receive support from SMF. Women and girls at the shelters enter a holistic system of services, from medical and psychological care to education and vocational training. As survivors progress through the healing process, they are given the skills necessary to find sustainable, long-term employment, or, if they desire, to start their own businesses. After a survivor leaves the shelter to begin an independent life, AFESIP provides ongoing assistance through monthly visits, training, and other critical support services. This ensures that survivors are empowered with the skills and resources that they need for success.

 

In addition to offering direct services, AFESIP works to address the causes and consequences of sex trafficking through HIV/AIDS outreach and regional advocacy. As one of our key on-the-ground partners in Southeast Asia, AFESIP receives ongoing support for all of its operations from SMF to ensure that the women and children in AFESIP’s care will always have a safe and supportive environment in which to live, grow, and learn. SMF’s survivor-empowerment programs, which include the SMF Voices For Change program, the SMF Scholarship Fund, and our new business program, work hand in hand to strengthen and extend AFESIP’s survivor services.

 

As part of the Somaly Mam Foundation’s global advocacy efforts, SMF works regularly with AFESIP on awareness initiatives and events in Southeast Asia such as Cambodia’s Anti-Trafficking Day. SMF’s partnership with AFESIP continues to grow as the two organizations work together to empower survivors with sustainable economic opportunities; enhance survivor services; address the root causes of slavery; and expand awareness of human trafficking in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. To learn more about AFESIP, visit www.afesip.org.

AFESIP also works closely with other organisations in Laos and regionally on adcavocacy campaigns against the commercial exploitation of children (CSEC) and human trafficking. 

To learn more, visit http://www.afesiplaos.org/.

 

Alliance Anti Trafic was created in 2007 to combat sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking of women and girls in Southeast Asia. AAT was formed to take over projects from AFESIP Vietnam and AFESIP Thailand, organizations which no longer exist independently. Since, AAT has developed a wide network in fifteen countries, working with Ministries of Policy and embassies of different countries to develop mechanisms in the repatriation of survivors of trafficking.

 

AAT's programs focus on rehabilitation, reintegration, and prevention for people at risk and victims of trafficking in Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Each year, the Somaly Mam Foundation gives general funding grants to AAT in support of its important work.

 

To learn more, visit http://www.allianceantitrafic.org/