Stella
I wake to the sound of pounding. My mother is pounding groundnuts. She’s singing, her song keeping time with her...
read more“Zena”, a woman Ruhama has supported, tells her story – from being trafficked into Ireland to moving into a new home in time for Christmas. Zena lived in West Africa. There was a woman who lived locally that everyone knew could help someone get to Europe. The woman approached Zena and told her that if...
When my sister Precious left home I was lonely and missed her every day. She was five years older than me and I always looked up to her. She finished school and went to Nairobi to train as a nurse. This was what she had wanted to do all her life. I remember her playing...
I wake to the sound of pounding. My mother is pounding groundnuts. She’s singing, her song keeping time with her pounding. For a few minutes I lie there enjoying the sounds and feelings of early morning. Then the reality hits me. It’s not my mother pounding or singing. It’s not early morning. It’s still dark...
From Poland, was chaperoned daily to a brothel in Italy and her movements were controlled.
Aged 17, was given clothes and boots and a bag of condoms and told to do anything that clients wanted.
Radio interview with a woman who was trafficked for sexual exploitation.