Maly is little girl that inspired me to start this blog, well one of many. Although i have no clue exactly where she is from or how old she is now her story impacted me beyond words. What i do know about this little girl is that she is a courageous, independent and has emotional strength like I've never even heard of. Here is her story:
Maly was a toddler when her mother became ill with tuberculosis and could no longer work. Maly's father had dies earlier. At six, Maly was foraging for food to feel her mother. At age ten, she was begging, but instead of giving her alms the men would sexually exploit her first.
She earned a $1 or so from this child prostitution, and she would buy her mother some food. Her mother was not aware of what Maly had to go through in order to get that simple plate of rice on the table. She never told her mother, because she felt too much shame. When her mother would her if she had eaten she would often lie and say yes, just so her mother would eat all the food. Maly eventually contracted an STD.
When Maly was 11 she was gang raped while scrounging for food. She was then institutionalized in a government facility, but soon after escaped and roamed the streets for many years.
This is just one out of the 27 Million people's story in slavery today. Not only does this happen in Southeast Asia it is currently happening in Australia, Europe, Africa, USA(including Philadelphia) and so many others.
2 children are sold every minute into Human Trafficking.
Maly's story as well as thousands of others have touched my heart and given me the drive to fight this.
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