WHAT are "push-pull factors"?
There are common factors that can cause a young person to be trapped in commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC) and trafficking. These...
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- Aug 24
- 2 min
WHAT is "grooming"?
How is it that children and adults end up being defiled, exploited, and trafficked? Couldn’t they have stopped it from happening?...
- May 4
- 2 min
Protecting YOUR Child from being Trafficked - Who & Where?
Who is trafficking children in Fiji? Is it all of the nasty people that Hollywood and Bollywood portray? Is it organized crime?...
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Protecting YOUR Child from being Trafficked - Educate Yourself!
This is the second post in a series specifically geared for parents, guardians, and those who have direct involvement with children....
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Protecting YOUR Child from Being Trafficked - Relationship!
This begins a series of blogs on how families, communities, villages, churches - can protect our own children, grandchildren, neighbors,...
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
The World is Listening!
“Victim’s Voices Lead the Way” is the theme for this year's global "World Day Against Trafficking in Persons". What a great theme. What...
- Feb 9, 2021
- 4 min
Are Natural Disasters Linked to Human Trafficking?
In Fiji, within the past 12 months, we have had three unwelcome visitors: COVID-19; Tropical Cyclone Yasa; Tropical Cyclone Ana. Ouch....
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Change Takes Time
Pua Healing from trauma - takes time. Building trust again - takes time. Learning new behaviors - takes time. Building self-confidence...
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
A Speech that Turned Hearts
Homes of Hope believes that every victim has the potential of becoming a leader and an advocate for others. For a victim to turn...
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
Expanding the Effort to Combat Trafficking Fiji
Homes of Hope has 24 years of experience combating sexual exploitation and trafficking within Fiji. We strongly desire to share our...
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Trafficked by her own mother
Aditi's parents were divorced when she was very young and she lived with her mother who soon remarried. Their family was very poor....
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
Breaking the Cycle
Read the amazing story of a 2 year-old boy, his suffering, and his triumph and hope.
- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min
Captured
Young girls were kidnapped then trafficked.
- Aug 23, 2020
- 2 min
Trapped
Another true story of domestic trafficking that took place within Fiji's capital city. *Amelia was mentally impaired, stigmatized, and...
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
A Ten-Year-Old? Trafficked? In Fiji?
This is another true story in a series that HoH is doing to communicate the prevalence of domestic trafficking within Fiji: *Mila was...
- Aug 13, 2020
- 1 min
Is this considered sex trafficking?
For someone to be considered "trafficked", the following must take place: Let's look at how this young girl was trafficked domestically...
- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
Does this really happen in Fiji?
We will be sharing with you a series of clips from true stories over the coming weeks. Behind these stories are faces - real people, real...
- May 21, 2019
- 3 min
Broken Families - Pushing Children Towards Sexual Exploitation?
The term “broken family” can be defined as a family in which one parent is absent, usually due to divorce or desertion. Research shows...
- Apr 10, 2019
- 4 min
Relapse. Is it significant to recovery?
Relapse = to deteriorate after a period of improvement “Homes of Hope, what is your success rate?” We have been asked that question...
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
Why is "belonging" so important to those who have been sexually exploited?
Sexual exploitation is the sexual abuse of children and youth through the exchange of sex or sexual acts for drugs, food, shelter,...