Sorry for the lack of posts but the internet has been down at the hotel and I've been working on this post for a couple of hours tonight. I can't get pictures to upload to Blogger but I did get some up on Facebook.
Today we learned a lot more about the work that we are doing through the Bayside funding. There are clubs here called KTV's (AKA Karaoke Clubs). These are places men go and get private rooms and girls are marched in and they pick the ones they want. They drink and sing karaoke and eventually negotiate sexual favors for pay either in a private bedroom onsite or offsite at a hotel. Many of these girls are underaged and are forced into this. Bayside has supported a home here that currently houses 11 girls who have been rescued. We also opened a beauty clinic that the girls come to before going to the Clubs. This clinic allows staff to develop relationships with the girls in order to share Christ and try to persuade them to not go back. This is a long and slow process.
The big need here is more finances so that more girls can be rescued. We also need to develop more jobs so that the girls can earn a living and not be tempted to go back to the Clubs. In this area there are hundreds of clubs and some clubs have as many as 600 girls. It is estimated that as many as 20 percent of these girls are underaged. There are many people from around the world that visit this area for sex vacations with underaged girls. Let's do even more to stop it.
Today we learned a lot more about the work that we are doing through the Bayside funding. There are clubs here called KTV's (AKA Karaoke Clubs). These are places men go and get private rooms and girls are marched in and they pick the ones they want. They drink and sing karaoke and eventually negotiate sexual favors for pay either in a private bedroom onsite or offsite at a hotel. Many of these girls are underaged and are forced into this. Bayside has supported a home here that currently houses 11 girls who have been rescued. We also opened a beauty clinic that the girls come to before going to the Clubs. This clinic allows staff to develop relationships with the girls in order to share Christ and try to persuade them to not go back. This is a long and slow process.
The big need here is more finances so that more girls can be rescued. We also need to develop more jobs so that the girls can earn a living and not be tempted to go back to the Clubs. In this area there are hundreds of clubs and some clubs have as many as 600 girls. It is estimated that as many as 20 percent of these girls are underaged. There are many people from around the world that visit this area for sex vacations with underaged girls. Let's do even more to stop it.
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