by Ben Randall | Oct 30, 2014
It is a strange moment in history for the Hmong people of our little valley, and this is quite likely The Human, Earth Project’s most bizarre episode ever. One of the reasons that the women here are so vulnerable to human trafficking is that their options here...
by Ben Randall | Oct 28, 2014
P is no longer a victim of human trafficking – she is a survivor, and I’m here to ensure she does more than merely survive. It’s not just a matter of helping her find a job and a place to stay – P needs to find the confidence, self-esteem and...
by Ben Randall | Oct 23, 2014
Today I have a surprise for you all. First, however, I’d like to reveal something of the inner workings of The Human, Earth Project.Over the past eighteen months, The Human, Earth Project has entailed all the demands of managing a business, with none of the...
by Ben Randall | Oct 21, 2014
It’s now the second week since P’s return home, and we’ve been busy putting her life back together. P was to come home with the assistance of Blue Dragon, a Hanoi-based NGO which offers a thorough range of services to assist survivors of human...
by Ben Randall | Oct 19, 2014
It can be difficult not to impose our own standards and values upon societies and cultures to which they simply do not apply. Here in the mountains of Vietnam, life is an entirely different game, with an entirely different set of rules. Behind the bright facade...