by Ben Randall | Nov 25, 2014
On Monday 6th October, after four long and frustrating months, my friend Charlie and I finally had an opportunity to organise the rescue of my trafficked Hmong friend M, who would then be returned to Vietnam under the auspices of the Hanoi-based NGO Blue Dragon.M,...
by Ben Randall | Nov 20, 2014
It had been two months since I’d spoken to my trafficked Hmong friend M. M’s planned rescue had been cancelled after the Chinese “husband” who’d bought her had been alerted to her intentions. I had stopped calling M in the hopes that his...
by Ben Randall | Nov 18, 2014
At the last possible moment, I’d cancelled the rescue of my trafficked Hmong friend M from the “husband” who had bought her in China. I’d given M hope, and it had proved to be a very dangerous thing. M’s “husband” had been...
by Ben Randall | Nov 13, 2014
Late last year, I spoke with a friend about climbing mountains and running marathons. A parallel was drawn with The Human, Earth Project – in a sense, the Project has been a way of testing myself, and discovering where my limits lie. How far was I willing to go...
by Ben Randall | Nov 11, 2014
For the first time in almost three years, my friend M – trafficked from Vietnam and sold as a wife in China – had been given the power to determine her own fate. The decision that confronted her, however, was a decision no mother should ever have to make...
