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Your last chance

Your last chance

This is the last weekend of our 2019 fundraising campaign. In terms of raising awareness, the campaign has been a great success, with an estimated reach of more than a million people.  In terms of raising funds, the campaign has been less successful. Our strategy was...

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Teamwork

Teamwork

Three years ago, I wrote a blog post which is now more relevant than ever. Here's what it said: "In recent years, we’ve seen the rise of a new Internet-based form of political activism: it’s been dubbed slacktivism. Slacktivism is when we show our support for...

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Episode Zero

Episode Zero

Today I have something special I'd like to share with you. 2.5 years ago, I was contacted by Claire Harris, an award-winning investigative journalist with the BBC. Claire had heard our story and was interested to help develop 'Sisters for Sale' as a 10-episode...

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Why we do what we do

Why we do what we do

It's five years this week since I found my kidnapped friend May in China. That incredible success was the result of many months of difficult - and sometimes dangerous - work. I've been here working ever since. The global human trafficking crisis now claims over 40...

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The last possible moment

The last possible moment

It's annoying, I know - someone hassling you for money. You know what? I knew we were running out of money for our anti-trafficking work. I've known it for a long time - and yet I waited until the last possible moment before running a fundraising campaign. Why?...

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Surprise

Surprise

I enjoy surprising people, giving them a little more than they were expecting. Over the past two weeks, our award-winning documentary, 'Sisters for Sale', has been surprising a lot of people - including many of the people who worked on it. A little surprise...

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Right here, right now

Right here, right now

We've reached over 142,500 people - via Facebook, Imgur, Instagram, Twitter, and email - since our 2019 fundraising campaign launched last week. It's a modest achievement compared to some of our previous fundraising efforts. (On 1st November 2016, for example, we...

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Glitches

Glitches

Two days ago, we released a special sneak-peek of 'Sisters for Sale' to our supporters, ahead of the global launch on 16th May. 'Sisters for Sale' is a unique story with the power to make a very real difference against the global human trafficking crisis. Because of...

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Go for launch

Go for launch

'Sisters for Sale' sneak-peek Two weeks from today will be the global launch of our award-winning feature documentary, 'Sisters for Sale'. Today, for the very first time, those of you who have supported our work will receive a very special sneak-peek at the film....

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Speaking in tongues

Speaking in tongues

It's now less than a week until the special early release of our feature documentary, 'Sisters for Sale', and we're hard at work here behind the scenes. We're preparing not one film, but eight separate versions: both the original and the fully-subtitled English...

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People get ready

People get ready

We're hard at work getting ready for the global launch of our feature documentary, 'Sisters for Sale', and today we have some more details to share with you. The global launch will take place on Thursday 16th May. Those of you who have contributed $25 or more to...

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Challengers

Challengers

Our feature documentary, 'Sisters for Sale', has had a fantastic start - it has now screened at two competitive festivals, and has won prizes at both! At our European premiere in November, 'Sisters for Sale' won the Arrigoni Prize for courageous storytelling at the...

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The final countdown

The final countdown

Asian premiere Following the success of our European and Australian premieres of 'Sisters for Sale', we had big plans for the documentary in Asia. We'd hoped to organise the Asian premiere ourselves - in Vietnam, together with Alliance Anti-Trafic and Blue Dragon...

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Funny how time slips away

Funny how time slips away

I'm currently staying with friends in a half-constructed house in Asia. Just a few minutes ago, one of the construction workers stepped inside and saw me typing. 'Facebook?' he guessed, gesturing at my laptop. He clearly spoke English as a second language, if at all,...

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#MeToo: Now what?

#MeToo: Now what?

Six years ago, after my friends were kidnapped, I launched 'The Human, Earth Project' to raise awareness of human trafficking. My work with human trafficking soon led me to an even larger issue, which affects us all directly: the issue of women's rights. For the past...

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Fire it up

Fire it up

Our Australian premiere of ‘Sisters for Sale’ took place last Wednesday 16th January at Screenwave International Film Festival in Coffs Harbour. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. On one hand, I knew the Screenwave team were extremely well-organised and they’d put together a fantastic 16-day program. On the other hand, Coffs Harbour – with its beaches and banana groves – seemed like a strangely provincial location for such a large film festival.

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