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The POWER of One Person to Effect Change
Can just one person effect change in another human being? Does one person have the potential to carry that much power? Let's talk about...
Oct 18, 20233 min read


A Story that Changed My Life
Over a decade ago, Homes of Hope used to conduct "GEM Camps" (girl empowerment camps) where we would travel to at-risk communities in the...
Sep 7, 20233 min read


The Power of ONE
How many of us look for the big? Big numbers, big show, big effect, big results. It is fascinating to me that Christ didn't die for the...
Apr 15, 20232 min read


2022 - What a GREAT year!!!!
At Homes of Hope, we work with the hearts and lives of girls and young women. The inner work that takes place is not easily measured. But...
Feb 27, 20231 min read

PUSH/PULL FACTORS: IT'S CHRISTMAS-TIME!
We are in our festive season. Christmas is upon us. Joy to the world. We see the store fronts - all full of holiday cheer and gifts that...
Dec 15, 20222 min read

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...
Nov 11, 20222 min read


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?...
Aug 25, 20222 min read


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?...
May 5, 20222 min read


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,...
Mar 2, 20223 min read


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...
Jul 30, 20213 min read

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....
Feb 10, 20214 min read

Change Takes Time
Pua Healing from trauma - takes time. Building trust again - takes time. Learning new behaviors - takes time. Building self-confidence...
Jan 27, 20212 min read


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...
Dec 2, 20202 min read


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....
Nov 12, 20202 min read


Captured
Young girls were kidnapped then trafficked.
Sep 4, 20202 min read


Trapped
Another true story of domestic trafficking that took place within Fiji's capital city. *Amelia was mentally impaired, stigmatized, and...
Aug 24, 20202 min read

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 20, 20202 min read


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 13, 20201 min read


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...
Aug 6, 20202 min read
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