In Southeast Asia, trafficking of minors remains a problem. Predominantly, the trafficking of minors (for labor or sexual exploitation) is a result of poverty and lack of education. Families might ‘sell’ children in order to provide resources for the remaining family members, or children and families are promised opportunities, jobs, or educational chances, but then trafficked.

Children who are kidnapped and used for trafficking may then have children themselves, and the cycle repeats. Additionally, without comprehensive resources to support rescued victims, these girls have few options. However, we have been able to see the good work of organizations like AIM (which we support in Cambodia), which comprehensively works to end trafficking.

“Between July and September 2025, AIM SWAT, in partnership with local law enforcement, executed eight targeted operations. These missions led to the rescue of 45 survivors of sex trafficking, including 16 minors. Twenty traffickers and abusers were arrested and are now facing justice.” AIM

A warehouse where an AIM trafficking raid occurred (Cambodia)

AIM looks at the problem of trafficking comprehensively, and every single person they rescue from trafficking is offered an education and, later, a job. These minors are given a support team and a place to live —a home. Because of the work each of you does every day, we are able to support organizations like AIM in Cambodia, providing a HOME for some of the most vulnerable children in the world.