The Daily Reviewer

New Blog & Website!!!

Dec 6, 2009 2:23pm

We are proud to announce our very new blog, that is conveniently attached to our very new website! We are very excited to have this new platform to keep having the conversations that will help us end child sex slavery and exploitation. We will be ending our blogging through...

An Incredible Hope

Dec 4, 2009 7:01am

In the past week I have visited two projects that are directly tackling demand. The first is in Bangkok where a team are out on the streets in the red light districts developing relationships with male sex tourists in the red light districts and the second is working with pimps...

Reaching

Nov 30, 2009 1:42pm

A couple of weeks ago, something different happened. I spoke at a youth event called Generation Conference, where over 1000 young people gathered. The organizers gave each of the young people attending, a Love146 tag to wear as a reminder of a young girl who we know only by number,...

Offended Over Breakfast

Nov 20, 2009 3:46pm

We are on vacation in Colorado, visiting friends and family. This morning we went to the very well known “breakfast playground” in the Cherry Creek Mall. If you are from Denver you know what I’m talking about! My son was running around like crazy jumping over the giant...

Regarding Thanks – and Giving

Nov 18, 2009 8:00am

I recently celebrated my 5-year anniversary as an employee of Love146, working in the capacity of finances & bookkeeping. I have had the joy, privilege and responsibility of processing each donation that crosses our path. It is so amazing for me each week to read the letters that accompany these...

Considering Implications

Nov 17, 2009 8:06am

I have been back in Cambodia for 3 months and one of the most disturbing things have heard about was about the situation with youth leaving orphanages in Cambodia. There are more than 200 orphanages in Cambodia that have often been set up by well meaning people (including many expatriates)...

Brand Loyalty or Solidarity?

Nov 13, 2009 7:46am

The video featured above will stand out to me as a sacred moment over the past year with Love146. It took place during the Generation Conference in upstate NY last weekend. You can read about the conference here. After Rob spoke, the hundreds of students attending...

Is the anti-trafficking movement the new black?

Nov 10, 2009 11:19am

I was recently asked if I was concerned that the current anti-trafficking or “Modern day abolition” movement might be only a trend, and the current growth and passion that are fueling it will quickly diminish as the “next trendy cause comes along.” Another person asked if I thought that “people...

A Picture of the Movement: Hundreds Wear Her Number

Nov 6, 2009 7:48am

This weekend Love146 is at the Generation Conference, a conference in up-state NY with several youth groups from churches throughout New England. Rob is speaking at the conference tomorrow. I came up early to set up our table and hang out with students. WOW! It has...

First times...

Nov 4, 2009 1:37pm

We received this beautiful update today from Dr. Velazco, Love146 Director of Aftercare. One of our girls who had been reintegrated back into a community from our safehome (Round Home) came back for a visit. Here is Dr. Velazco’s account:“Yesterday *Nira came back home to the Round Home for a...

Counting My Blessings

Oct 30, 2009 12:00pm

It has been a long week. I found myself overwhelmed this week a few times by the weight of the issue. Some shocking articles crossed my computer like this one talking about the domestic magnitude of the issue and this one about a gang rape that occurred at...

Evicted Children Get New Wheels

Oct 28, 2009 6:42am

On Saturday we went to help distribute bikes for children who had been evicted from their slum in Phnom Penh to an area with few resources. The story of the eviction is very disturbing because it involved a company and the Government working together. Those who had papers were...

What if 2 Adult-White Males Were Trafficked Every Minute?

Oct 22, 2009 1:57pm

Well, there would be a “war on trafficking” of course. It would be front-page news every day. The talking heads would not shut up about it. There would be “freedom concerts” and “tea parties” demanding action. There would be white-collar riots in the streets. The government...

Is there a place for expatriate workers in the developing world?

Oct 20, 2009 7:37am

Love146 have spent a big chunk of change to get us as a family out to Cambodia and then continue to pay bills to fly me around the region. Is it worth the investment? Sometimes I am concerned that the money could have been spent on something better. I am...

Schooled By Compassion

Oct 16, 2009 9:02am

The last 8 months have been a beautiful steep learning curve for me. My family and I just moved up to work with Love146 about 8 months ago now. I don’t think there has been a moment here where I haven’t learned something. From how to work...

QUESTION: What does High School Football and Slavery have in common?

Oct 9, 2009 4:57pm

There are many things that I love about fall. Pumpkin Spice Lattes…the leaves changing…wearing boots and mittens. However, I’ll let you in on a little secret about me. The thing I love most about fall is football. I am an avid football fan. My dad...

Thoughts from the Ride...

Sep 30, 2009 2:10pm

Last weekend I had this thought. It was during the Ride-4-Love, an annual fundraiser put on by our fabulous 518 Network of churches, taskforces and student groups to raise funds and awareness for us. First, let me just say that upstate NY is a beautiful spot in this...

A new documentary about child sex slavery in the U.S.

Sep 16, 2009 8:55am

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The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles.

Sep 10, 2009 1:22pm

The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard. ~Sloan WilsonI am Andrew, the...

Going home

Sep 2, 2009 12:47pm

“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.” –Charles Dickens.After 16 months in our safehome, another one of our girls went home to be reunited with her family last week.Getting ready to fly...

The Power of Piggy Banks & Road Trips

Aug 24, 2009 10:29am

All over the nation ordinary people are rallying together to do extraordinary things that are leading the way towards ending child sex slavery & exploitation. People are throwing benefit shows, creating art, writing letters and meeting together to move with us in this journey to abolition. Many...

A Labor of Love

Aug 21, 2009 9:53am

"Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Today marks the end of an ambitious labor of love and a work of...

Local Event

Aug 20, 2009 8:12am

For all you Nutmeggers out there:A benefit for Love146John Gorka Live at the New England Brewing Company!Friday, August 21 7pm 7 Selden St. Woodbridge, CT 06525 $25 per ticket (comes with samples of Brewer's selection) For reservations call: 203.605.7923...

Practice What You Preach

Aug 19, 2009 8:53am

As many of you know, we have launched the Car Wash Across America this summer. We wanted to create an easy way to raise some money, but also create opportunities to tell the story of 146 across America. In our office, we can get caught up in the day...

Flying

Aug 13, 2009 6:25am

"For a long time, she flew only when she thought no one else was watching."- Brian Andreas Photo by Marcel Gahbauer, McGill Bird Observatory (QC), August 2005 Ever since my oldest daughter was little, she wanted to move to New York City when she grew up. She also wanted to be...