Read from Yahoo news that Freedom to
Walk organized a 15-day, 370-kilometre walk from Bangkok to the Burmese border to raise
funds and awareness against human trafficking and to help those who have
been trafficked and are trying to survive
The walk ended on 17 November at the place where the stateless refugees live. It is at the Three Pagodas Pass in the
Thai-Burmese border. The refugees living here are vulnerable and at risk of being trafficked. The route that participating volunteer walkers took from Bangkok to this pass is the same one
that traffickers use to get their victims from here to the Thai capital.
Kyle Ng a Singaporean who participated in the walk is happy that donations continued to pour in, and he had reached his target of raising
US$5,000. “I thought I might raise half, but I managed to reach my whole
target – and just a few days after my birthday too,” he says proudly.
“People were so generous; some donated just because of me. That was very
humbling, and I had to learn how to receive graciously. Every morning I
woke up dizzy with gratitude.”
To find out more about Freedom to Walk, visit www.freedomtowalk.org.
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