Thursday, August 11, 2016

The Freedom Hub - Helping Kids Forced Into Marriage



"Many of those trapped in forced marriages live in fear, convinced they could not rebuild their lives if they left.


But one organisation is helping people survive their experiences - and it's being funded by a suburban coffee shop.


The Freedom Hub Survivor School opened in Sydney in 2014.


Sally Irwin, the owner of the Freedom Hub, says "We get a lot of young women that have been forced and sold into marriage, at 14, 15, years of age, and forced to be a domestic slave or sex slave in their own home. We have definitely had some men come in who have been in the building industry, not paid and of course, every country has sex trafficking as well.""


Read entire article @: SBS News    Check out pictures @: Freedom Hub