Stories

Be Their Voice

To have a voice is something that so many of us take for granted. However, the ability to speak and be heard is not a reality that everyone in the world shares. An estimated 49.6 million voices ar...

Light in the Darkness: Myo San’s Story

Myo San’s story reminds us of God’s promises of hope.  Even the smallest pinprick of light in darkness is enough to drive us forward, and as long as light shines, darkness cannot overcome it. Despi...

Desert Flower Elements

In every crisis, there is a new outcry. In Myanmar, following the complete economic and societal collapse, as a final act of complete desperation mothers are turning to sell their daughter's virgi...

Promises of Hope: Moe Lay's Story

Moe Lay has been trapped in slavery all her life.  She was forced to work from a young age and give all her earnings to her violent, alcoholic father.  In order to escape this slavery, she made fr...

Speak Up: Ei Zin's Story | Bold and Courageous

Ei Zin spent her life being told she wasn't good enough. Her mother often towered over her as a child, telling her she was a “mistake”, a “worthless child” and a “burden”. To help her family escap...

An Empowerment Story - Chapter 3: Hong An

Read the story in the Collection Lookbook Hong An grew up in a violent and divided household. She and her sisters feared their father who was an abusive alcoholic. He would come home and when he s...

Tho Tho's Story: Knots of Freedom

Read the story in the Collection Lookbook Tho Tho had seven siblings, all living in a small house on stilts over the dirty water of one of Yangon’s sprawling slums. She was the oldest and had to l...

Hidden Treasures: Mya Mya's Story | 'I am Brave'

Read the story in the Collection Lookbook Mya Mya grew up in a small village in rural Myanmar. When she was just 13 her life was completely turned upside down by a string of tragic events. Her par...

An Empowerment Story - Chapter 2: Lin Lin

Lin Lin tells us her story from being lost and trapped in a foreign country to the empowerment of her current life as a young entrepreneur:      I grew up in Mandalay where my Father was a Jade me...

An Empowerment Story - Chapter 1: Mai Lae's Story

Mai Lae’s journey is one of bravery and healing. At Eden, she began to heal, talk with others, and enjoy herself again. Her trafficking experience ceased to define her. She learned how to manage h...