Thank you for your interest in the stories and for making the decision to take part in the WoS trip to India. I hope my blog has been useful in putting the experience ahead of you in context but my hope is that your experience will be just as unique. I do know that you will have a life changing experience meeting our wonderful hosts, sharing in the stories of the incredible survivors, find strength and hope in the work of the many organisations and above all, you will experience a roller coaster of emotions, highs and lows, you will witness and experience absolute despair beyond your beliefs but it will be counter balanced by the compassion, conviction and generosity of those so dedicated to making a change and standing up for rights and justice. I can't wait to share the experience with you all.
If you're interested, below are some books and documentaries which may be of appeal to you in preparation for the trip:
BBC - The Story of India (two parts) Great background on the history and information on India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cip4VmtCBWA
Born into Brothels - an academy award winning documentary on the children of prostitutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388789/
Not my life - a documentary on human trafficking
http://notmylife.org
Trafficking in Persons Report - the trafficking in persons (TIP) report is the U.S government's tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking and is also the world's most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/
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