Chab Dai Explained

Chab Dai ("joining hands" in Khmer) is an organization founded in Cambodia in 2005[1] by Helen Sworn[2] that focuses on abolishing sexual abuse, human trafficking, and exploitation.[3] [4] It aims to bring an end to trafficking and sexual exploitation through coalition building, community prevention, advocacy and research.[5] [6] While the organization was founded in Cambodia, Chab Dai also has additional offices in the United States,[7] Canada and the United Kingdom.[8] In August 2023, they joined other Anti-Trafficking Organizations in a statement about the factual inaccuracies of the movie Sound of Freedom (film)[9]

Helen Sworn

Sworn had a career in business administration before she attended bible college in the United Kingdom.[10] She began actively opposing human trafficking in 1999.[11] In 2005,[12] she founded Chab Dai, a network of Christian organizations opposing human trafficking.[13] She was interviewed in the 2011 human trafficking documentary film .[14] Sworn stepped down as Executive Director in 2023.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . chabdai.org.
  2. News: The Washington Post. Katherine Marshall. August 31, 2009. Need Plus Greed: Faith in Action. https://web.archive.org/web/20091123064850/http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/georgetown/2009/08/need_plus_greed.html. dead. November 23, 2009. February 20, 2013.
  3. Web site: HumanTrafficking.org | Cambodia NGO: Chab Dai Coalition . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404040409/http://humantrafficking.org/organizations/414 . 2016-04-04 . 2016-05-19.
  4. Web site: CRIN .
  5. Web site: Hands of Hope Archives - Chab Dai .
  6. Web site: Stop the Traffik . 2010-01-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081009232237/http://www.stopthetraffik.org/projects/cambodia.aspx . 2008-10-09 .
  7. Web site: Usa . 2010-01-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100925093113/http://www.chabdai.org/usa.html . 2010-09-25 .
  8. Web site: Projects . 2010-01-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100107155145/http://www.chabdai.org/projects.html . 2010-01-07 .
  9. Web site: Pinkston . Lauren . 2023-07-29 . ‘Sound of Freedom’: A Joint Statement from Anti-trafficking Organizations . 2023-08-18 . Medium . en.
  10. Encounters Mission Journal. Carol Kingston-Smith. Bodies for Sale: Globalised Trafficking for the Sex Trade. 35. December 2010. 1.
  11. Web site: Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Helen Sworn. February 20, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130522101206/http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/people/helen-sworn. May 22, 2013.
  12. Web site: Chab Dai Canada. History. February 20, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200606/http://chabdai.ca/about-us/. October 29, 2013.
  13. News: The Economist. Innocence for sale: Ethnic discrimination fuels a vile trade. September 13, 2007. February 20, 2013.
  14. Web site: Interviewees. 7 November 2012. Exodus Cry. February 18, 2013. 16 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116022614/http://nefariousdocumentary.com/the-films/interviewees/. dead.
  15. Web site: Appointment of Christa Foster Crawford as Chab Dai's new Executive Director . Chab Dai . 26 June 2023.

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