She is 15 years old and has been our entry point into a college that will be visited next week. I mentioned in a previous post on this invitation to a College, for conversations with students on
(1) Issues/effects/impacts of early marriages
(2) Issues on Trafficking and how best to respond and prevent.
I have visited her home twice and we have become very great friends. She introduced us to her uncles, and friends of her parents too;who are lectures to the College. They, became interested after our conversations in the home and forwarded the invitation for the team to visit.
My friend has relatives living next to the border, they told us that cases of Trafficking are many, her mother said that, a girl was being trafficked from Dhaka ( main city) to India. A man had gone to her family and told them, they needed a dance teacher. The family was happy that their daughter was going to teach dance in a village and earn good money. On reaching the border, the man was suspected and the girl was asked where her home was. When she said Dhaka and reasons why she was with the man, the police realised this was a hoax. The girl is now back in Dhaka with her family and the man was arrested.
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