Our partnership with Auscam Freedom Project

As COVID-19 spread through Cambodia, all learning was transitioned online and more children were spending time on the internet without adequate protective measures in place. Online sexual exploitation began to rise and is now believed to be the most pervasive form of exploitation in Cambodia, as predators are using apps, games and other platforms to groom, lure and exploit children, especially girls. Often girls are unable to recognize that they are in an unsafe relationship with someone who will later exploit them, so reporting of grooming and other forms of exploitation is extremely low. This leaves millions of girls with a future that depends on their ability to resist potential trafficking.

One Day’s Wages partnered with AusCam Freedom Project to build a protective environment for adolescent girls in Cambodia and their resistance to sexual exploitation online. In order for girls to build a resistance to abuse, they launched an interactive online platform so they can better understand their risks online and actively protect themselves. This is a protective community where girls can learn how to measure how safe their online relationships are, share and ask questions from their peers, get live advice from a qualified social worker, then access the support they need in unsafe situations. Girls also received access to our Shine Centre, a girls’ education and leadership center that provides long-term counseling, educational support, training, and mentoring.