SOMALY MAM coming to Australia 18 June - 25 June 2010 

Somaly Mam's first visit to Australia kicks off in June. She is coming in support of PROJECT FUTURES  and to launch the FUTURES '10 Cycle Challenge - Keep posted on the website and our facebook for all the event details and where you can meet her

WATCH the TROP FEST 2010 film submission from PROJECT FUTURES on youtube now  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy0IMQws9Yg 

Purchase the autobiography of Somaly Mam "The Road of Lost Innocence" from PROJECT FUTURES 

Cost: $30. To place your order please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

"A riveting, raw, and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope."

Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. Trapped in this dangerous and desperate world, she suffered the brutality and horrors of human trafficking - rape, torture, and deprivation - until she managed to escape with the help of a French aid worker. Emboldened by her newfound freedom, education, and security, Somaly blossomed but remained haunted by the girls in the brothels she left behind.

Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of Lost Innocence recounts the experiences of her early life and tells the story of her awakening as an activist and her harrowing and brave fight against the powerful and corrupt forces that steal the lives of these girls. She has orchestrated raids on brothels and rescued sex workers, some as young as five and six; she has built shelters, started schools, and founded an organization that has so far saved more than four thousand women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Her memoir will leave you awestruck by her tenacity and courage and will renew your faith in the power of an individual to bring about change.