I want to spend my life 00:00:01.50\00:00:07.43 Mending broken people 00:00:07.46\00:00:12.26 I want to spend my life 00:00:12.29\00:00:18.57 Removing pain 00:00:18.60\00:00:23.69 Lord, let my words 00:00:23.72\00:00:29.80 Heal a heart that hurts 00:00:29.83\00:00:34.33 I want to spend my life 00:00:34.36\00:00:40.18 Mending broken people 00:00:40.21\00:00:45.66 I want to spend my life 00:00:45.69\00:00:51.11 Mending broken people 00:00:51.14\00:00:55.12 Hello, friends, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 00:01:07.21\00:01:09.68 My name is John Lomacang. 00:01:09.71\00:01:11.89 Thank you to our 3ABN audience 00:01:11.92\00:01:13.77 and family that's tuning in again. 00:01:13.80\00:01:15.92 As you know, we always have 00:01:15.95\00:01:17.16 programming to exalt the cause of God 00:01:17.19\00:01:20.17 and also to bring the Lord closer to you 00:01:20.20\00:01:24.47 so that He can reveal to you 00:01:24.50\00:01:25.74 what His call on your life is really all about. 00:01:25.77\00:01:28.71 Thank you for those who are tuning in for the first time. 00:01:28.74\00:01:30.59 If you've never been on this station before, 00:01:30.62\00:01:32.93 lock that station in and remember the channel, 00:01:32.96\00:01:35.76 because I know today you will discover 00:01:35.79\00:01:38.11 that the message in this program today is one 00:01:38.14\00:01:40.85 that the Lord has decided to bring to you 00:01:40.88\00:01:43.38 not coincidentally but intentionally. 00:01:43.41\00:01:47.01 And I have two guests that I'm excited about, 00:01:47.04\00:01:49.03 I'm gonna introduce you to in a moment, 00:01:49.06\00:01:51.29 but before we go to that part of the program, 00:01:51.32\00:01:53.48 thank you for all that you do for this network, 00:01:53.51\00:01:55.25 your prayers and your volunteer work. 00:01:55.28\00:01:57.80 If you've come here before 00:01:57.83\00:01:59.13 and truly your financial support 00:01:59.16\00:02:01.49 that keeps us going and growing 00:02:01.52\00:02:03.51 as we prepare for the coming of our Lord. 00:02:03.54\00:02:06.07 Now as you know traditionally at our station, 00:02:06.10\00:02:07.99 we always have music and the young lady 00:02:08.02\00:02:10.28 that's going to be singing for us today 00:02:10.31\00:02:11.67 is one that I know very well. 00:02:11.70\00:02:13.44 You will be blessed as Vonda Beerman sings 00:02:13.47\00:02:16.01 "Embrace The Cross." 00:02:16.04\00:02:17.86 I am crucified with Christ 00:02:33.98\00:02:37.69 Therefore I no longer live 00:02:37.72\00:02:42.40 Jesus Christ now lives in me 00:02:42.43\00:02:49.20 I am crucified with Christ 00:02:49.23\00:02:52.93 Therefore I no longer live 00:02:52.96\00:02:57.62 It's Jesus Christ who lives in me 00:02:57.65\00:03:04.43 Embrace the cross 00:03:16.55\00:03:20.66 Where Jesus suffered 00:03:20.69\00:03:24.36 Though it will cost you 00:03:24.39\00:03:27.76 All you claim as yours 00:03:27.79\00:03:32.47 Your sacrifice will seem small 00:03:32.50\00:03:37.06 Beside the treasures 00:03:37.09\00:03:39.37 Eternity can't measure 00:03:39.40\00:03:43.27 What Jesus has in store 00:03:43.30\00:03:47.75 Embrace the love 00:03:52.95\00:03:57.29 The cross requires 00:03:57.32\00:04:00.76 Cling to the one 00:04:00.79\00:04:03.98 Whose heart knew every pain 00:04:04.01\00:04:08.92 Receive from Jesus 00:04:08.95\00:04:12.21 Fountains of compassion 00:04:12.24\00:04:15.75 For only He can fashion 00:04:15.78\00:04:19.71 Your heart to move as His 00:04:19.74\00:04:25.99 Oh, wondrous cross, our desires rest in you 00:04:26.02\00:04:33.33 Oh, Lord Jesus make us 00:04:33.36\00:04:37.76 Bolder 00:04:37.79\00:04:41.71 To face with courage the shame and disgrace 00:04:41.74\00:04:49.16 Embrace the life 00:05:01.94\00:05:05.88 That comes from dying 00:05:05.91\00:05:09.39 Trace through the steps 00:05:09.42\00:05:12.67 The Savior walked for you 00:05:12.70\00:05:17.83 An empty tomb 00:05:17.86\00:05:20.49 Concludes Golgotha's sorrow 00:05:20.52\00:05:24.64 Endure then till tomorrow 00:05:24.67\00:05:28.43 Your cross of suffering 00:05:28.46\00:05:32.95 Embrace the cross 00:05:39.55\00:05:43.07 Embrace the cross 00:05:43.10\00:05:47.12 The cross of Jesus 00:05:47.15\00:05:54.12 Thank you so much for that wonderful song, Vonda. 00:06:20.32\00:06:22.65 We really do appreciate your ministry of music 00:06:22.68\00:06:25.31 and the message fits wonderfully our program. 00:06:25.34\00:06:28.24 What does it mean to embrace the cross today. 00:06:28.27\00:06:31.24 You know, they're those that are called 00:06:31.27\00:06:32.57 to bear the cross in various avenues of life, 00:06:32.60\00:06:36.02 and I think our guests today understands 00:06:36.05\00:06:39.22 what that means when the Lord says 00:06:39.25\00:06:41.83 carry the cross, 00:06:41.86\00:06:43.72 this cross of self denial, this cross of sacrifice. 00:06:43.75\00:06:46.62 And sometimes the cross of risk and on that note, 00:06:46.65\00:06:50.18 I'd like to introduce you to our guests today. 00:06:50.21\00:06:52.58 First we have with me, well, let me just go ahead 00:06:52.61\00:06:55.83 and allow you to do the introduction. 00:06:55.86\00:06:58.08 Tell our audience who you are, 00:06:58.11\00:07:00.38 where you are from and what you do right now? 00:07:00.41\00:07:03.09 My name is Anita Kanaiya and I'm from Bangalore, India. 00:07:03.12\00:07:07.69 And I work in India with a project called 00:07:07.72\00:07:11.29 Operation Child Rescue, 00:07:11.32\00:07:13.39 where we rescue women and children 00:07:13.42\00:07:15.08 who are being trafficked for different purposes, 00:07:15.11\00:07:18.86 mostly labor and sexual exploitation. 00:07:18.89\00:07:21.49 Okay, well, good to have you here today. 00:07:21.52\00:07:23.42 And gentleman to your right that I am very familiar with 00:07:23.45\00:07:25.92 but I'll go ahead and allow him to introduce himself 00:07:25.95\00:07:28.38 just so that if someone's watching 00:07:28.41\00:07:30.26 that have never seen you before, 00:07:30.29\00:07:31.61 you could go ahead and give them 00:07:31.64\00:07:33.39 that good down under introduction. 00:07:33.42\00:07:35.67 Thanks, John. My name is Jim Rennie. 00:07:35.70\00:07:37.88 And I'm the CEO of Asian Aid USA 00:07:37.91\00:07:41.47 and our ministry is based in Collegedale, Tennessee. 00:07:41.50\00:07:45.16 And it's good to have you here, Jim. 00:07:45.19\00:07:46.56 You know, you've not only been here before on 3ABN, 00:07:46.59\00:07:49.10 you're part of our family, our 3ABN family 00:07:49.13\00:07:52.73 but you and I have had the opportunity 00:07:52.76\00:07:54.48 along with my wife to travel with you to India... 00:07:54.51\00:07:57.39 And to be a part of some of the Asian Aid projects. 00:07:57.42\00:07:59.49 So good to have you here again. Thank you. 00:07:59.52\00:08:01.40 Now just before I come back to Anita Kanaiya 00:08:01.43\00:08:03.46 who is part of the Operation Child Rescue in India 00:08:03.49\00:08:07.60 and partnering with Asian Aid. 00:08:07.63\00:08:09.16 Give us some updates? 00:08:09.19\00:08:11.06 Tell us what's happening with Asian Aid 00:08:11.09\00:08:12.45 and where you are today? 00:08:12.48\00:08:14.08 Well, John, as you know 00:08:14.11\00:08:15.46 our main program is child sponsorship. 00:08:15.49\00:08:19.50 Where we take children based on need 00:08:19.53\00:08:21.82 and place them in Adventist schools in India, 00:08:21.85\00:08:24.84 Nepal and Bangladesh 00:08:24.87\00:08:26.68 and we just have just under 3,000 children now. 00:08:26.71\00:08:30.23 That program is continuing to grow 00:08:30.26\00:08:32.92 and we always have the need for sponsors. 00:08:32.95\00:08:35.76 And we're just preparing to enter Myanmar 00:08:35.79\00:08:38.86 which is the old Burma. 00:08:38.89\00:08:40.87 And then also in India we're doing-- 00:08:40.90\00:08:43.59 we're partnering with the church 00:08:43.62\00:08:45.26 in the development of schools to improve building 00:08:45.29\00:08:49.78 and to improve the quality of education 00:08:49.81\00:08:52.84 in the Adventist schools. 00:08:52.87\00:08:55.26 We've just completed some projects recently. 00:08:55.29\00:08:58.29 I don't know if you've visited Vizianagaram in India 00:08:58.32\00:09:01.40 where we've built a brand new boys' dormitory 00:09:01.43\00:09:03.91 and the boys were sleeping on the floor in the church. 00:09:03.94\00:09:06.23 I saw that. 00:09:06.26\00:09:07.29 And it was just so exciting that last week they moved in 00:09:07.32\00:09:10.47 and now they're sleeping on beds in a new dormitory. 00:09:10.50\00:09:14.08 And we are upgrading some of the key schools in India. 00:09:14.11\00:09:17.69 And the other program that we're now building on 00:09:17.72\00:09:20.79 is what we're here to talk today 00:09:20.82\00:09:22.73 is the Asian Aid Operation Child Rescue 00:09:22.76\00:09:25.75 which is very unique as a ministry 00:09:25.78\00:09:28.89 that we are really on the streets in India 00:09:28.92\00:09:32.24 especially rescuing boys and girls, 00:09:32.27\00:09:35.92 mainly girls, from the slavery trade. 00:09:35.95\00:09:39.72 And we just feel that because we're involved with children 00:09:39.75\00:09:43.07 that we should be involved in this area. 00:09:43.10\00:09:45.97 And so it's something we want to grow. 00:09:46.00\00:09:48.28 Well, you know, as you spoke about the school 00:09:48.31\00:09:50.48 where the boys' dorm is now opened, 00:09:50.51\00:09:52.14 I remember very well when we were there in India, 00:09:52.17\00:09:55.08 I did an interview laying on my back on one of the boys' mats 00:09:55.11\00:09:58.99 as we talked about the fact that here in America 00:09:59.02\00:10:01.85 and many parts of the world, they have comfortable beds 00:10:01.88\00:10:04.63 that children go to sleep at night 00:10:04.66\00:10:06.33 but these young boys laid out their mat on this hard floor 00:10:06.36\00:10:09.85 and as I was testing it out, I'm so glad to hear 00:10:09.88\00:10:12.24 'cause I saw the program where the boys' dorm 00:10:12.27\00:10:15.96 is being opened up and now they have facilities. 00:10:15.99\00:10:18.79 You know what I like about Asian Aid is 00:10:18.82\00:10:20.24 it's not just a ministry that has good programs on television 00:10:20.27\00:10:23.75 but it's a ministry that is actually getting results. 00:10:23.78\00:10:27.34 In some difficult areas in Bangalore and Vizianagaram, 00:10:27.37\00:10:32.31 I've learned how to say that correctly, 00:10:32.34\00:10:34.15 and other parts of Asia 00:10:34.18\00:10:37.38 where poverty and some of the challenges 00:10:37.41\00:10:40.03 that are not native to America 00:10:40.06\00:10:42.40 are very, very real in the culture of India. 00:10:42.43\00:10:45.02 And so I'm interested in this program today 00:10:45.05\00:10:46.56 because I know that you cannot be involved 00:10:46.59\00:10:48.53 in children and their development 00:10:48.56\00:10:50.69 without getting into this avenue 00:10:50.72\00:10:52.28 that's very real. 00:10:52.31\00:10:53.85 You know, we hear about it in America 00:10:53.88\00:10:55.81 but it's something that's happening on the ground 00:10:55.84\00:10:57.54 there in India and surely other parts of the world. 00:10:57.57\00:11:00.47 But on that note let me go ahead and-- first of all, 00:11:00.50\00:11:03.28 thank you for coming today. 00:11:03.31\00:11:04.71 Can I call you Anita? Yes, please. 00:11:04.74\00:11:06.47 So good to have you here, we had a wonderful time 00:11:06.50\00:11:08.69 talking before the program began. 00:11:08.72\00:11:10.74 I am so interested. 00:11:10.77\00:11:11.96 Before we dive into the program, 00:11:11.99\00:11:13.57 just share with us your connection with Asian Aid? 00:11:13.60\00:11:16.54 How that has blessed the ministry 00:11:16.57\00:11:18.55 that you are involved in? 00:11:18.58\00:11:20.56 I have been connected with Asian Aid now for a few years 00:11:20.59\00:11:24.14 and we met because of a common interest 00:11:24.17\00:11:28.08 to do something for children in Bangalore. 00:11:28.11\00:11:31.22 And I was working with an organization 00:11:31.25\00:11:34.67 that was working with rescuing children, 00:11:34.70\00:11:37.24 women and children from off the street 00:11:37.27\00:11:40.16 and putting them into programs 00:11:40.19\00:11:42.66 where they would be taken care of, 00:11:42.69\00:11:44.55 and that's how I met Jim from Asian Aid. 00:11:44.58\00:11:47.46 Great guy to being associated with. 00:11:47.49\00:11:49.42 Man of passion and vision 00:11:49.45\00:11:51.16 which is really blessed the program 00:11:51.19\00:11:52.90 and the growth of Asian Aid since his getting onboard, 00:11:52.93\00:11:55.75 I'm excited about that. 00:11:55.78\00:11:57.01 And you are a mother and a wife also? 00:11:57.04\00:11:59.47 You have two daughters? Two daughters 13 and 8. 00:11:59.50\00:12:02.23 Okay. Yeah. 00:12:02.26\00:12:03.34 And which also makes this program 00:12:03.37\00:12:05.57 and the project you're involved 00:12:05.60\00:12:07.19 and it endears you more to that 00:12:07.22\00:12:08.62 because if you think of what if-- 00:12:08.65\00:12:10.69 what would have happened to my daughters 00:12:10.72\00:12:11.79 if this had happened to her 00:12:11.82\00:12:13.49 and I know that that's part of the passion 00:12:13.52\00:12:15.36 and your drive to see that these are the children 00:12:15.39\00:12:18.83 that have no voice can find the confidence 00:12:18.86\00:12:22.79 that somebody is on the ground working for their betterment. 00:12:22.82\00:12:25.50 Take us now, Operation Child Rescue, 00:12:25.53\00:12:28.33 tell us about that? 00:12:28.36\00:12:30.04 How that got started and your particular involvement in that? 00:12:30.07\00:12:34.38 Well, I think about nine years ago, 00:12:34.41\00:12:36.79 I was called to, I had a phone call one night 00:12:36.82\00:12:40.39 and it was basically a friend asking 00:12:40.42\00:12:42.85 if I would go and rescue two girls, 00:12:42.88\00:12:45.19 who had managed to escape from the traffickers 00:12:45.22\00:12:47.73 and were in a bus stand hiding and there was no one else 00:12:47.76\00:12:52.89 he could contact and he called and said, 00:12:52.92\00:12:55.55 could you please just go and get them 00:12:55.58\00:12:57.66 and bring them over to your house 00:12:57.69\00:12:59.17 and we'll pick them up in the morning. 00:12:59.20\00:13:02.27 It was 10 o'clock at night 00:13:02.30\00:13:03.78 and my older one was only one and a half 00:13:03.81\00:13:08.14 and I was a bit disturbed about it, 00:13:08.17\00:13:12.06 but I knew that I was gonna go and get those girls 00:13:12.09\00:13:15.23 'cause the picture of those girls 00:13:15.26\00:13:17.23 just hiding there without anyone there for them. 00:13:17.26\00:13:21.88 I ended up going with a colleague from work 00:13:21.91\00:13:24.23 and we got the two girls 00:13:24.26\00:13:25.78 and they were only aged 12 and 13, 00:13:25.81\00:13:28.68 and had been trafficked three times before, 00:13:28.71\00:13:32.08 and had managed to escape 00:13:32.11\00:13:33.39 and they had this one number of a lawyer in Bombay 00:13:33.42\00:13:36.61 and that's where I got the call from. 00:13:36.64\00:13:38.63 So when I brought them home, I heard their stories 00:13:38.66\00:13:41.91 and at that point I didn't realize 00:13:41.94\00:13:43.61 that trafficking was so real in India, 00:13:43.64\00:13:45.74 this was about eight to nine years ago 00:13:45.77\00:13:48.54 and so real in my city of Bangalore. 00:13:48.57\00:13:53.65 The social worker didn't turn up in the morning. 00:13:53.68\00:13:56.45 She came at least three days after. 00:13:56.48\00:13:58.75 And so for three days I had them at home. 00:13:58.78\00:14:01.35 I heard their stories. 00:14:01.38\00:14:02.78 I saw the reality of what trafficking had done to them, 00:14:02.81\00:14:06.93 their bodies, the scars on them and I was not the same anymore, 00:14:06.96\00:14:12.22 I mean, I decided then that 00:14:12.25\00:14:14.58 I really want to look into this issue. 00:14:14.61\00:14:17.94 How do we address this? 00:14:17.97\00:14:19.00 How do we find out more about it? 00:14:19.03\00:14:21.63 And how do we rescue these girls 00:14:21.66\00:14:24.38 who are in such a desperate need of rescue? 00:14:24.41\00:14:26.86 So now this passion, this fire getting lighted in you, 00:14:26.89\00:14:29.57 and I don't think as I think of what you just said to me, 00:14:29.60\00:14:32.45 I think the Lord allowed these girls to be 00:14:32.48\00:14:34.03 in your home for the days 00:14:34.06\00:14:35.27 that they were there so that this could-- 00:14:35.30\00:14:39.06 it's like putting a melting ice cream 00:14:39.09\00:14:41.17 on a very warm pavement. 00:14:41.20\00:14:43.20 You know, it sinks in if you grab it right away, 00:14:43.23\00:14:45.61 it hardly penetrates. 00:14:45.64\00:14:47.98 This experience allowed that to sink into your psyche 00:14:48.01\00:14:50.99 and to really grab a hold of you 00:14:51.02\00:14:52.85 and bury a passion within you to now say 00:14:52.88\00:14:56.03 these could be my daughters. 00:14:56.06\00:14:57.86 If I do nothing, if I stand back, 00:14:57.89\00:14:59.96 I was-- yesterday driving home actually on the highway. 00:14:59.99\00:15:04.52 And this is all that is needed for evil to prevail 00:15:04.55\00:15:07.91 is that those who do good do nothing. 00:15:07.94\00:15:11.23 And so the Lord just lit that fire in you, 00:15:11.26\00:15:13.58 now how did you take it to the next level 00:15:13.61\00:15:15.04 because you go from a concerned mother 00:15:15.07\00:15:17.33 and I'm interested how and you don't have to express 00:15:17.36\00:15:20.76 or reveal the details but to get that call 00:15:20.79\00:15:24.75 was something that you did not anticipate 00:15:24.78\00:15:27.34 but God saw that he was reaching out 00:15:27.37\00:15:28.91 to you to make a difference. 00:15:28.94\00:15:30.00 What did you do next to make this...? 00:15:30.03\00:15:32.26 Well, one of the first things 00:15:32.29\00:15:34.06 we did was to research the issue. 00:15:34.09\00:15:35.95 To see what was it some, was it an issue 00:15:35.98\00:15:40.85 that was very present in our city of Bangalore 00:15:40.88\00:15:44.70 and during the research we put together a conference 00:15:44.73\00:15:48.78 and called just about anybody who was doing anything 00:15:48.81\00:15:51.65 in the area of human trafficking, 00:15:51.68\00:15:53.99 child protection, child abuse issues 00:15:54.02\00:15:58.24 and one of the things that came up 00:15:58.27\00:16:01.14 from that conference was that there were lots of children 00:16:01.17\00:16:05.21 who were going missing, 00:16:05.24\00:16:06.66 and the police didn't have a database, 00:16:06.69\00:16:08.87 a computerized database, 00:16:08.90\00:16:10.33 so it was just a manual form that was filled out 00:16:10.36\00:16:13.95 and somehow it had to reach a central location 00:16:13.98\00:16:18.06 and then from there, the message had to be conveyed 00:16:18.09\00:16:21.56 to the policemen on beat to find these children. 00:16:21.59\00:16:24.72 Almost an archaic way of communicating. 00:16:24.75\00:16:27.60 So I think one of the first things 00:16:27.63\00:16:28.97 we did was to start looking at the connection 00:16:29.00\00:16:31.23 between children who go missing and trafficking. 00:16:31.26\00:16:35.15 And what we've found was, 00:16:35.18\00:16:38.17 for me, I think astonishing because in the first year 00:16:38.20\00:16:41.35 that we helped set up a missing person's bureau 00:16:41.38\00:16:43.62 with the police department in Bangalore, 00:16:43.65\00:16:46.58 we realized that while the police were happy 00:16:46.61\00:16:50.10 about having a system to trace missing people, 00:16:50.13\00:16:53.47 they weren't really bothered about 00:16:53.50\00:16:54.97 where these children were going, 00:16:55.00\00:16:57.45 when they had gone missing. 00:16:57.48\00:16:58.59 And when we started analyzing the data 00:16:58.62\00:17:01.11 to look at what age groups are these children? 00:17:01.14\00:17:03.82 Which backgrounds did they come from? 00:17:03.85\00:17:06.52 Which areas were they going missing from? 00:17:06.55\00:17:08.83 We realized that it was a very planned, 00:17:08.86\00:17:12.34 well thought out thing that was happening. 00:17:12.37\00:17:16.22 And we realized that there were more girls 00:17:16.25\00:17:18.54 going missing than boys 00:17:18.57\00:17:20.18 and the age groups were as low as 12 years. 00:17:20.21\00:17:24.13 12-13 years, girls were going missing. 00:17:24.16\00:17:27.07 And so it almost appeared to be strategic to some degree 00:17:27.10\00:17:31.69 that this was not a coincidental event. 00:17:31.72\00:17:35.10 And maybe-- the archaic systems served its purpose well 00:17:35.13\00:17:38.68 to keep this as a non addressed issue. 00:17:38.71\00:17:41.21 But by automating it that is adding a-- 00:17:41.24\00:17:43.58 putting a database together 00:17:43.61\00:17:44.76 so that the information can be proliferated a lot quicker, 00:17:44.79\00:17:48.00 so that the moment these children are missing, 00:17:48.03\00:17:49.92 the reporting can go on quicker. 00:17:49.95\00:17:51.56 It'll get to all the stations that it needs to-- 00:17:51.59\00:17:54.47 what kind of support did you find 00:17:54.50\00:17:56.37 because I know-- I've been to Bangalore, 00:17:56.40\00:17:58.89 it's a thriving city right by the coast. 00:17:58.92\00:18:01.67 And to just wake up in the morning and say, 00:18:01.70\00:18:03.72 okay, I want to go ahead 00:18:03.75\00:18:04.83 and impact the city of Bangalore 00:18:04.86\00:18:06.68 in this sense where the people are-- 00:18:06.71\00:18:09.42 and I'm gonna use this word oozing out of this city, 00:18:09.45\00:18:12.69 there are just motorbikes everywhere, cars everywhere. 00:18:12.72\00:18:16.14 How do you find the children amidst 00:18:16.17\00:18:19.70 that plethora of human bodies that are there, 00:18:19.73\00:18:22.93 I mean how do you-- how did you get to the next level? 00:18:22.96\00:18:26.80 Okay, now we were setting up the database, 00:18:26.83\00:18:30.23 then what did you do next? 00:18:30.26\00:18:31.65 Well, like I said, the police wanted to close cases 00:18:31.68\00:18:35.73 of children who'd gone missing. 00:18:35.76\00:18:37.39 We were interested to see why they were going missing? 00:18:37.42\00:18:40.74 And what were they getting into? 00:18:40.77\00:18:43.47 And that was the tough job like you said, 00:18:43.50\00:18:45.05 you know how do you find? 00:18:45.08\00:18:46.53 First of all how do you find the child, 00:18:46.56\00:18:48.79 you know in the city of 6 million and more? 00:18:48.82\00:18:51.27 And once you find ways to find the child, 00:18:51.30\00:18:56.70 when we realize what they've gotten into. 00:18:56.73\00:18:58.58 Many of these children had been trafficked out of the city. 00:18:58.61\00:19:02.38 And usually that's what happens with trafficking 00:19:02.41\00:19:04.53 is for it to be call trafficking 00:19:04.56\00:19:06.98 the person has to be geographically moved 00:19:07.01\00:19:09.59 from one location to another. 00:19:09.62\00:19:11.69 And many of these children came from very, very poor homes. 00:19:11.72\00:19:16.57 So when we were analyzing the data, 00:19:16.60\00:19:18.16 we realized many of these children 00:19:18.19\00:19:19.64 were from slum communities. 00:19:19.67\00:19:21.90 Were children of migrants 00:19:21.93\00:19:23.20 who had just moved into the city looking for jobs, 00:19:23.23\00:19:26.43 and basically people who could not even register a case 00:19:26.46\00:19:30.71 because they were illiterate or too poor to, 00:19:30.74\00:19:33.68 you know, know where to go. 00:19:33.71\00:19:35.48 And for the police to do anything about it, 00:19:35.51\00:19:38.27 so we realize then that we had 00:19:38.30\00:19:39.67 to become voice for the voiceless. 00:19:39.70\00:19:41.83 Because many of these people never registered cases 00:19:41.86\00:19:45.12 and because the police wouldn't take it seriously, 00:19:45.15\00:19:48.28 they had too many children, they were always told 00:19:48.31\00:19:50.50 they weren't looking after their children well enough. 00:19:50.53\00:19:53.34 And by the time anything happened 00:19:53.37\00:19:55.72 it was a good you know 10 days or 15 days 00:19:55.75\00:19:58.31 after the child is gone missing, 00:19:58.34\00:19:59.86 making it almost impossible for us to trace the child. 00:19:59.89\00:20:03.27 Because in India in 10 days children could be anywhere, 00:20:03.30\00:20:06.28 and it's such a large country. 00:20:06.31\00:20:08.41 They could be in Delhi, 00:20:08.44\00:20:09.48 they could be in Andhra Pradesh. 00:20:09.51\00:20:11.32 They may I think could be anywhere. 00:20:11.35\00:20:13.32 And it's not like America 00:20:13.35\00:20:15.36 where you have these traceable devices 00:20:15.39\00:20:18.24 or tracking-- when 12 years old 00:20:18.27\00:20:21.17 I mean you're talking about a child that that point at best 00:20:21.20\00:20:24.76 it's terrified about what's happening in his or her life. 00:20:24.79\00:20:28.30 And they are at the mercy of whoever the kidnappers are 00:20:28.33\00:20:31.21 or whoever the traffickers are. 00:20:31.24\00:20:33.64 We think about this issue worldwide 00:20:33.67\00:20:35.32 and I know for those of you listening to the program, 00:20:35.35\00:20:38.06 it's a very serious matter for you to able to take on 00:20:38.09\00:20:41.76 and now if I'm following carefully, 00:20:41.79\00:20:44.05 you have been working in this field for 8-9 years. 00:20:44.08\00:20:47.25 Tell us what kind of progress you've made? 00:20:47.28\00:20:50.93 And maybe even we could go into some of the stories 00:20:50.96\00:20:53.37 to be very vague rather than 00:20:53.40\00:20:55.14 specific about some of the names, 00:20:55.17\00:20:57.06 about how this is now beginning to be reversed. 00:20:57.09\00:21:00.28 But just tell us, 00:21:00.31\00:21:01.47 what has happened over the last 7-8 years? 00:21:01.50\00:21:03.81 Well, yeah, I think 8 years ago 00:21:03.84\00:21:06.64 we started with this problem of missing children. 00:21:06.67\00:21:08.43 Then we actually got into rescues 00:21:08.46\00:21:10.46 because we realize that 00:21:10.49\00:21:12.10 this wasn't a major issue for the police. 00:21:12.13\00:21:14.98 They had lots of other things 00:21:15.01\00:21:16.14 that they were supposed to be doing like, 00:21:16.17\00:21:19.51 terrorism was a big issue. 00:21:19.54\00:21:20.87 Right. 00:21:20.90\00:21:21.94 Law and order and crime, local crime was an issue. 00:21:21.97\00:21:25.25 And trafficking wasn't important for them, 00:21:25.28\00:21:27.52 you know, some child going missing somewhere 00:21:27.55\00:21:29.85 especially because they are from the poor background 00:21:29.88\00:21:32.61 didn't matter enough. 00:21:32.64\00:21:33.99 So we realized that if that child had to be found, 00:21:34.02\00:21:37.52 we had to start working as investigative, 00:21:37.55\00:21:41.40 you know, operators with the police, 00:21:41.43\00:21:43.69 so one of the things that we do till today 00:21:43.72\00:21:45.84 is we have our own investigation team. 00:21:45.87\00:21:48.49 And the investigation team doubles up 00:21:48.52\00:21:50.97 as customer's clients pimps all of that 00:21:51.00\00:21:55.49 just to be able to gain information about 00:21:55.52\00:21:59.10 where they take the children. 00:21:59.13\00:22:01.29 Where are they bringing the children from or women from? 00:22:01.32\00:22:04.37 Where do they hide them? Where are the brothels? 00:22:04.40\00:22:06.61 How do we get into a brothel? 00:22:06.64\00:22:08.66 And once we have all of that information 00:22:08.69\00:22:10.66 and we actually send in a decoy customer 00:22:10.69\00:22:13.56 inside higher the girl pay money, 00:22:13.59\00:22:16.47 higher the girl take her into a room. 00:22:16.50\00:22:19.02 Talk to her and find out what the story is, 00:22:19.05\00:22:22.90 it's impossible for us to convince the police 00:22:22.93\00:22:25.24 that they need to rescue this person. 00:22:25.27\00:22:27.38 That is so-- I mean that is such an operation, 00:22:27.41\00:22:33.27 you just don't get up in the morning and say, 00:22:33.30\00:22:35.59 well, let's find the connections, 00:22:35.62\00:22:37.45 let's find the pimps, the brothels. 00:22:37.48\00:22:41.03 It's a whole underground dark network. 00:22:41.06\00:22:45.19 And so when you said you put a network together, 00:22:45.22\00:22:49.42 evidently people came on board with you. 00:22:49.45\00:22:51.57 Tell us about that? 00:22:51.60\00:22:52.65 How were you able to muster up the support for that, 00:22:52.68\00:22:55.18 because you have to convince other people? 00:22:55.21\00:22:57.18 We are in a city where this is seen as a crime 00:22:57.21\00:23:00.67 probably not even seen as a viable crime. 00:23:00.70\00:23:03.17 If you put terrorism and a missing child together 00:23:03.20\00:23:06.22 in a city of six million people 00:23:06.25\00:23:07.57 where poverty is not an uncommon thing, 00:23:07.60\00:23:09.89 they'll say what's the big deal, 00:23:09.92\00:23:11.26 he's just a child, 00:23:11.29\00:23:12.45 let's stop terrorism in our city 00:23:12.48\00:23:15.08 and so it gets on the backbone 00:23:15.11\00:23:17.13 but how did you get a network together? 00:23:17.16\00:23:18.78 Because obviously other people came onboard. 00:23:18.81\00:23:21.28 Yeah, I think the first year 00:23:21.31\00:23:23.09 that we set up this missing children's bureau 00:23:23.12\00:23:24.96 and we analyzed the data, 00:23:24.99\00:23:26.65 we realized that 1000 girls had gone missing 00:23:26.68\00:23:29.22 from the city of Bangalore in 6 months 00:23:29.25\00:23:32.11 and we shared that data. 00:23:32.14\00:23:34.27 Most often the police would say, 00:23:34.30\00:23:36.14 you know these are young girls 00:23:36.17\00:23:37.34 who have fallen in love or who have run away from home 00:23:37.37\00:23:40.24 because they were beaten all, abused or scolded. 00:23:40.27\00:23:44.35 But then when we looked at the ages 00:23:44.38\00:23:46.60 that the children had gone missing 00:23:46.63\00:23:47.76 they were below 12 years. 00:23:47.79\00:23:49.26 And you know a girl at 12 in India 00:23:49.29\00:23:52.59 is not falling in love and running away. 00:23:52.62\00:23:55.91 And so we then got that information 00:23:55.94\00:23:57.54 across to other agencies or organizations 00:23:57.57\00:23:59.82 that are working with child protection 00:23:59.85\00:24:01.82 and children's issues. 00:24:01.85\00:24:03.50 And we managed to convince them 00:24:03.53\00:24:06.08 that we have a very real issue in out city, 00:24:06.11\00:24:08.76 and that we need to do something about it 00:24:08.79\00:24:11.62 and so our first network was formed to try and see 00:24:11.65\00:24:15.15 how we could share any kind of expertise 00:24:15.18\00:24:17.24 that we had to trace missing children. 00:24:17.27\00:24:21.53 As you know investigators don't get 00:24:21.56\00:24:23.48 turned out of any college, 00:24:23.51\00:24:24.88 you know you don't have an education 00:24:24.91\00:24:26.57 that leads to you becoming an investigator 00:24:26.60\00:24:29.22 at least not in India. 00:24:29.25\00:24:30.29 I don't know how it is here, 00:24:30.32\00:24:32.19 so we had to build up people who had a heart 00:24:32.22\00:24:35.98 to go out and look for these children. 00:24:36.01\00:24:38.01 But we had to build expertise 00:24:38.04\00:24:39.70 in terms of investigations skills, 00:24:39.73\00:24:42.63 the police were cooperative. 00:24:42.66\00:24:44.23 We had some really top police people 00:24:44.26\00:24:47.13 and they were very cooperative 00:24:47.16\00:24:48.62 in helping to train the initial team. 00:24:48.65\00:24:52.65 Today I think our investigators are on par with the police 00:24:52.68\00:24:55.53 in terms of their investigative skills 00:24:55.56\00:24:57.75 and what they're able to accomplish. 00:24:57.78\00:25:00.06 The day before I could actually come here, 00:25:00.09\00:25:04.41 we had a rescue operation 00:25:04.44\00:25:06.32 and we had to get into a brothel 00:25:06.35\00:25:08.20 which was locked from outside, 00:25:08.23\00:25:10.18 but the girls were inside and we had the police with us 00:25:10.21\00:25:12.92 and everybody was wondering what to do? 00:25:12.95\00:25:14.31 And our investigators 00:25:14.34\00:25:15.37 just scaled the walls of the next building 00:25:15.40\00:25:17.45 and before you know it they were on the terrace, 00:25:17.48\00:25:19.92 we had got access to the top door 00:25:19.95\00:25:22.66 and we actually entered the building 00:25:22.69\00:25:23.78 before the police could even do anything 00:25:23.81\00:25:25.46 about breaking a lock on the bottom. 00:25:25.49\00:25:28.49 Wow, I mean that's interesting 00:25:28.52\00:25:29.55 'cause-- see what I'm hearing is 00:25:29.58\00:25:31.42 not only all these girls being rescued 00:25:31.45\00:25:33.80 but then I think off a real-- the real need how-- 00:25:33.83\00:25:38.24 Do you take them back to were they were? 00:25:38.27\00:25:40.44 Do you take 'em to a different home? 00:25:40.47\00:25:42.55 What happens when they're rescued? 00:25:42.58\00:25:44.06 Because sometimes-- 00:25:44.09\00:25:45.93 I'm thinking of the poverty aspect of this, 00:25:45.96\00:25:47.90 sometimes a family may even participate. 00:25:47.93\00:25:51.37 Have you found any of that kind of fabric 00:25:51.40\00:25:54.09 a part of this networking 00:25:54.12\00:25:55.76 because if the girls missing at that age 00:25:55.79\00:25:58.06 chance are as you said 12-13 those young ages 00:25:58.09\00:26:01.30 then following a romantic interest 00:26:01.33\00:26:04.10 but sometimes the family may say, 00:26:04.13\00:26:06.21 hey, how much would you give us for our daughter? 00:26:06.24\00:26:08.53 Had you find-- did you find any kind of that fabric 00:26:08.56\00:26:11.86 where people were just giving away their children 00:26:11.89\00:26:13.40 for some kind of financial gain? 00:26:13.43\00:26:14.81 Yeah, I think what we found in the years 00:26:14.84\00:26:16.77 that we worked at this area is that 00:26:16.80\00:26:19.11 traffickers pray on vulnerabilities 00:26:19.14\00:26:21.88 and poverty is one, 00:26:21.91\00:26:23.22 but poverty with the combination 00:26:23.25\00:26:24.85 of gender discrimination, 00:26:24.88\00:26:27.64 unemployment, illiteracy is a deadly one. 00:26:27.67\00:26:32.30 And we've realized most often that traffickers 00:26:32.33\00:26:35.69 when they actually go and procure these girls 00:26:35.72\00:26:39.35 will make promises of jobs 00:26:39.38\00:26:41.78 or will make promises of a better life. 00:26:41.81\00:26:44.46 For the younger girls they're often told 00:26:44.49\00:26:46.29 that they are taking them to an orphanage 00:26:46.32\00:26:48.45 or a school to be able to, you know, have an education, 00:26:48.48\00:26:52.81 but it's always a lie, 00:26:52.84\00:26:54.55 and most of the people from villages 00:26:54.58\00:26:56.91 are from high source areas 00:26:56.94\00:26:59.83 which are really not close to cities, 00:26:59.86\00:27:03.20 often don't know what's happening. 00:27:03.23\00:27:05.44 And they believe the traffickers 00:27:05.47\00:27:07.19 because the traffickers gain their trust in some way. 00:27:07.22\00:27:12.00 Sometimes they settle in the community, 00:27:12.03\00:27:14.23 sometimes they are a friend of a friend, 00:27:14.26\00:27:16.34 a family friend, sometimes they're from within the family, 00:27:16.37\00:27:19.70 and they have learned that 00:27:19.73\00:27:21.39 this is an easy way to make money. 00:27:21.42\00:27:23.74 Many times people have asked, you know, 00:27:23.77\00:27:25.65 do families actually sell their children? 00:27:25.68\00:27:28.67 I think without really knowing it they do. 00:27:28.70\00:27:32.39 They think that their children 00:27:32.42\00:27:34.38 are going on to something better. 00:27:34.41\00:27:36.39 I mean what you do when you are a farmer, 00:27:36.42\00:27:37.84 your crops have failed, monsoons have failed, 00:27:37.87\00:27:41.20 you have eight or nine children and you have no money, 00:27:41.23\00:27:45.65 no way to feed those children and somebody comes 00:27:45.68\00:27:48.19 and promises your children now, at least that they will live, 00:27:48.22\00:27:51.84 you know, they will get a job in a city. 00:27:51.87\00:27:54.62 These people just believe that, and send them 00:27:54.65\00:27:57.29 and they're given money immediately to compensate. 00:27:57.32\00:28:00.07 You know, a small amount of money, 00:28:00.10\00:28:01.40 and most often they never hear back from their children. 00:28:01.43\00:28:05.15 You know, I was thinking of that way, 00:28:05.18\00:28:06.30 as you were unwrapping the story, 00:28:06.33\00:28:08.58 I was thinking here and, Jim, this is-- 00:28:08.61\00:28:10.67 you know, what's sad about the situation 00:28:10.70\00:28:12.27 is Asian Aid is involved in situations similar to this, 00:28:12.30\00:28:16.49 when I was over in India. 00:28:16.52\00:28:19.31 I remember one of the teachers they are saying, 00:28:19.34\00:28:21.54 sometimes we would find a child 00:28:21.57\00:28:23.55 on the side of the road tied to a post 00:28:23.58\00:28:27.17 because the family cannot afford 00:28:27.20\00:28:28.52 to take care of this child, 00:28:28.55\00:28:29.73 whatever the reason may be, and we would rescue that child 00:28:29.76\00:28:32.63 and bring them into a care home or school or boarding academy, 00:28:32.66\00:28:36.69 whatever the case may be and raise that child 00:28:36.72\00:28:38.87 and we've seen many of the success stories, 00:28:38.90\00:28:40.97 you know, for example, Ravi a success story, 00:28:41.00\00:28:44.68 so when that-- even a family 00:28:44.71\00:28:47.87 is approached with these prospects 00:28:47.90\00:28:49.71 of a bright life for your daughter. 00:28:49.74\00:28:52.92 They may even say, 00:28:52.95\00:28:53.98 well, have you heard of this school in India, 00:28:54.01\00:28:55.60 where foreigners are coming and helping us out. 00:28:55.63\00:28:57.82 We could get your daughter into that program, 00:28:57.85\00:28:59.59 so it turns the light on in the eyes 00:28:59.62\00:29:01.26 of a trusting father or mother. 00:29:01.29\00:29:03.55 But then the sad reality is what happened to my daughter? 00:29:03.58\00:29:06.73 By then it's a needle in a haystack, 00:29:06.76\00:29:09.02 you can't find them any longer. 00:29:09.05\00:29:10.73 And some of-- have you interview 00:29:10.76\00:29:12.72 some of these families that have lost children? 00:29:12.75\00:29:15.09 What has-- tell me about that? 00:29:15.12\00:29:16.82 We have interviewed families that-- 00:29:16.85\00:29:19.24 I wouldn't say lost children 00:29:19.27\00:29:20.49 but have definitely had their children been trafficked 00:29:20.52\00:29:24.78 and many times when we've tried to restore 00:29:24.81\00:29:29.32 the children back to the communities, 00:29:29.35\00:29:31.54 where it is possible where we know for sure 00:29:31.57\00:29:33.54 that a family member hasn't been involved, 00:29:33.57\00:29:36.21 and where we can ensure 00:29:36.24\00:29:37.41 that the child is gonna be protected. 00:29:37.44\00:29:40.13 For example, we had this girl who had been trafficked 00:29:40.16\00:29:42.47 to the city of Bangalore by her dad. 00:29:42.50\00:29:45.31 He brought her to the city, she was only nine years old. 00:29:45.34\00:29:48.24 And he sold her to a woman there, 00:29:48.27\00:29:51.87 who was gonna traffic her to Mumbai. 00:29:51.90\00:29:54.24 But somehow and this was girl was made for two days 00:29:54.27\00:29:57.31 or three days to wash vessels 00:29:57.34\00:29:59.30 and do, you know, just labor, hard labor 00:29:59.33\00:30:01.30 and wasn't given any food. 00:30:01.33\00:30:03.56 And we thought she had escaped sexual exploitation. 00:30:03.59\00:30:07.24 She managed to escape from that place, ran away, 00:30:07.27\00:30:09.92 and somebody on the road just found her, 00:30:09.95\00:30:12.16 public person contacted the police, 00:30:12.19\00:30:14.50 who then contacted us, and I went to visit the girl, 00:30:14.53\00:30:19.01 and we found out that she was 00:30:19.04\00:30:20.85 from a village in Andhra Pradesh, 00:30:20.88\00:30:22.89 where we had a project going not very far 00:30:22.92\00:30:24.66 from where she said her home was. 00:30:24.69\00:30:26.46 So we agreed to take her back to her home, 00:30:26.49\00:30:30.00 just to be able to see what the story was 00:30:30.03\00:30:32.13 because she wouldn't talk much. 00:30:32.16\00:30:34.29 On the way she was very quiet, we stop for food, 00:30:34.32\00:30:36.57 she ate something and then when we reached the village, 00:30:36.60\00:30:40.07 everything was really quiet and then we got out of the car, 00:30:40.10\00:30:44.48 obviously they had never seen, 00:30:44.51\00:30:45.84 you know, a car coming to their village very small 00:30:45.87\00:30:49.43 and then the girl got out. 00:30:49.46\00:30:51.73 And we asked about her parents 00:30:51.76\00:30:53.71 when they said her dad was back in Bangalore 00:30:53.74\00:30:56.28 searching for her, 00:30:56.31\00:30:57.72 so the story he had come back with 00:30:57.75\00:30:59.69 was that his daughter went missing in the crowd 00:30:59.72\00:31:02.32 and that he had gone back to file a police complaint 00:31:02.35\00:31:04.52 to find his daughter. 00:31:04.55\00:31:05.72 Wow, when in fact he was-- 00:31:05.75\00:31:06.78 The mother was in a field 00:31:06.81\00:31:09.59 and then the grandmother ended up coming 00:31:09.62\00:31:11.45 and when the grandmother came running 00:31:11.48\00:31:12.82 and saw this granddaughter, 00:31:12.85\00:31:14.07 she thought the granddaughter was dead 00:31:14.10\00:31:16.01 and they never gonna find her, 00:31:16.04\00:31:17.12 so there was a very teary you know, embracing 00:31:17.15\00:31:20.64 and then the girl told the horror story 00:31:20.67\00:31:22.60 to her grandmother, that she had been abused 00:31:22.63\00:31:26.51 and how her dad himself had left her in this house 00:31:26.54\00:31:31.04 and said he will come back, but he didn't turn up. 00:31:31.07\00:31:34.25 And then we went on to explain 00:31:34.28\00:31:35.66 what trafficking is and everything 00:31:35.69\00:31:37.13 and the sad thing was 00:31:37.16\00:31:38.93 she was in that home for three days, 00:31:38.96\00:31:41.60 but had been sexually abused, nine years old. 00:31:41.63\00:31:45.75 This is terrible story, I mean my heart just bleeds for this. 00:31:45.78\00:31:48.15 I'm hearing about this, 00:31:48.18\00:31:49.21 I'm trying not to get emotionally connected 00:31:49.24\00:31:50.64 but I'm-- I can't prevent myself from doing that. 00:31:50.67\00:31:53.56 So this is the real world of Bangalore 00:31:53.59\00:31:56.30 and other parts of India, which you've been involved in. 00:31:56.33\00:32:00.22 You brought some pictures with you 00:32:00.25\00:32:01.96 that I want to walk through 00:32:01.99\00:32:03.02 and I want you to explain to our audience 00:32:03.05\00:32:04.64 and even those listening on radio, 00:32:04.67\00:32:06.57 what we're watching? 00:32:06.60\00:32:07.83 They will bring them up and we'll have them 00:32:07.86\00:32:09.11 have you explain what are we seeing here? 00:32:09.14\00:32:11.72 Well, this is a rescue that we had may be a few months ago, 00:32:11.75\00:32:16.08 the girl is from Bangladesh, increasingly we're seeing girls 00:32:16.11\00:32:19.98 from Nepal and Bangladesh being trafficked to India, 00:32:20.01\00:32:23.98 and especially to Bangalore. 00:32:24.01\00:32:25.35 Now Bangalore is an IT hub. 00:32:25.38\00:32:28.70 You have a lot of global people visiting Bangalore 00:32:28.73\00:32:31.59 because every, I think every multinational company 00:32:31.62\00:32:33.84 has an office in Bangalore. 00:32:33.87\00:32:35.08 Thriving city. Yes, it is a thriving city. 00:32:35.11\00:32:37.05 And I think it has opened up the door for more people, 00:32:37.08\00:32:42.38 the demand for sex and commercial sex, 00:32:42.41\00:32:45.58 and that therefore the increase 00:32:45.61\00:32:47.36 in number of girls being trafficked 00:32:47.39\00:32:48.86 so the picture up there was from a rescue. 00:32:48.89\00:32:51.72 We don't get to take too many pictures 00:32:51.75\00:32:53.30 because of the sensitivity of the issue itself 00:32:53.33\00:32:56.19 and the secrecy of our operations. 00:32:56.22\00:33:00.21 But this particular girl story was that, 00:33:00.24\00:33:03.38 she had been brought to the city for a job 00:33:03.41\00:33:07.38 and abandoned in the city in a brothel, 00:33:07.41\00:33:10.53 and had been in the brothel for three years, 00:33:10.56\00:33:13.47 and the day that we rescued her 00:33:13.50\00:33:14.77 she was so grateful to be rescued. 00:33:14.80\00:33:17.80 And she was ready to testify against the traffickers, 00:33:17.83\00:33:22.40 she in fact on the phone lured a trafficker 00:33:22.43\00:33:25.83 back to the brothel who had mange to escape. 00:33:25.86\00:33:29.08 And when, you know, listening her story, 00:33:29.11\00:33:31.19 her story is so typical of 00:33:31.22\00:33:33.11 so many of the Bangladeshi girls 00:33:33.14\00:33:34.79 that we have rescued. 00:33:34.82\00:33:36.43 That the poverty, extreme poverty in Bangladesh, 00:33:36.46\00:33:39.29 and the promise of a job brings them 00:33:39.32\00:33:42.67 so easily into the situation. 00:33:42.70\00:33:44.97 So the young ladies that are found in Bangalore 00:33:45.00\00:33:47.96 are coming from great distances. 00:33:47.99\00:33:49.40 Yes, they are. 00:33:49.43\00:33:50.64 So I mean, when you think about it, 00:33:50.67\00:33:52.92 here's the young lady at a crossroad in her life, 00:33:52.95\00:33:56.83 should I stay here and just follow the road of poverty 00:33:56.86\00:33:59.79 or take my chances in a big city like Bangalore, 00:33:59.82\00:34:03.11 they gonna go? 00:34:03.14\00:34:04.17 They're never told the destination. 00:34:04.20\00:34:06.59 Yeah, they're always told a job 00:34:06.62\00:34:08.87 and sometimes they never even told 00:34:08.90\00:34:10.19 that they gonna be taken out of the country. 00:34:10.22\00:34:12.91 And often times we kind of chronicle 00:34:12.94\00:34:15.78 how they came into the country? 00:34:15.81\00:34:17.59 Because how do you cross borders? 00:34:17.62\00:34:18.88 You have no papers, you have-- you know, no documents. 00:34:18.91\00:34:22.92 And the story of how they cross across the border 00:34:22.95\00:34:25.23 is pretty similar for all of the girls. 00:34:25.26\00:34:27.65 You know, they pay some-- the agent pay some money, 00:34:27.68\00:34:30.68 the border security force turns a blind eye, 00:34:30.71\00:34:32.75 sometimes they abused them themselves 00:34:32.78\00:34:34.92 and they just walk across the border. 00:34:34.95\00:34:36.72 So this is a systemic issue. It is. 00:34:36.75\00:34:38.70 Not just, not just-- oh, well, I need some money, 00:34:38.73\00:34:41.64 but it seems and I would understand that 00:34:41.67\00:34:44.29 in this investigation process of seven, eight years, 00:34:44.32\00:34:48.35 you're discovering, 00:34:48.38\00:34:49.60 I want to be not very-- not specific 00:34:49.63\00:34:52.69 but there are some legal ramifications here 00:34:52.72\00:34:55.85 because you are talking about people in high places, 00:34:55.88\00:34:58.49 that are involved in that. 00:34:58.52\00:34:59.62 What impact has that been to your operation? 00:34:59.65\00:35:02.64 Because here is a movement now 00:35:02.67\00:35:05.91 that's on the streets intelligent now, 00:35:05.94\00:35:09.09 ready and out there on par with the intelligence 00:35:09.12\00:35:12.51 and the skills of the police officers, 00:35:12.54\00:35:14.53 who themselves may be tainted by the system. 00:35:14.56\00:35:18.05 What kind of opposition are you getting if any at all? 00:35:18.08\00:35:21.06 Well, we're talking big money here. 00:35:21.09\00:35:23.32 If trafficking wasn't grossing millions of dollars 00:35:23.35\00:35:27.28 it wouldn't be such a big issue. 00:35:27.31\00:35:30.11 I think were so many of the brothels 00:35:30.14\00:35:32.15 that we worked in, 00:35:32.18\00:35:34.49 it's they make 00:35:34.52\00:35:36.89 to a $1,500 every day. 00:35:36.92\00:35:40.24 And it-- that happens from just may be one girl, 00:35:40.27\00:35:43.53 two girls or in about under five girls, 00:35:43.56\00:35:48.06 so you can imagine that kind of money, 00:35:48.09\00:35:49.65 I mean, there are many, many payouts. 00:35:49.68\00:35:52.73 Like you said, law enforcement is very much involved, 00:35:52.76\00:35:55.75 sometimes as clients and customers, 00:35:55.78\00:35:58.09 most times to turn a blind eye to allow 00:35:58.12\00:36:01.38 this kind of undercover work to flourish. 00:36:01.41\00:36:06.99 The big risks in this are that 00:36:07.02\00:36:09.17 these traffickers are big people. 00:36:09.20\00:36:11.43 And anyone who's trying to spoil their trade 00:36:11.46\00:36:14.17 their business, is at risk. 00:36:14.20\00:36:18.19 And one of the big challenges for us 00:36:18.22\00:36:19.77 is to be able to survive in this dark and nasty world, 00:36:19.80\00:36:24.23 but like you said at the start of this-- 00:36:24.26\00:36:27.53 it's God who's brought us into this, 00:36:27.56\00:36:29.05 it's God who wants to shine His light 00:36:29.08\00:36:31.52 in this very dark places 00:36:31.55\00:36:32.89 and He uses the most obscure, weak, 00:36:32.92\00:36:36.61 unaccountable people to accomplish His great jobs. 00:36:36.64\00:36:40.32 And so till today, I can boldly testify 00:36:40.35\00:36:43.78 that nothing of serious consequence 00:36:43.81\00:36:46.32 has happened to anyone of us, our staff. 00:36:46.35\00:36:48.93 We have been followed, we have been threatened, 00:36:48.96\00:36:51.91 we have been chased, but we have never been touched. 00:36:51.94\00:36:55.15 Well, praise the Lord. 00:36:55.18\00:36:56.22 And it is-- we all know that it is a risk, 00:36:56.25\00:37:00.25 but if we do not take the risk, 00:37:00.28\00:37:03.17 there are hundreds of girls literally 200 girls everyday 00:37:03.20\00:37:07.52 are forced into prostitution. 00:37:07.55\00:37:09.78 80% of them against their will in India. 00:37:09.81\00:37:12.80 So it requires us to be willing to take this risk, 00:37:12.83\00:37:17.23 knowing that God is in control, 00:37:17.26\00:37:19.49 and that He would be with us, as He has been in the past. 00:37:19.52\00:37:24.28 That right. To protect us. 00:37:24.31\00:37:26.16 Now, do you have any more pictures 00:37:26.19\00:37:27.30 that you want to explain to our audience? 00:37:27.33\00:37:28.93 Yes, I think we have a couple of others. 00:37:28.96\00:37:31.40 This is a policeman, 00:37:31.43\00:37:32.98 the person in the green shirt is a trafficker. 00:37:33.01\00:37:37.35 This operation involved the rescue of 00:37:37.38\00:37:40.54 33 women and children. 00:37:40.57\00:37:42.90 Who are being housed in-- 00:37:42.93\00:37:45.33 in a women's only accommodation, 00:37:45.36\00:37:48.06 the whole of the ground floor had been taken 00:37:48.09\00:37:50.69 and the girls had been trafficked from Bangladesh 00:37:50.72\00:37:55.10 and other places in India. 00:37:55.13\00:37:57.50 And this main pimp was actually looking 00:37:57.53\00:38:01.58 after this whole operation, and we had to bust this, 00:38:01.61\00:38:04.63 the police were very, very good in this operation, 00:38:04.66\00:38:06.81 cooperated completely with us. 00:38:06.84\00:38:09.14 And we were able to rescue those 33 women and children, 00:38:09.17\00:38:13.23 who are being forced to hide in a huge room, 00:38:13.26\00:38:19.16 but absolutely no ventilation. 00:38:19.19\00:38:21.42 We searched for about 45 minutes to an hour 00:38:21.45\00:38:24.47 and there was no light and no ventilation in that room 00:38:24.50\00:38:27.85 where we found them. 00:38:27.88\00:38:29.05 I mean if we hadn't found them, 00:38:29.08\00:38:31.19 I dread to think what would have happened 00:38:31.22\00:38:32.66 because they were desperately trying to hide these people, 00:38:32.69\00:38:35.98 you know, pretend like nobody was there in that building. 00:38:36.01\00:38:38.46 Wow, now the other thing is having Operation Child Rescue, 00:38:38.49\00:38:45.09 have you gain any kind of government recognition? 00:38:45.12\00:38:49.73 Because to carry on this for as long as you have, 00:38:49.76\00:38:52.70 how did you-- how did you get to that particular place? 00:38:52.73\00:38:55.55 Yes, we have gained a lot of appreciation 00:38:55.58\00:38:59.07 from the government. 00:38:59.10\00:39:01.39 We have some really good police officers 00:39:01.42\00:39:04.02 who work closely with us. 00:39:04.05\00:39:06.50 To be able to get the police to go with us 00:39:06.53\00:39:09.37 on these operations is an uphill task. 00:39:09.40\00:39:11.74 First, we have to convince them 00:39:11.77\00:39:12.80 about the emergency of the need. 00:39:12.83\00:39:16.16 Then we have to, you know, hide the information 00:39:16.19\00:39:19.13 sufficiently enough so there is no tip off from their side. 00:39:19.16\00:39:22.47 Wow, that's huge. 00:39:22.50\00:39:23.53 And the third is that we have to prevent any corruption 00:39:23.56\00:39:27.84 as we go out on these rescue operation so, 00:39:27.87\00:39:31.11 to say that we've must have done about 00:39:31.14\00:39:33.47 in the last eight years, nine years 00:39:33.50\00:39:35.62 we must have done over 50 operations. 00:39:35.65\00:39:38.70 And most of them have been successful 00:39:38.73\00:39:41.13 in the rescues of the women and children. 00:39:41.16\00:39:45.54 And partnering with the police has not been easy, 00:39:45.57\00:39:49.24 but we have managed to do that, 00:39:49.27\00:39:50.44 gained a lot of respect with them, 00:39:50.47\00:39:52.54 especially with the investigative skills 00:39:52.57\00:39:55.04 that we have been able to build on, 00:39:55.07\00:39:57.04 and the credibility. 00:39:57.07\00:39:59.15 You know, you mentioned something earlier that's about, 00:39:59.18\00:40:01.38 I want to go back and address 00:40:01.41\00:40:02.93 because Bangalore is such an international hub, IT 00:40:02.96\00:40:05.74 you know, the whole tech and it's a quite a city, 00:40:05.77\00:40:08.67 Jim, you know, we see the buildings, 00:40:08.70\00:40:10.57 we could see the obvious business aspect of that city. 00:40:10.60\00:40:13.80 International travelers coming in, 00:40:13.83\00:40:15.82 hiding their dark secrets in the-- 00:40:15.85\00:40:18.11 under the umbrella of, I'm away from home, 00:40:18.14\00:40:21.58 and thinking that these things won't be found out. 00:40:21.61\00:40:26.13 How have you been able to impact that 00:40:26.16\00:40:29.33 or is there any impact because I know that, 00:40:29.36\00:40:32.01 I mean, this is not an easy task, 00:40:32.04\00:40:34.34 you're getting local help, 00:40:34.37\00:40:35.40 you're getting government's support, 00:40:35.43\00:40:37.34 but I think that what kind of message 00:40:37.37\00:40:39.50 is being sent to those who may think of Bangalore 00:40:39.53\00:40:41.39 as, hey, if you want to go ahead 00:40:41.42\00:40:42.97 and get involved in the dark sexual trade, 00:40:43.00\00:40:46.01 go to Bangalore. 00:40:46.04\00:40:47.12 What kind of message has been sent, 00:40:47.15\00:40:49.31 in any kind of media form to those-- to those avenues? 00:40:49.34\00:40:53.59 Yeah, I think, I have talked in length about the rescues, 00:40:53.62\00:40:57.12 but we do a lot of prevention as well. 00:40:57.15\00:40:58.59 Okay. 00:40:58.62\00:40:59.65 And one of the big messages that we always try 00:40:59.68\00:41:02.02 and get across is the reality of trafficking. 00:41:02.05\00:41:05.30 You know, so many people think 00:41:05.33\00:41:06.94 that it exists in another places, 00:41:06.97\00:41:08.40 Southeast Asia, you know, 00:41:08.43\00:41:10.01 Bangladesh, Calcutta, Delhi even, 00:41:10.04\00:41:12.82 but not really the cities, 00:41:12.85\00:41:14.20 so we do as many promotional talks as possible 00:41:14.23\00:41:18.54 with general public in companies, 00:41:18.57\00:41:21.19 multinational companies 00:41:21.22\00:41:22.96 that bring in staff from abroad. 00:41:22.99\00:41:26.44 We talk to them about the realities of trafficking. 00:41:26.47\00:41:28.68 What it is like on the ground? Who the clients are? 00:41:28.71\00:41:31.60 Very often, IT professionals visiting the city are clients. 00:41:31.63\00:41:35.59 When we've done our rescue sometimes 00:41:35.62\00:41:37.04 we've arrested people who are using these facilities, 00:41:37.07\00:41:42.40 and many times we've discovered 00:41:42.43\00:41:44.69 that they are well educated, young IT professionals. 00:41:44.72\00:41:49.04 Foreigners actually. 00:41:49.07\00:41:50.10 Foreigners, yeah, Indians, 00:41:50.13\00:41:52.93 people who just are able to pay for sex. 00:41:52.96\00:41:56.56 And don't really question where these girls are from? 00:41:56.59\00:42:02.52 Did they get into this on their own? 00:42:02.55\00:42:04.71 How are they being used? How they are being treated? 00:42:04.74\00:42:09.16 So we do a lot of talks on this 00:42:09.19\00:42:12.06 because I believe that if we do not get the message 00:42:12.09\00:42:14.51 across that trafficking is a reality 00:42:14.54\00:42:18.97 and that we need to stop any form of trafficking. 00:42:19.00\00:42:23.76 We need to be able to educate these people. 00:42:23.79\00:42:25.55 So that's a big-- that's a big part of it 00:42:25.58\00:42:27.02 because you know, if you say to the company heads, 00:42:27.05\00:42:29.36 when you have the next convention 00:42:29.39\00:42:30.70 know who you are bringing in. 00:42:30.73\00:42:32.41 And understand what their-- what their focuses may be 00:42:32.44\00:42:36.14 because you could be bringing in people 00:42:36.17\00:42:37.23 that are predators on our own society. 00:42:37.26\00:42:40.70 Do you have a couple more pictures 00:42:40.73\00:42:41.76 that you want to walk us through? 00:42:41.79\00:42:42.82 Yeah, I think there is one more, 00:42:42.85\00:42:44.60 and this again was rescue that we did. 00:42:44.63\00:42:48.09 These girls had been brought into the city 00:42:48.12\00:42:51.05 to work in a beauty parlor, and again from Bangladesh, 00:42:51.08\00:42:54.56 a mix of girls from Bangladesh and from other places. 00:42:54.59\00:42:57.91 And the reason I put this picture up was we rescued them 00:42:57.94\00:43:01.07 and it took a long time for us to finish off the cases. 00:43:01.10\00:43:04.21 It takes about 4 to 5 hours for the rescue 00:43:04.24\00:43:07.75 and the subsequent legal work that goes on, 00:43:07.78\00:43:11.33 the filing of the cases, the traffickers. 00:43:11.36\00:43:15.02 And because it was late at night 00:43:15.05\00:43:17.33 the police decided to house them in-- in a place 00:43:17.36\00:43:21.49 that was really not certified for trafficked victims 00:43:21.52\00:43:26.35 and by the time we got to them in the morning, 00:43:26.38\00:43:29.11 the three of them had run away. 00:43:29.14\00:43:31.67 They had manage to escape from that place 00:43:31.70\00:43:33.20 because there was no security, 00:43:33.23\00:43:34.95 and this brings me to one of the issues 00:43:34.98\00:43:36.64 that I really would like to highlight on this show, 00:43:36.67\00:43:39.55 is that once we rescue these girls, 00:43:39.58\00:43:43.17 we find it very, very difficult to rehabilitate them 00:43:43.20\00:43:46.31 because the only option we have is the government run shelter, 00:43:46.34\00:43:50.78 which is more like a jail, 00:43:50.81\00:43:52.89 and is not equipped to deal 00:43:52.92\00:43:55.36 specifically with trafficked victims. 00:43:55.39\00:43:58.20 They have all kinds of victims, that are, 00:43:58.23\00:43:59.91 you know, domestic violence, 00:43:59.94\00:44:01.64 abuse, runaways, abandoned children 00:44:01.67\00:44:06.04 and trafficking has its own issues especially 00:44:06.07\00:44:08.52 because of the level of abuse, 00:44:08.55\00:44:10.83 and the slavery that you know, they have been involved in. 00:44:10.86\00:44:15.96 These people do not fit in there. 00:44:15.99\00:44:18.64 And they sometimes try to escape, 00:44:18.67\00:44:20.24 so one of the things that we are looking at 00:44:20.27\00:44:22.62 is to try and see if we can open our own home. 00:44:22.65\00:44:25.92 So that when we rescue these girls, 00:44:25.95\00:44:27.79 they have a safe place to go to, 00:44:27.82\00:44:29.81 and we're able to intervene immediately 00:44:29.84\00:44:33.09 whether it is counseling or prayer 00:44:33.12\00:44:35.44 or any kind of support. 00:44:35.47\00:44:36.83 Specific help. 00:44:36.86\00:44:37.93 Yes, and encouragement, that will just give them 00:44:37.96\00:44:40.97 that hope that there is a future for them. 00:44:41.00\00:44:44.21 I think this is where Asian Aid is partnering 00:44:44.24\00:44:46.00 and talk about that some, 00:44:46.03\00:44:47.18 Jim as we have few minutes remaining on our program. 00:44:47.21\00:44:49.83 Well, as a key project for us next year 00:44:49.86\00:44:53.01 we have to build this home. 00:44:53.04\00:44:54.79 I mean, you can see the dedication of Anita 00:44:54.82\00:44:57.40 and her team. 00:44:57.43\00:44:58.96 Their spirituality, but they are on the frontline, 00:44:58.99\00:45:01.78 I mean who else goes into the situations, 00:45:01.81\00:45:04.80 since she is downplaying what she does. 00:45:04.83\00:45:07.28 She's downplaying the danger, 00:45:07.31\00:45:09.31 and the corruption that she faces. 00:45:09.34\00:45:11.62 And we're just excited that 00:45:11.65\00:45:13.35 as one of our key projects next year, 00:45:13.38\00:45:16.09 we can help raise funds for this home or shelter, 00:45:16.12\00:45:20.48 and that would be a key project for us in 2015. 00:45:20.51\00:45:24.99 Because we are associated with children, 00:45:25.02\00:45:29.84 we just want them, 00:45:29.87\00:45:30.90 we belief we have to that where we find committed 00:45:30.93\00:45:33.83 Christians that are involved in this work, 00:45:33.86\00:45:35.92 we have to support them. 00:45:35.95\00:45:37.52 You know, that's why I want to just on this very note, 00:45:37.55\00:45:39.39 I want to appeal to our listening 00:45:39.42\00:45:40.80 and viewing audience because, I mean this is gripping, 00:45:40.83\00:45:43.36 I wish I had two hours, 00:45:43.39\00:45:44.54 just to sit on and talk with you. 00:45:44.57\00:45:46.18 And I appreciate the fact that you've been able to communicate 00:45:46.21\00:45:48.57 such sensitive information in the way 00:45:48.60\00:45:50.73 that you have and I know that you have to 00:45:50.76\00:45:52.74 for many reasons not be so specific 00:45:52.77\00:45:55.27 and do downplay of some of what you talked about here today. 00:45:55.30\00:45:58.81 And I sense that those of you listening 00:45:58.84\00:46:00.24 and watching this program will know that also, 00:46:00.27\00:46:02.44 this is a very real problem around the world, 00:46:02.47\00:46:05.98 but I thank the Lord that He's called Anita Kanaiya 00:46:06.01\00:46:09.21 and her team and to partner with Asian Aid 00:46:09.24\00:46:11.90 to make a difference and impact the lives of young lady 00:46:11.93\00:46:14.21 and in some cases young men in Bangalore, 00:46:14.24\00:46:17.29 and other parts of India. 00:46:17.32\00:46:18.35 But here is the information that you need, 00:46:18.38\00:46:20.13 if you are interested to get involved 00:46:20.16\00:46:22.22 financially in any other way, here is how you can do that. 00:46:22.25\00:46:25.84 If you would like to know more about this ministry 00:46:27.90\00:46:30.10 or if you would like to help sponsor a child in need, 00:46:30.13\00:46:32.89 then you can write to Asian Aid, USA, 00:46:32.92\00:46:35.98 PO Box 2258 Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 00:46:36.01\00:46:41.80 That's Asian Aid, USA, 00:46:41.83\00:46:44.25 PO Box 2258 Collegedale, Tennessee 37315. 00:46:44.28\00:46:50.29 You can call 423-910-0667. 00:46:50.32\00:46:54.25 That's 423-910-0667. 00:46:54.28\00:46:58.67 Or you can visit their website at asianaid.org. 00:46:58.70\00:47:03.02 That's asianaid.org. 00:47:03.05\00:47:05.85 Sponsor a child's life today to empower their life tomorrow. 00:47:05.88\00:47:13.17 You've receive the information, 00:47:13.20\00:47:14.36 but I want to give Jim sometime to just go ahead, 00:47:14.39\00:47:16.68 we have a minute on this side 00:47:16.71\00:47:17.77 but sometime on the other side of our newsbreak. 00:47:17.80\00:47:20.32 What are the some of the ways 00:47:20.35\00:47:21.39 that our audience can get involved in this project? 00:47:21.42\00:47:25.11 Well, this project is called 00:47:25.14\00:47:26.72 Asian Aid Operation Child Rescue 00:47:26.75\00:47:29.75 and I think we've got a slide with the logo on 00:47:29.78\00:47:32.65 and we would just seek support from our 3ABN partnerships 00:47:32.68\00:47:38.55 very important and the 3ABN supporters 00:47:38.58\00:47:41.61 and viewers have been very supportive of our projects 00:47:41.64\00:47:45.22 and we would just ask that they consider 00:47:45.25\00:47:48.39 supporting the Asian Aid Operation Child Rescue, 00:47:48.42\00:47:52.31 and in the new year we'll be communicating ways 00:47:52.34\00:47:54.99 that they can do that. 00:47:55.02\00:47:56.65 And but we'll also ask for your prayers for this project. 00:47:56.68\00:48:01.90 Anita and her team need guarding angels around them, 00:48:01.93\00:48:05.16 so we probably seek the prayers and support first, 00:48:05.19\00:48:09.15 but obliviously for us to support the rescue program 00:48:09.18\00:48:13.02 and then eventually build a shelter 00:48:13.05\00:48:16.04 is very, very important. 00:48:16.07\00:48:17.84 You know, I think that note 00:48:17.87\00:48:18.98 is so significance to the next song 00:48:19.01\00:48:21.15 that Vonda Beerman is going to be singing. 00:48:21.18\00:48:23.59 These young ladies, 00:48:23.62\00:48:24.66 these young children need a hiding place. 00:48:24.69\00:48:27.17 Listen to the message in the song 00:48:27.20\00:48:28.31 and I pray that God will impress you 00:48:28.34\00:48:30.25 to do something about what you've heard? 00:48:30.28\00:48:32.70 You are my hiding place 00:49:01.48\00:49:07.21 You always fill my heart 00:49:07.24\00:49:11.86 With songs of deliverance 00:49:11.89\00:49:17.83 Whenever I am afraid 00:49:17.86\00:49:21.60 I will trust in You 00:49:21.63\00:49:27.23 I will trust in You 00:49:27.26\00:49:33.04 Let the weak say 00:49:33.07\00:49:35.52 I am strong 00:49:35.55\00:49:39.61 In the strength of the Lord 00:49:39.64\00:49:45.55 You are my hiding place 00:49:47.87\00:49:53.54 You always fill my heart 00:49:53.57\00:49:58.18 With songs of deliverance 00:49:58.21\00:50:04.04 Whenever I am afraid 00:50:04.07\00:50:07.92 I will trust in You 00:50:07.95\00:50:13.76 I will trust in You 00:50:13.79\00:50:19.48 Let the weak say I am strong 00:50:19.51\00:50:25.98 In the strength of the Lord 00:50:26.01\00:50:32.01 You are my hiding place 00:50:57.00\00:51:03.05 You always fill my heart 00:51:03.08\00:51:07.81 With songs of deliverance 00:51:07.84\00:51:13.54 Whenever I am afraid 00:51:13.57\00:51:17.40 I will trust in You 00:51:17.43\00:51:23.28 I will trust in You 00:51:23.31\00:51:28.80 Let the weak say 00:51:28.83\00:51:31.37 I am strong 00:51:31.40\00:51:35.43 In the strength of the Lord 00:51:35.46\00:51:40.73 I will trust in You 00:51:40.76\00:51:46.47 I will trust in You 00:51:46.50\00:51:51.94 Let the weak say I am strong 00:51:51.97\00:51:58.68 In the strength of the Lord 00:51:58.71\00:52:03.84 I will trust in You 00:52:03.87\00:52:11.75