Northern Thailand

...when she brought paint supplies to the streets of Chiang Mai.

She received her calling from the strokes of the Children’s paintings. What would cause children to paint such frightening images? She asked the kids about their paintings: why were they so dark — full of unspeakable torment? The kids told her their stories about being brought to Chiang Mai to “work” in the karaoke clubs. Not realizing it at the time, Kru Nam became an abolitionist, a modern day freedom fighter.

She now cares for over 150 children, trafficked from Thailand’s hillsides and surrounding countries.

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