SOMALY MAM FOUNDATION 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE of CONTENTS
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A GLOBAL CRISIS A LETTER FROM SOMALY MAM SMF: WHAT WE DO and HOW WE DO IT HIGHLIGHTS from 2011 VICTIM SERVICES OTHER PARTNERS VOICES FOR CHANGE and EDUCATION PROJECT FUTURES GLOBAL ERADICATING SLAVERY SOMALY MAM FOUNDATION FINANCIALS BOARD and ADVISORY
A GLOBAL CRISIS
Every year over two million young children and women are sold into sexual slavery. Nearly 30 percent of the victims are between the ages of 9 and 15, and some as young as three years old. This multi-billion dollar industry, protected by corrupt officials and an indifferent public, is growing larger every day. Human trafficking has become the third most profitable criminal industry, behind only narcotics and weapons. More people are enslaved today worldwide than at the height of the Transatlantic slave trade. Somaly Mam is a survivor of the Cambodian slave trade, and one of the most prolific activists in the fight to end human trafficking. She and her team have rescued and recovered thousands of women and girls, replacing horror with hope and victimization with emotional and economic strength. Globally recognized for her courage, dignity, and resilience, Somaly has been honored as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, one of Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women, a CNN Hero, and Glamour Magazine’s 2006 Woman of the Year. Somaly is a recipient of the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation and The World Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child, and she has been acknowledged by the Department of Homeland Security for her work.
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A LETTER from SOMALY MAM
As a survivor of sex slavery, I know how to help the victims of sex slavery. It can take just five minutes to save a girl from the brothel, but it can take five years—or more—to recover them, gain their trust, and prepare them for a new life. Our work today, the goal that we share, is to empower the victims to be survivors, and empower survivors to be part of the solution. We give them voices and choices in their lives, and then provide training and support for them to pursue their dreams. We build loving communities where the victims know they are safe and understood. We help one girl at a time because every life is of value, and because every woman has the potential to help many more victims and be a part of the change. We work to teach people that victims and survivors are strong, clever, and ambitious—they just need a chance. Each year, women leave the centers and find success in new businesses and jobs. Some of them are married and have children of their own. We now have a young woman going to law school, another who will graduate high school this year, and hundreds who own their own salons and sewing shops, and hold positions in the community. Our hope is in the next generation: in teaching the girls to be strong, and teaching the boys to respect and love the women, the world can become a different place. We do this work because life is love. We focus not on sadness or pain, but on solutions and successes. We can never forget what happened, but we can do the best by one another today, forgive and move forward, because soon today will be the past. By showing love, passion, and compassion, you can help others to heal. Together, we can put an end to this crime once and for all. Please help us to end sex slavery.
Somaly Mam
Founder and President
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SMF: WHAT WE DO and HOW WE DO IT
Founded in 2007 with the help of two young American men named Jared Greenberg and Nicholas Lumpp, the Somaly Mam Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with offices in New York City and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. SMF supports rescue, recovery, and reintegration programs in Southeast Asia and the United States, and empowers survivors to become part
of the solution. Through our Voices For Change program, survivors follow in Somaly’s footsteps to become the next generation of changemakers. SMF’s activist network, PROJECT FUTURES global, runs awareness and advocacy campaigns to shed light on the crime of human trafficking and involve individuals, corporations, and governments in the fight against modernday slavery.
We focus on three critical areas in a multi-faceted approach:
VICTIM SERVICES
SURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT
ERADICATION of SLAVERY
Through our partners on the ground in Southeast Asia, we support programs that rescue women and children exploited by the commercial sex industry and provide food, shelter, and medical and psychological care in a supportive community environment. After basic needs have been met, SMF supports education and vocational training programs that help prepare survivors for lives of economic empowerment.
Using Somaly’s life as an example, SMF involves survivors in every step from rescue to reintegration, and elevates leaders from the shelters as advocates and activists. Survivors participating in our Voices For Change (VFC) program embark on a three-phase journey to learn leadership and communication skills and in preparation for roles in rescue, prevention, and education.
SMF leverages its network of companies and individuals to pursue the vision of a world without slavery. We work with government officials, law enforcement agents, and local community members to drive campaigns designed to raise awareness and understanding of the complex issue of human trafficking, assist victims, prosecute perpetrators, prevent future cases, and reduce stigmas that surround survivors.
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A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2011: Voices For Change leader Sopheap was involved in the rescues of
The “Somaly’s Family” radio show airs to a national audience in Cambodia
30 victims
5 days/week
where a non-survivor team member can typically rescue four per year
7 million signatures worldwide and over 700,000 in the Unites States alone
1,844 free consultations
Voices For Change leaders trained nearly
300 police officers
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Our partners’ social workers in Cambodia presented educational messages in nearly
69,000 points of contact with women and girls and with nearly 1,000 men
358 residents
treatments, and counseling sessions, and administered 668 STD tests to victims of exploitation in the sex trade
on combating human trafficking
1.3 million followers
during the regular season
SMF partnered with The Body Shop for the petition to Stop Sex Trafficking of Women and Children, which received over
The SMF-supported free medical clinic in Phnom Penh gave
New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof provided real-time Twitter updates on a high-stakes brothel raid in Cambodia, sharing the experience with his
women and children received comprehensive care in SMFsponsored shelters, including medical treatment, counseling, basic education, and skills training
120 survivors were reintegrated into the community, including 60 who were eligible for start-up kits to help them launch a new business
All 3 centers in Cambodia supported by SMF now have a computer lab, where both residents and underserved local children receive basic computer training
Read on for more outcomes and accomplishments.
VICTIM SERVICES
The Somaly Mam Foundation is committed to supporting the rescue, recovery, and reintegration of victims of sex slavery. We provide both financial and in-kind resources to three service providers on the ground in Southeast Asia and three partners in the New York City region. Our largest beneficiary and closest partner, AFESIP Cambodia has been recognized as a pioneer in the field and a provider of best-inclass services with a comprehensive and holistic approach. Somaly founded AFESIP Cambodia over 15 years ago. While we focus on supporting Somaly’s work in Southeast Asia, we recognize that trafficking is a global issue, and we make efforts to partner with local organizations doing outstanding work as well.
In 2011, Somaly Mam Foundation supported AFESIP Cambodia with $611,466 in grants and funding, an increase from $477,044 in 2010. This supports maintenance and improvements in the infrastructure and operations of rescue, rehabilitation, and reintegration services. AFESIP operates direct victim service centers in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Kampong Cham, as well as a free clinic in the capital city of Phnom Penh. In a country haunted by the Khmer Rouge’s legacy of oppression and violence and faced with generations of severe poverty and economic desolation, outside support of AFESIP’s operations is critical and instrumental in allowing for dramatic impact.
163 BETWEEN 19-25 YEARS OLD
358
RESIDENTS IN 3 REHABILITATION AND VOCATIONAL CENTERS
157
112
89 33 OVER 25 YEARS OLD
TOM DY CENTER
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SIEM REAP CENTER
KAMPONG CHAM CENTER
81
81
BETWEEN 16-18 YEARS OLD
UNDER 16 YEARS OLD
AFESIP CAMBODIA
680
806,546
VISITS TO BROTHELS
9,821
1,844
5,089 SOAPS DISTRIBUTED
TOOTHBRUSHES AND TOOTHPASTES DISTRIBUTED
667 VISITS TO RESTAURANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY PEER EDUCATION TEAM TO WOMEN IN VARIOUS SEX ESTABLISHMENTS
144,223
30,555
DISTRIBUTED TO WOMEN VISITING THE AFESIP CLINIC
15,730
DISTRIBUTED TO CLIENTS/BUYERS OF SEX
393
39,526
VISITS TO KARAOKE BARS
79
VISITS TO MASSAGE PARLORS
23
RAPE CASES
2
CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
TOTAL CONDOMS DISTRIBUTED
WOMEN/TIMES VISITS TO MEDICAL CLINIC RECEIVING HEALTH CARE CONSULTATION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL COUNSELING SUPPORT
WOMEN IN PROSTITUTION RECEIVED EDUCATIONAL TRAINING MESSAGES ON PERSONAL HYGIENE, STI AND HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, DRUG ABUSE, BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
66
318
OF THE REINTEGRATED WOMEN RECEIVED BUSINESS START UP KITS WITH SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, AND START UP CAPITAL
121 REINTEGRATED WOMEN RECEIVED 318 FOLLOW-UP VISITS FROM THE REINTEGRATION TEAM
71
REINTEGRATED CASES RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE FOLLOW-UPS OF 234 DIAGNOSES AND OVER 77 VISITS
120
WOMEN REINTEGRATED BY AFESIP CAMBODIA
50
REINTEGRATED WOMEN RECEIVED PSYCHOSOCIAL COUNSELING SUPPORT
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THE REINTGRATION TEAM MADE 274 FOLLOW-UP VISITS WITH PREVIOUSLY REINTEGRATED CASES
VICTIM SERVICES
alliance Anti Trafic Vietnam
MY SISTER’S PLACE
In 2011, the Somaly Mam Foundation supported Alliance
In 2011, the Somaly Mam Foundation supported My Sister’s
Anti Trafic Vietnam (AAT) with $91,920 in grants. AAT is the
Place (MSP) in Westchester County, New York, with $25,000
only Vietnamese nongovernmental organization providing
as part of an ongoing partnership. MSP’s many programs
coordinated services to victims of human trafficking with a
include two emergency shelters, a 24/7 hotline, individual
larger aim of changing the national mindset.
counseling and advocacy, children’s programs, support
AAT continues to play a crucial role in coordinating legal, social, and financial services for victims of trafficking. In September 2011, AAT supported 23 children of ethnic minorities who were trafficked to Ho Chi Minh City for labor
groups throughout Westchester, a legal center including family law, immigration, and appellate divisions, life skills training, and extensive community education, training, and outreach programs.
exploitation, providing them with services at the shelter
With the assistance of Lexis Nexis and the Somaly
and orchestrating the transfer of male victims to a partner
Mam Foundation, My Sisters’ Place created the Human
shelter. Examples such as this continue to support the
Trafficking Fellowship Initiative to respond to the increased
relationship with the Vietnamese authorities and to clarify
prevalence of human trafficking in the United States. The
the important role that nongovernmental organizations
team hired a Human Trafficking Fellow to oversee MSP’s
play in emergency situations.
human trafficking project and ensure that survivors of
AFESIP LAOS
this crime have access to case management services. to provide technical assistance in researching and developing
In 2011, the Somaly Mam Foundation awarded AFESIP Laos
protocols, trainings, and best practice models for intake,
with $85,499 in grants, supporting two direct victim service
case management, and legal representation for victims of
centers in rescue, reintegration, and outreach activities.
human trafficking.
Each shelter, one in Vientiane and one in Savanakkhet, houses approximately twenty girls who receive medical treatment, psychosocial interventions, basic education, life skills training, vocational training, and legal teachings. SMF has continued to support a three-year scholarship program in Laos, available to any survivor who is interested in entering university or developing skills through professional or vocational training programs. The Laotian program currently supports sixteen students, a mixture of staff and survivors, taking classes of their choosing and receiving additional funding for family support and supplies where needed. Subjects and courses include secondary school and university level education, English language skills, computer classes, and business administration.
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VOICES FOR CHANGE and SURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT The Voices For Change (VFC) program seeks to empower survivors of sex trafficking to become part of the solution to end modern-day slavery. Modeled after Somaly’s life example, VFC uses literacy and English training, computer skills, anti-trafficking policy and advocacy training, psychological support, selfconfidence building, and internships to give a team of peer-selected survivor leaders the opportunity to become advocates of change. They speak to government officers, police and law enforcement, students, and the general public. Leaders also accompany Somaly to events and on outreach visits. Voices For Change leaders embody SMF’s program areas, contributing to all elements of our work in victim services, survivor empowerment, and eradicating slavery. VFC leaders work alongside the shelters supported by SMF to rescue women and children, assist with counseling and recovery, and aid in the reintegration process. They work with shelter residents and travel to different provinces with Somaly and AFESIP Cambodia staff to meet with reintegrated women. This is a learning experience for VFC leaders — they bear witness to current living conditions of previous
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residents, as well as their business operations and family life. VFC leaders take this information back to share these lessons with current residents. In December 2011, we celebrated the program’s first graduating class in Cambodia: six of its current twelve members were honored at a formal ceremony in Phnom Penh. Following graduation, all graduates engaged in the anti-trafficking movement. Two women began working with a shelter organization in administrative and outreach positions respectively. One graduate continued operations at a hair salon in Phnom Penh where she trains other survivors in salon services and business management. Three women took positions with SMF in the VFC program as co-director of the program, financial cashier, and assistant to the co-director. Six women chose to continue their studies and participate in internships while taking English classes at a private school. Three worked with the reintegration and outreach departments of a local shelter, and two started work with the Somaly Mam Foundation’s advocacy programs. One woman worked at a center supporting the weaving program.
OUTREACH and ADVOCACY
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75
COMPLAINTS FILED TO POLICE AND THE COURTS
MEETINGS WITH RELEVANT GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES
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87
367
T-SHIRTS PRINTED “VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING FACE HIV INFECTION”
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200
NEW AGREEMENTS: ONE WITH AIDS USER ASSOCIATION ON REFERRAL SERVICES FOR HIV POSITIVE BENEFICIARIES, ONE WITH MARYKNOLL CAMBODIA TO REFER HIV/AIDS PATIENTS TO RECEIVE CARE
MEETINGS ATTENDED WITH OTHER NGO/INGOS
CALENDARS PRINTED ON AFESIP GENERAL ACTIVITIES
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SMF PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 3 SURVIVORS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY AFESIP AS A HAIRDRESSING TRAINER, SEWING TRAINER, AND ASSISTANT TO THE SEWING TRAINER. THEY ATTENDED CLASSES ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS TO UPGRADE THEIR SKILL SETS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE TRAINING TO RESIDENTS IN THE CENTERS
PROJECT FUTURES GLOBAL Launched in February 2011, PROJECT FUTURES global empowers a passionate network of socially engaged volunteers, activists, and young professionals to raise awareness and funds to combat human trafficking and sex slavery worldwide. We could not do the work we dowithout these dedicated supporters. In 2011, the inaugural year, the program surpassed its target of $350,000 as a result of the collective efforts of fundraising initiatives both small and large and from thousands of individual sources, and with PROJECT FUTURES Australia’s support of the programs in Southeast Asia.
2011
17-May-11 New york, ny NYC Launch Party for PROJECT FUTURES global at the Bowery Hotel, hosted by Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live
23-May-11 Beacon Falls, CT Woodland for Women Run for a Revolution
6-Jun-11 BRONX, NY Subway Art History Project in collaboration with Arts Advocacy Group, Wings Academy Students studied Somaly’s work and created a historically inspired graffiti mural in her honor. 10-JUN-11 NEW YORK, NY Libation Happy Hour A night of cocktails for a cause
26-Jun-11 NEW YORK, NY LGBT Pride Parade
7-Jul-11 NEW YORK, NY Celebrate Freedom: A Volunteer Mixer Local supporters wrote postcards for the Postcard Campaign, shopped Empowerment Store merchandise, and learned about upcoming events PG.
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PROJECT FUTURES GLOBAL
20-Jul-11 San Jose, CA Hearts Aligned Yoga Workshop
23-Jul-11 Los Angeles, CA LA PROJECT FUTURES global Launch Party SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills
Summer 2011 Birthdays Campaign Volunteers dedicated their birthdays to the cause and raised over $10,000 online 24-Sep-11 MONTAUK, NY Run for a Survivor: Hamptons Marathon. The runners set race records and raised over $16,000 as a team
September 2011 Fitness for a Cause This 5-class fitness series led by Lexis Nexis employee raised funds and awareness for SMF 8-Oct-2011 Santa Barbara, CA
in her community
18FOR18 Actress Serinda Swan set out to skydive 18,000 feet and raise $18,000 for shelter needs, and raised double this amount. 10-Nov-11 New York, NY Evening of Hope: A Kick-off event to World Race for Hope, a larger New Year’s Day race in cities worldwide
10-Dec-11 NEW YORK, NY Give to Humanity Holiday shopping with purpose at The Fulton
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2012
ERADICATING SLAVERY ECPAT is a network of 27 national and international organizations working together to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and to ensure that children everywhere enjoy fundamental rights and are safe from all kinds of sexual abuse and exploitation. ECPAT’s approach includes awareness raising, advocacy, monitoring, coordination of actions, and sharing of information among relevant stakeholders.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO LEAD THE SUPPRESSION OF
The Somaly Mam Foundation contributed $19,953 to ECPAT-
was made in 2010 to support these activities which were
Cambodia to support the strengthening of its network of
carried out in 2011.
organizations dedicated to ending the commercial sexual exploitation of Cambodian children. SMF and ECPAT joined in raising awareness and accountability at all levels to protect children’s rights. SMF has been able to improve communications between and among members of the network, promoting close collaboration on activities, research, and advocacy. We functioned as a resource center for information sharing and a forum for devising strategies and action plans to strengthen skills and partnerships within activities. Our work also ensured that all information produced and disseminated was made available in both Khmer and English, meeting the needs of all network members. We also developed a standard system of reporting and evaluating activities in order to improve the effectiveness of future activities organized by ECPAT-Cambodia.
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SMUGGLING, LABOR EXPLOITATION, AND
SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION
OF
WOMEN
AND
CHILDREN (STSLS) The Somaly Mam Foundation provided the STSLS organization with $14,973 to support two consultative and sum-up workshops on the establishment of the National Committee and Municipal Committee to address trafficking, to assess the work that has taken place to date, and to recommend next steps moving forward. This grant
SMF prides itself on our partnerships with the government and engaging them in the anti-trafficking movement.
2011 SOMALY MAM FOUNDATION FINANCIALS
Revenues Contributions – Unrestricted
$2,173,348
Contributions – Temporarily Restricted
$27,656
Special Events Revenue
$262,257
Other Revenue Sources
$186,389
Total Revenues and Other Support
$2,109,940
Expenses Grants and Other Programs
$2,410,165
General and Administrative
$665,912
Fundraising
$599,578
Total Expenses
$3,675,655
2011 EXPENSE ALLOCATION
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66%
18%
16%
GRANTS &
GENERAL &
FUNDRAISING
OTHER PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATIVE
A STATEMENT ON 2011 AUDITED FINANCIALS The audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011 reflect a deficit of $1,140,000. This information below details the events leading up to the deficit, steps taken to correct the situation, and provides an update on the current finances of the Foundation. Subsequent to FY2011, the Foundation was successful in raising large sums of funds and, consequently, expanded capacity with the goal of creating opportunities for survivors through our empowerment program. Significant infrastructures were created both in Cambodia and the U.S. In FY2011, it was quickly recognized that significant financial and human resources were needed to support our large infrastructure and that projected revenue was overstated and would not be sufficient to maintain the full scope of operations. As a result, the decision was made to re-evaluate the organizational strategy and to downsize in an effort to cut costs and redirect resources to direct programming. The downsizing resulted in the termination of some new business activities, the elimination of the microfinancing programs in Cambodia, and the downsizing of U.S. operations. It was determined that it is more efficient to manage these activities through partnerships. Somaly Mam Foundation has further taken action to stabilize the finances by developing strong internal controls around financial matters including expenses. Accountants with nonprofit experience have been retained to oversee all finances and provide timely financial reports. The financial audit for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 will begin soon. The unaudited FY2012 financials report a surplus of $407,000 and total unrestricted net assets of $1.2 million. At present the foundation expects that FY2013 will have a modest surplus. Cash on hand as of April is $555,000. We believe that the necessary steps have been taken to ensure the continued financial wellbeing of the Foundation and its programming.
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SOMALY MAM FOUNDATION BOARD and ADVISORY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRANDEE BARKER Former Head of Global Communications & Public Policy, Facebook Jennifer Fonstad Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Nicholas Lumpp
Darwin Johnson Director of IT Isabelle Katz Program Director, PROJECT FUTURES global Ariel Siegel Program Manager
Founder, Somaly Mam Foundation
CAMBODIA STAFF
Somaly Mam
Somaly Mam
Founder & President, Somaly Mam Foundation
President
SOMALY MAM FOUNDATION ADVISORY BOARD
Sylor Lin
Kevin Bales President & Co-Founder, Free the Slaves Jared Greenberg Co-Founder, Somaly Mam Foundation Daryl Hannah Actress Laurie Holden Actress Ron Livingston Actor Petra Nemcova Supermodel, Founder, Happy Hearts Fund Norman Jean Roy Photographer Susan Sarandon Actress / Activist Sheryl Sandberg
Director Sous Vannak Program Director Socheara Touch Legal Advocacy Manager Sothy Mam Voices For Change Khmer Teacher Kagnavy Sim Finance Manager Phallika Hy Administrative and Human Resources Manager Srey Sokky Financial Cashier Chhorvann Chhit Voices For Change Computer Teacher and Finance Assistant Sreypov Chan Voices For Change Co-Manager’s Assistant
Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
Sokha Ros
NEW YORK STAFF
Security Manager and Driver
Rigmor Schneider Interim Executive Director Charlotte Salasky Director of Anti-Trafficking Programs Amy Merrill Director of Marketing & Development
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Pha Hout Security Guard Tha Din Security Guard
P.O. Box 4569 New York, NY 10163 (347) SOMALY-5 (766-2595) info@somaly.org www.somaly.org The Somaly Mam Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization EIN: 26-0392207