Somaly Mam Speaks At Villanova About Her Work Saving Young Cambodian Girls
By Kim Glovas
Philadelphia (CBS) – A Cambodian human rights activist who was forced into a brothel as a child, and survived, spoke about her experience at Villanova University.
Somaly Mam is being considered for a Nobel Peace Prize because of her work saving young girls in her homeland from human trafficking. Somaly says she doesn't remember her birth name or her parents or her age, but…
"My mission right now is helping the girls so I have no time right now for thinking about my own life or my age. Each day that I save one girl, four, five or ten-years-old, that is meaningful for my life."
Ralph Gigliotti coordinates the "Spotlight on Leadership" program at Villanova.
"After leaving Cambodia, she created her NGO, formed her own foundation that up until this very moment, has saved about 6-to-7,000 women from this awful, awful situation."
All of the proceeds raised during her visit go toward the Somaly Mam Foundation.
