Filipe was positioned as a guard at the entrance of the cartel’s favela, watching for police or rival gang activity. In Jardim Gramacho, a slum in Brazil, it’s the cartel that run the place and decide who can come in and out. So today, on our outreach, Filipe was one of the first cartel members we approached..

I stepped into my first mission trip knowing it would change me, just not how. Even in that uncertainty, I understood that how I carried myself mattered.

Kristen is Regional Manager for A21 in Southeast Asia, overseeing teams and operations across Cambodia and Thailand, as well as stewarding key partnerships throughout the region. Originally from Canada, she has called Cambodia home since 2017.

At just eleven years old, Jasmine had already faced more hardship than most experience in a lifetime.

The sun was only just rising when Chimwemwe used to begin her day. At 26 years old, she was already tired before the morning had properly begun.