Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti & Joplin, MO

Since 2003, Rapha International has served trafficking survivors, beginning in Battambang, Cambodia with holistic Survivor Care. Today Rapha operates two Survivor Care campuses (Battambang & Siem Reap), two Prevention centers, and two centers for transitional living and community-based services, plus a special needs day program opened in 2025. A short-term protection center will open in Phnom Penh in March 2027. In Thailand, Rapha opened a Survivor Care campus in Chiang Mai in 2009 and began Prevention services for vulnerable children and families in Mae Sot in 2014. In Haiti, Rapha began residential care in Port-au-Prince in 2014. Rising gang violence, political unrest, and extreme poverty forced the closure of that program in 2024; Rapha now delivers non-residential, life-saving services through church and transnational partners. In 2020, Rapha opened a new chapter in the US, establishing the Hope and Healing Center in Joplin, MO to provide trauma-focused therapy for child, teen, and adult survivors of violence, sexual abuse, and trafficking, promoting lifelong hope and healing.

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Saved in Translation by Darrin King

“Have you ever had the experience of being ‘lost in translation’? It usually refers to (sometimes funny) things that happen when translation is attempted across languages. If you’ve seen the 2003 film Lost in Translation, you may agree with director Sofia Coppola that the phrase also refers to ‘things being disconnected, and looking for moments of connection.’ One of my own experiences might be described in that way.”

Grow in Prayer and Generosity.

Three ways to pray right now:

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Pray for safety for everyone working and living in Haiti—especially the Rapha staff and the children and families we serve there. Even while ongoing gang violence heavily impacts their daily lives, Rapha staff members continue to implement projects that provide counseling, medical care, economic empowerment, and other support services for victims of violence and sexual exploitation. 

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Pray for Rapha’s team in Cambodia. The escalation of the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand has caused significant stress and hardship for Rapha’s staff members in Cambodia. As refugees flee from the border regions, families and children are staying in refugee camps near Rapha’s operations in Battambang and Siem Reap.

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In 2026, Rapha has been expanding nonresidential Survivor Care. Alongside nonresidential counseling in Battambang and Phnom Penh through our Prevention Programs, we’ve opened a dedicated outpatient counseling center in Siem Reap, near but separate from our residential campus. Please pray for our counseling staff and those we’ll serve. It’s an honor to walk alongside our communities toward healing, hope, and the freedom found in Jesus.