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Petra Hensley and The Sojka Foundation Providing Training to the Public and Relief to Human Trafficking Survivors

The newly founded Sojka Foundation is moving quickly to provide aid and assistance to child victims in Haiti; its founder, Petra Hensley, is actively assisting in Human Trafficking training.

It's been less than twelve months since the Sojka Foundation officially became a federally recognized non-profit, and it's already providing relief directly to those who need it most.

Petra Hensley, human trafficking expert and survivor advocate, created the Sojka Foundation (pronounced Soy-Ka) through her personal experience with Human Trafficking. When she was sixteen years old living in the Czech Republic, Petra was kidnapped, drugged, and raped over a three-day period. Petra managed to escape her captors, but not before overhearing the death of Sex Trafficking victim in the next room. You can read more about her story at www.sojkafoundation.org.

Since the deadly earthquake that struck Haiti in January of 2010, Human Trafficking in that country increased by over 20 percent. In February, Petra traveled to Haiti and toured tent camps, schools, and orphanages- meeting advocates, teachers, relief workers, United Nations and UNICEF officials. Petra witnessed the continued plight of over 500,000 Haitians who are still homeless, over two years after the earthquake. While in Haiti, Petra provided school supplies and clothing directly to those in need, thanks to Tax Deductible Donation made to The Sojka Foundation.

On Monday, March 12th, 2012, Petra spoke as a trainer and Human Trafficking Expert at the first program in the nation to train airport personnel on identifying human trafficking on commercial airlines. The training program, held at the San Francisco International Airport, was arranged by Airline Ambassadors International and launched by Congresswoman Jackie Speier and David Palmatier of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

During the training, Petra shared her experience and talked about the difficult recovery that survivors of human trafficking face throughout the rest of their lives. "They strip your identity, they take away everything you have left," said Petra.

"Having been through this awful ordeal myself, being trafficked, I have a deep desire to help others escape from the monsters who are dealing with buying and selling human beings," Petra told ABC News.

The Sojka Foundation is currently working on projects to train hotel staff to recognize victims of human trafficking and to help other survivors rehabilitate and reintegrate into society.

Your tax-deductible donation will help purchase supplies and aid to Haiti's most stricken children, and help fund further trainings to raise awareness of the issue.