Our Story
The Strawberry Girls
Deep marks across my face, across my body . . . Outside.
Deep marks across my heart, across my soul . . . Inside.
Poor. Illiterate. Uneducated. Oppressed. Sold . . . Work slave.
Beaten. Exploited. Bruised. Broken. Stolen . . . Sex slave.
Trapped. Haunted. Tortured. Used. Shattered . . . Victim.
Seen. Found. Rescued. Ransomed. Saved . . . Survivor.
Restored. Valued. Honored. Redeemed. Healed . . . Miracle.
Deep marks across my face, across my body . . . Outside.
Deep marks across my heart, across my soul . . . Inside.
Now filled by His hand, filled with His glory.
I now have . . . Scars of Glory.Scars of Glory
Art by Kim Peters
Poem by Marci Renée
Copyright © The Strawberry Girls
Their Story…
Born into poverty and devastation in your homeland of Morocco, what if your shame was unbearable? What if the only hope you had was to somehow, somewhere, make enough money so that you could be released from that social prison? You have no skills, can't read or write, have no experience outside of your four walls, and no money to go anywhere.
And what if one day, a person comes to you offering the gift of a lifetime: an opportunity to work, for a short season, just across the sea in Spain—“El Dorado,” a “land with streets paved of gold”? They hire people like you to pick a few strawberries for a couple of months, and you can send your earnings home, liberating you and your family from all your problems.
Would you risk it? I would. And so do they.
What awaits them is hell. Living like filthy animals in an inhumane “Sea of Plastic,” these girls are exploited and abused in every way, then deceived, drugged, picked off, and soon caught in another web of no escape—the brothel. If and when they are rescued, they have a story to tell. These women have names, faces, personalities, histories, hopes, and dreams.
Through the power of art and words, we are telling their stories . . . The Strawberry Girls’ stories.
Come along with us on this journey to raise awareness of the global disease of human trafficking. We need an army of agents of change to join us in this movement to push back the darkness and evil of modern-day slavery. Together, we can make a difference and bring about cultural change.
Welcome to "The Strawberry Girls"!
We Are Their Voice
What if you were a victim of human trafficking but had no voice to tell your story? What if you had no platform, no power, no opportunity to share? We are Kim and Marci—two artists, two voices. We want to be their voice, a voice for the Silent Ones.
We are The Strawberry Girls.
