20 Questions with Susi Childers
1. Name: Susanne Childers
2. Age: 41
3. Hometown: Nagikd, Germany
4. Where you are on the planet right now: I suffer in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii… (smile)
5: Favourite Book: Sounds cheesy but its the Bible. I have read more in the Bible than in most other books combined
6. Favourite Movie: Blood Diamond; Italian job; A Beautiful Mind
7. Favourite Band: U2
8. Favourite Food: Fresh Italian pasta
9. What you wanted to be when you grew up: A stewardess
10. Your ‘day job’: Mum, photographer, manager, speaker, teacher, publisher
11. Your dream: That people like Hawa, Anusaja, Lone and Halco (voiceless people I met in countries like Djibouti, India, Ethiopia, Afghanistan,Algeria) will see an end to the injustice they witness daily
12. What you do for fun: Ride the waves and enjoy a good barbecue at the beach afterwards
13. What opened your eyes to the reality of human trafficking: Traveling
14: What you are doing to change it: I use photography to address issues of injustice and try to give voiceless people a voice; I also train others to join….We need a whole world-wide movement to see change!
15. Specific justice issue you’d like to address most: Female Genital Mutilation, trafficking, child prostitution, internet pornography, AIDS, abortion, hunger, slavery, sex tourism
16. Country you consider to have the greatest need: India, Moldovia, Cambodia, Thailand, Congo, South Africa, China
17. Literature/ media you recommend to help people get acquainted with the issues: 30 day Voice for the Voiceless prayer booklet; Sex & Money – A Global search for Human Worth; Trade (dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner); Born into Brothels (dir. Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski)
18. Heros you look to for inspiration: Jesus (still most influencial person in the universe); Loren Cunningham (man of vision and action); Jean d’Arc; Bruce Olson
19. Organizations, groups you know of effectively addressing the injustice of human trafficking: photogenX; Night Light Bangkok; Slave Free ; International Justice Mission
20. How the modern-day slave trade will be abolished: Only if we all work together in a movement that is global and touches every sphere of society
