Renens Market, August 27
Perla Organization is present at markets several times a year both in Summer and Winter. Last summer, we chose Renens. It is a city near Lausanne in the ca ...
A day at Perla Home
This week we met two new persons at Perla Home. The first one, a very young man, left Burundi by plane and arrived in Serbia. After following a person smugg ...
Presentation of the Burkina Faso project
Presentaion The association Perla started in 2013 in recognition of the needs of one of the most deprived populations in Switzerland. As you can read on its ...
Testimony of M :
I am from Cameroon and a victim of human trafficking. Until 2016, I had never heard of human trafficking. The absolute ignorance of this phenomenon made me ...
The war in Ukraine
The reality of war Over the last few weeks, several million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their country for their own safety. Hundreds of them have f ...
Dignity, basis of Perla’s vision
It was during our very first visit to the prostitutes that the notion of dignity came up. As we saw these persons, without any hope for their future nor any brightness in their eyes, this notion immediately came to mind: dignity seemed to have no meaning for most of the people we met.
Our false beliefs
As I began as an aid worker with victims of human trafficking, I held many beliefs and preconceived notions as follows:hese women had sought this life in some w ...
A new start for Sandy
For the past few months, Sandy* has been receiving support from Perla. Sandy had a very hard time working in prostitution, she was suffering morally and physica ...