Alyssa has resumed studies and takes care of her livelihood every Saturday and Sunday, with the help of Ann and EWSC. She is now among the leaders who assist other victims and receives regular allowance from the group. She also started a piggery in Bicol for her family. 7. M: From Pangasinan M was a victim of sexual abuse by her uncle when she was 9 years old. She was often threatened to be burned by her uncle if she would tell her grandfather of the abuse. She used to shiver and pee whenever she would see her uncle. When M finished high school, she escaped from her province with a recruiter. She was promised work in a factory but she was pimped to a prostitution bar. She was also pimped in the streets. She would often have police officers as buyers/abusers. When vagrancy was used against her, she would be sexually abused in exchange for her liberty. Her customers would often hurt her, too. When she learned to fight her pimp, she left and worked as a saleslady but a previous customer shamed her while working as a saleslady. She returned to the streets but stopped in 2017. When the war on drugs started, her partner was framed up and incarcerated. M pled with the police to free her husband. But the police asked for P17,000 and sex with two policemen through cellphone conversation. She was abused for two days and was thrown 100 pesos afterwards. While her partner was freed but went into hiding for fear of being killed. M is HIV positive. She is being assisted by CATW-AP and is now an active leader, who educates other women actively. Other than healing conversations, she was provided medical and financial assistance. Her store co-owned with other survivors has been thriving. She wanted to share her photo below. 72