History

PHI developed from the passion of its founding members in addressing widespread child exploitation in Southeast Asia. Dedicated individuals were drawn together through their mutual commitment to these issues and formed PHI in 1999. Members had already been actively engaged in independently combating child exploitation in the region, either through non profit work, academic research, or teaching.

To learn more about the history of PHI, click here to read our .pdf, featured in American University's School of Public Affairs Update 2005.

"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, she or he sends forth a tiny RIPPLE OF HOPE, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."

—Robert F. Kennedy, South Africa, 1966