On 11 March, over 100 students from KGV, WIS, and STC stepped into the hidden, harsh realities of modern slavery for My Freedom Day.
In partnership with the Mekong Club, our annual Sweatshop Challenge simulated the gruelling conditions of home-based textile workshops. Students faced the relentless "Bead Challenge"—threading complex patterns of tiny seed beads under massive quotas, ticking clocks, and ruthless quality control. Stripped of their names and identified only by numbers, participants quickly felt the severe eye strain and mental exhaustion that millions endure daily.
CNN was on-site to capture the raw reality and high-stress atmosphere of the simulation. Meanwhile, outside the challenge room, our student volunteers launched a "Human Price Tag" guerrilla campaign, tagging everyday campus items with harrowing facts about modern slavery.
The ultimate takeaway from this powerful day? We must deeply examine our consumer choices and confront the hidden human cost behind the objects we use every day.
Check out the links below for CNN's official releases:
https://edition.cnn.com/world/video/my-freedom-day-wrap-2026-natspkg-spc
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/15/world/video/my-freedom-day-price-tags-watson-dnt-041505aseg2-cnni-world-fast
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