Kimberly Yim — Blog

I empathize with the overwhelming emotions you must be experiencing after watching a movie about human trafficking. The mix of anger, sorrow, and even inspiration to take action is a natural response to such a troubling global issue. I can fully relate to how you...

In 2009 I first learned of the global tragedy of human trafficking through a film, and it broke my heart. The realization that such atrocities were occurring in the world today was almost inconceivable. At that time, I was a mom of two young kids, and watching the...

Dear Malia and Scotty, As you know it was a year ago today that I summited Mt. Kilimanjaro with fourteen other women. What you might not know is hiking to over 19,000 feet was never on my life’s bucket list. It actually took me over six months to say “yes” to the...

I am so weak. Weak of heart, weak of emotional strength and I'm constantly distracted. This is my assessment in looking back and wondering why it has taken me six months to sit still, reflect, and write about my time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the...

Relentless violence has plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo for decades. Ushered in by King Leopold from Belgium in 1885, this lush country with bountiful resources was pillaged at the directive of the king in a desperate and ruthless attempt to claim a part of...

It has been just over a week since I returned home from the epic One Million Thumbprint trip which took me to DR Congo and later to summit the highest freestanding mountain in the world, Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. To be honest, it has been a bit of a transition back...