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All Testimonies Select Below A.
(Albania) Abuk
Akuei Sudan) Abuk Bak
(Sudan) Abuk
Gau (Sudan) Abuk
Kernyang (Sudan) Adek
(China) Ajok
(Sudan) Ajok
Arou (Sudan) Alice
(Kuwait) Alina
(UAE) Amasya
(Turkey) Angela
(Turkey) Angela
(US) Anita
(India) Anyang
(Sudan) Bopha
(Cambodia) Chan
(Japan) Cherry
(Canada) Dawn
(Canada) Deng
(Australia) Dewi
(Indonesia) Diana
(Japan) E.R.
(Italy) Elena
(Greece) Elena (Serbia
& Montenegro) Elena
(Lebanon) Eleni
(Bosnia) Ellen
(UK) Essmerelda
(Macedonia) Evetta
(Philippines) F.
(Italy) Farida
(Turkey) Florensa
(UAE) Francis
Bok (Sudan) Galya
(Turkey) Gina
(India) Gun
(Japan) I.
(Italy) I.
(Sierra Leone) Iliona
(UAE) Inez
(US) Jaena
(India) Jill
(US) Juliana
(Ghana) Kaew
(Japan) Kala
(India) Katya
(Netherlands) Khan
(Thailand) L.
(Italy) Lena
(Macedonia) Lena_2
(Italy & Macedonia) Liu
(Belgium) M.
(Belgium) Maeley
(Philippines) Marco
(Sudan) Maria
(France & Italy) Maria
(US) Maria_Spanish
(US) Marina
(Germany) Marina
(Spain) Marjana
(Greece) Marsha
(Germany) Mary
(Sudan) Melada
(Greece) Mina
(UAE) Nasreen
(Isreal) Natalia
(DRC) Natalya
(Macedonia) Ngor
(Sudan) Noi
(Japan) Noi_2
(Japan) Nuch
(Japan) O.
(Italy) Olexandra
(Germany & Poland) Olga
(Israel) P.
(Belgium) Patricia
(China) Pot
(Japan) Rachel
(UK) Radha
(India) Ragaa
(Egypt) Rambabu
(India) Ramona
(Macedonia, France & Italy) Raya
(Jordan) Ricardo
(US) Rosa
(US) Rosa_Spanish
(US) Rosario
(Philippines) S.
(Albania) Sally
(Sweden) Samuel
(Sierra Leone) Santino
(Sudan) Sasha
(Germany & Netherlands) SC (Bosnia
& Montenegro) Seema
(India) Sergey
(Portugal) Shahnaj
(India) Shahnara
(UAE) Sumita
(India) Susie (US)
Svetlana
(Macedonia) Sylvia
(Italy) Tamara
(UAE) Tanya
(Israel) Tanya
(Macedonia) Tanya
(UAE) Tatiana
(Netherlands) Tatyana
(UAE) Tina
(Malaysia) V.P.
(Greece & Italy)) Vera
(Germany) Vi
(US) Victoria
(Italy) Viktoria
(Bosnia) Viviana
(Macedonia) Yei
(Sudan) Yelena
(Cyprus) Ying
(Thailand) Zhenya
(Austria)
Albania Select Below A.
(Internal) E.R.
(Source) Ellen
(Source) Essmerelda
(Source) F.
(Source) I.
(Source) L.
(Source) M.
(Source) Maria
(Source) O.
(Source) P.
(Source) S.
(Internal) V.P.
(Source)
Armenia Select
Below Alina
(Source) Amasya
(Source) Farida
(Source) Florensa (Source) Galya
(Source) Iliona
(Source) Melada
(Source) Shahnara
(Source) Tamara
(Source)
Australia Select Below Deng
(Destination)
Austria Select Below Zhenya
(Destination)
Bangladesh Select Below Shahnaj
(Source)
Belgium
Belarus Select Below Yelena
(Source)
Bolivia Select Below Patricia
(Source)
Bosnia Select Below Eleni
(Destination) SC
(Destination) Viktoria
(Destination)
Bulgaria Select Below Elena
(Source) Lena
(Source) Lena_2
(Source) Marjana
(Source) Svetlana
(Source)
Cambodia Select Below Bopha
(Internal)
Canada Select Below Cherry
(Internal) Dawn
(Internal)
China
Colombia Select Below Diana
(Source)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) Select Below Natalia
(Internal)
Czech Republic Select Below Katya
(Source) Sasha
(Source)
Cyprus Select Below Yelena
(Destination)
Dominican Republic Select Below Marina
(Source)
Egypt Select Below Ragaa
(Internal)
France
Gambia Select Below Sally
(Source)
Germany Select Below Marina
(Destination) Marsha
(Destination) Olexandra
(Destination) Sasha
(Destination) Vera
(Destination)
Ghana Select Below Juliana
(Internal)
Greece Select Below Elena
(Destination) Marjana
(Destination) Melada
(Destination) V.P.
(Destination)
India
Indonesia Select Below Adek
(Source) Dewi
(Internal) Tina
(Source)
Israel Select Below Olga
(Destination) Nasreen
(Destination) Tanya
(Destination)
Italy Select Below E.R.
(Destination) F.
(Destination) I.
(Destination) L.
(Destination) Lena_2
(Destination) Maria
(Destination) O.
(Destination) Ramona
(Destination) Sylvia
(Destination) V.P.
(Destination) Victoria
(Destination)
Japan Select Below Chan
(Destination) Diana
(Destination) Gun
(Destination) Kaew
(Destination) Noi
(Destination) Noi_2
(Destination) Nuch
(Destination) Pot
(Destination)
Jordan Select Below Raya
(Destination)
Kuwait Select Below Alice
(Destination)
Laos Select Below Khan
(Source)
Lebanon Select Below Elena
(Destination)
Macedonia
Malaysia Select Below Tina
(Destination)
Mexico Select Below Inez
(Source) Maria
(Source) Maria_Spanish
(Source) Ricardo
(Source) Rosa
(Source) Rosa_Spanish
(Source)
Moldova Select Below Angela
(Source) Elena
(Source) Natalya
(Source) SC
(Source) Tanya
(Source) Tanya
(Source)
Montenegro Select Below Elena
(Destination)
Myanmar Select Below Ying
Chen (Source)
Nepal Select Below Anita
(Source) Gina
(Source) Seema
(Source)
Netherlands Select Below Katya
(Destination) Sasha
(Destination) Tatiana
(Destination)
Nigeria Select Below Sylvia
(Source) Victoria
(Source)
Philippines Select Below Alice
(Source) Evetta
(Internal) Maeley
(Internal) Rosario
(Internal)
Poland Select Below Olexandra
(Destination)
Portugal Select Below Sergey
(Destination)
Romania
Russia Select Below Elena
(Source) Marsha
(Source) Olga
(Source) Sergey
(Source)
Serbia
Sierra Leone Select Below I
(Internal) Samuel
(Internal)
Spain Select Below Marina
(Destination)
Sudan Select Below Abuk
Akuei (Internal) Abuk Bak
(Internal) Abuk
Gau (Internal) Abuk
Kernyang (Internal) Achai
(Internal) Ajok
(Internal) Ajok
Arou (Internal) Anyang
(Internal) Francis
Bok (Internal) Marco
(Internal) Mary
(Internal) Ngor
(Internal) Santino
(Internal) Yei
(Internal)
Sweden Select Below Sally
(Destination)
Tajikistan Select Below Mina
(Source) Nasreen
(Source)
Thailand Select Below Chan
(Source) Deng
(Source) Gun
(Source) Kaew
(Source) Khan
(Destination) Noi
(Source) Noi_2
(Source) Nuch
(Source) Pot
(Source) Ying
Chen (Destination)
Turkey Select Below Angela
(Destination) Amasya
(Destination) Farida
(Destination) Galya
(Destination)
Ukraine Select Below Marina
(Source) Olexandra
(Source) Raya
(Source) Tanya
(Source) Tatiana
(Source) Tatyana
(Source) Vera
(Source) Zhenya
(Source)
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Select Below Alina
(Destination) Florensa
(Destination) Iliona
(Destination) Mina
(Destination) Shahnara
(Destination) Tamara
(Destination) Tanya
(Destination) Tatyana
(Destination)
United Kingdom (UK) Select Below Ellen
(Destination) Noi
(Destination) Rachel
(Internal)
United States (US) Select Below Angela
(Destination) Inez
(Destination) Jill
(Internal) Maria
(Destination) Maria_Spanish
(Destination) Ricardo
(Destination) Rosa
(Destination) Rosa_Spanish
(Destination) Susie
(Internal) Vi
(Destination)
Vietnam Select Below Vi
(Source)