Trafficking Project

Project: To Combat Human Trafficking in Indo Bangladesh Boarder belt of Jessore and Satkhira Districts  through Mass Awareness Raising and Human Mobilization Program.”

Location of project (geography covered): Indo -Bangladesh Boarder Belt of Jessore and Satkhira Districts.

Donor: USC-Canada Bangladesh

Project Budget: Amount  $7191 

Project Objectives: 

·   Empowering the survivors of trafficking and those at-risk for trafficking;

·   Providing sustainable  economic alternatives to unsafe internal and cross-border migration;

·   To expand pubic awareness and participation in prevention efforts and crime reduction;

·   Building capacity of the government institutions to identify and prosecute perpetrators; and

·   Eliminating social and gender biases that undermine basic human rights and fundamental freedom and to help perpetuate trafficking.

Duration:  1 May 2012- 30April 2012  

The following outputs of the project are achieved:

a)     Arranged 30 campaigns in 30 institutions and the children students and teachers are aware about prevention of trafficking and they will work to prevent trafficking in their areas.

b)    Arranged 4 seminars in 4 public places with the participation of different levels of stakeholders as per plan and they are aware about trafficking prevention & they will work to prevent trafficking in own areas

c)     Arranged 4 workshops sin 4 public places with the participation of different levels of stakeholders like NGOs, CBOs, Clubs, religious institution, Ups etc. as per plan and they are aware about prevention of trafficking and they will work to prevent trafficking in their areas.

d)    Arranged 4 rallies in 4 public places with the participation of different levels of stakeholders as per plan & they are aware about prevention of trafficking and they will work to prevent trafficking in their areas.

e)     Arranged 12 advocacy meetings in 12 related officials with the participation of different levels of stakeholders as per plan and they are aware about prevention of trafficking and they will work to prevent trafficking in their areas.

f)     Installed 4 billboards and 20 wall writings with the messages of trafficking prevention and people are aware about reading the messages.

g)    Prepared 4 workshop reports, 4 seminar reports, 4 rally reports, 30 campaign reports and circulated among the stakeholders and institutions, who are following these reports.

h)     Published the reports in the newspapers, TVs and Radios and raised mass awareness among the mass people on trafficking prevention.

i)      Aware stakeholders at different levels and they are protecting trafficking in their own areas.

j)      Government has taken steps to prevent trafficking.