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SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 2 -
PROSECUTION AND PROTECTION)
REF: 06 STATE 202745 (NOTAL)
ADDIS ABAB 00000812 001.2 OF 008
¶1. (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking
in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information
reported, responses are being reported in two complementary
cables.)
¶2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of
reftel.
¶3. (SBU) QUESTION 29 - INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF
TRAFFICKERS:
¶A. The government enacted new legislation relating to trafficking in
May 2005. The May 2005 penal code improved trafficking-related
language, outlaws labor-related trafficking, and replaces the former
penal code of 1957.
-- Article 596 (Enslavement) criminalizes any attempt to enslave,
sell, alienate, buy, trade or exploit another person.
-- Article 597 (Trafficking in Women and Children) criminalizes the
recruitment, transportation, harboring, import, or export of women
or minors for the purpose of forced labor.
-- Article 598 (Unlawful Sending of Ethiopians for Work Abroad)
criminalizes sending Ethiopian citizens abroad for work without a
license.
-- Article 599 (Participation of Illegal Associations and Juridical
Persons) criminalizes any group or organization's participation in
slave trade.
-- Article 600 (Default of Supervision or Control) criminalizes any
government official who fails to take all measures to control and
prevent trafficking.
-- Article 635 (Traffic in Women and Minors) specifically
criminalizes the trafficking of men, women and children for
prostitution.
¶B. Those found in violation of these articles face 5 to 20 years
imprisonment and a fine not to exceed 50,000 birr (approximately USD
5,656). For particularly egregious cases involving bodily harm, the
penalty may be 10 to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment.
Organizations found in violation Article 599 face a 100,000 birr
(approximately USD 11,312) fine and dissolution.
¶C. (Please refer to responses 29 A and B.)
¶D. Article 589 of the penal code makes rape punishable by
imprisonment not to exceed 10 years. If committed against a child
under age 15, or to anyone under the protective custody or
supervision of the accused person, or by a number of persons acting
in concert, rape is punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 15
years. Forced sexual assault as defined by article 590 of the penal
code is punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 8 years, or with
"simple imprisonment" for not less than 6 months. Depending on
which article is used to prosecute, the penalties for rape and
sexual assault may be more or less severe than the penalties for
trafficking.
¶E. Prostitution is not legal in Ethiopia. Article 634 (Habitual
Exploitation for Pecuniary Gain) criminalizes the act of
prostitution and those elements in support of it. Prostitutes,
brothel owner/operators, clients, and those who procure customers
for prostitutes (pimps) are subject to a maximum of five years
imprisonment. In practice, however, few people are charged with
prostitution or crimes related to prostitution. Enforcement of
Ethiopia's existing anti-prostitution laws has lagged.
¶F. According to an NGO source, in 2006, some 925 cases of trafficked
children were nationally reported to the police. Of these, 67 cases
have been referred to the prosecutor's office. Of the 67 cases, one
case (July 2006) has resulted in conviction and sentencing (13 years
ADDIS ABAB 00000812 002.2 OF 008
in prison and a 5,000 birr fine). Twenty-three cases are currently
pending prosecution, and the remaining 43 have been closed due
either to lack of evidence or absconded defendants. The low
conviction rates partly result from an understaffed and overburdened
judiciary, lack of cooperation with destination country governments,
and alleged corruption on the part of responsible local authorities.
Traffickers often destroy evidence, making convictions difficult.
-- The Forum for Street Children, a domestic NGO funded by
international donors, reports the following cases of trafficked
children and traffickers under investigation for March 2006 -
January 2007: 816 cases of trafficked children reported to the
police; 67 cases referred to the prosecutor office. One case
resulted in conviction, 23 cases are pending prosecution, and 43
cases have been closed for lack of evidence.
-- In February 2006, the Assistant Prosecutor-General clarified that
the federal government?s previously compiled ?trafficking? data was
coupled with ?fraud" cases. Such "fraud" includes
trafficking-related cases, but also unrelated crimes such as
counterfeit checks and other scams. As noted previously, the May
2005 revised penal code recognizes and names trafficking as a crime.
Citing a total of 70,000 intermixed and backlogged criminal files
in the prosecutor's office, the Assistant Prosecutor-General asserts
that the GOE lacks the institutional capacity and resources to
separate trafficking from fraud cases. Such cases would have to be
reviewed individually to distinguish between trafficking and other
types of fraud.
-- 2005: Some 411 cases of trafficked children reported (332 female,
79 male); 5 cases remain under investigation by police; 14 of 15
cases sent to prosecutors later dropped; 1 individual sentenced to 6
years imprisonment.
-- 2004: Some 251 cases of trafficked children reported; 8 cases
investigated (5 dropped for lack of evidence; 3 still pending); 11
of 12 cases sent to prosecutors were later dropped for insufficient
charges. One individual was sentenced to 3 months and 15 days in
prison.
¶G. Information on who is behind trafficking has proven difficult to
document. According to MOJ, MOLSA and IOM sources, very small and
loose rings of Ethiopians are central to trafficking activities.
There are several well known operators in Addis who have extensive
linkages both throughout Ethiopia and destination countries. In the
past, some worked under the cover of legitimate travel agencies.
NGO representatives claim that traffickers tend to be individuals
rather than organizations, and operate on a fairly small scale.
They do not believe trafficking is operated or coordinated by
international criminal organizations.
--There is no report of organized crime families, gangs or the like
participating in the trafficking process. There have been reports
of small groups of smugglers (3 to 6 in number) who ask for 200-300
birr (USD 23-34) to help migrants cross borders away from
checkpoints. However these smugglers do not appear to belong to
organized rings or sophisticated networks.
-- The IOM Rapid Assessment (pp.33-42) reports:
?The typical recruiter for external trafficking is a person who has
returned from the country of destination, has relatives living in
the country of destination, or frequently travels abroad for a
legitimate purpose. The person is either known to the victim (or her
family) or works through a facilitator known to them. Traffickers
are most often local brokers? relatives and family members of
migrant workers, outside brokers [and] legally registered employment
and travel agencies....
?BROKERS: Local brokers (called ?delalas?), who operate at the
community level and are usually known to the victim and her family,
often recruit potential victims for trafficking. Typically the
broker is either a returnee from the country of destination or has
relatives there. Reports indicate many women who work in [Middle
Eastern] countries traffic through their families in Ethiopia.
ADDIS ABAB 00000812 003.2 OF 008
Community members are more likely to trust traffickers with family
members living and working abroad. This has helped some families to
establish a small business trafficking women and children. In one
case, a returnee reported that the broker who arranged for her
travel to Beirut operated through her daughters, who live in three
different countries in the Middle East. In some cases, families with
children living abroad fraudulently claim that their children will
help victims adjust to life abroad. In the words of one returnee: ?A
woman introduced me to a broker and promised me that her daughter,
who lived in Lebanon, would help me once I arrived. Once in
Lebanon, I met with the daughter. She had no idea that her mother
had helped to arrange my travel or sent me to her. She was very
disappointed and angry with her mother. She asked me why her mother
had sent me to Lebanon to suffer after having read all the letters
she wrote about the terrible conditions she was facing in Beirut. I
would never have trusted the broker or left Ethiopia if it wasn?t
for the stories the mother told me about her daughter?s life.?
?FACILITATORS: Brokers usually use facilitators for recruitment and
do not directly contact victims and their families. Facilitators are
typically neighbors or other persons known to the victim. This can
also include close relatives and family members. The main tasks of
facilitators in the recruitment process are to seek out potential
victims, convince victims and their families of the benefits of
working abroad, and arrange a meeting with the broker. Though
facilitators present themselves as concerned individuals, they
actually receive commissions from brokers for each successfully
trafficked woman and child. The story of a returnee interviewed for
this report sheds more light on the role of the facilitator in the
recruitment process: ?I had just completed high school with poor
results and was unemployed. At the Lideta Mariam ceremony organized
by my mother, a woman I did not know came to our house with a
neighbor. The neighbor was a very close friend of my mother and
very respected in the neighborhood. The woman told my mother about
girls my age who live in Beirut and send money to their parents.
She spoke of a close friend whose daughter lives a very good life
and helps her family, and offered to talk to her friend about the
possibility of my working in Beirut. The woman took my mother and
me to the woman?s house a few days later to talk about the kind of
work I am going to do in Beirut and the money we have to pay her.
After the first meeting, I met the woman only a few times. My
mother paid her a total of three thousand birr.?
?Working through facilitators benefits the brokers in many ways.
Since the facilitators are known and trusted by the potential
victims, there is a better chance of engaging the victims while at
the same time reducing suspicion of active recruitment. The
arrangement also makes it easier for the broker to work in
communities where he or she is not known. Additionally, the brokers
are not held responsible for the victim?s exploitation in the eyes
of the community. Even the victims may not hold the broker
responsible; since the involvement of a facilitator gives the
impression that the victim or her family came to the broker seeking
assistance. The facilitator is also often considered blameless and
seen as a good-intentioned neighbor or relative. This arrangement
has become the normal modus operandi in trafficking due to the
increasingly hostile atmosphere created by publicity of cases of
abuse and the increasing attention given by law enforcement agencies
to trafficking, especially in Addis Ababa.
?To avoid notoriety and detection by authorities, local brokers do
not have established or official places of work. They work from
rented houses, neighborhood cafes or hotel rooms and do not publicly
advertise their services. To avoid being identified, brokers also
move from place to place in larger towns and work through multiple
facilitators. According to a recent study, even the victims do not
know the real names and addresses of the brokers who recruited and
trafficked them.
?Travel agencies and import-export businesses
Unlike in other countries, organized crime groups do not play a
significant role in the external trafficking of women and children
in Ethiopia. This does not, however, mean that organized groups are
not involved in the process. Travel agencies and import-export
businesses are in a position to make the business of trafficking in
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persons from Ethiopia more efficient, organized and widespread.
Their activities create frequent opportunities for travel to
destination countries and contact with employment agents and
individuals involved in trafficking at the destination side.
?Not much is known about the recruitment methods used by owners and
operators of travel agencies and import-export businesses. They do
not advertise their services since they are not licensed to arrange
employment abroad. Presumably, they work with local brokers and
facilitators at the initial stages of recruitment in the manner
discussed above.
?THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS: As described above, most brokers recruit
women and children in an informal manner using a facilitator. The
facilitator?s first task is to identify a child or woman who could
be convinced to seek the help of the broker. These are often
parents in financial difficulty or with children out of school. The
facilitator befriends the potential victim or her family and
suggests the possibility of employment in a foreign country as a
means of dealing with the family?s problems. Once the interest of
the victim or parents has been secured, the facilitator offers to
arrange a meeting with the broker.
?The story of a returnee from Beirut describes this mode of
recruitment: ?I was out of work and lived in my mother?s house. My
family was facing financial problems since my father left us.
Although my mother was employed, she could not earn enough to
support my four younger brothers and sisters. A neighbor who works
as a broker for housemaids told my mother about a woman who makes
arrangements for employment in Lebanon. Our neighbor advised us not
to miss the chance to talk to her, even if I decided not to go
abroad. A few days later he arranged for a meeting at her house.?
?The meeting with the broker may take place at his or her home, as
in the above case. However, in most cases the first meeting takes
place in public places, which will be the only address the potential
victim knows if the meeting is not successful. Sometimes, brokers
use the office of a legitimate activity, such as small brokerage
houses for housemaids and places for purchase and sale of property,
as cover operations. More cautious brokers depend on prescreening
by facilitators and contact only the victims they deem viable. In
such cases, the brokers use private meeting places like rooms rented
in a private compound at an address known only to the facilitator.
These rooms, arranged to make the victims assume that the broker
lives there, are in many cases rented for a short time. The broker
moves periodically among different communities and neighborhoods.
The purpose of the first meeting is to create a resolve on the part
of the potential victim to migrate. The broker reinforces her
vision of migration abroad as the solution to her financial
problems. The broker draws an attractive picture of life in the
destination country and of the promising conditions and terms of
employment. He reinforces these images with the often fictional
stories of others he has sent to that country in the past. The
potential victim may not have a preferred country or may doubt the
selection of the suggested country. In this case, the broker will
describe its many attractions in such a way that the potential
victim is persuaded to select the country in which the broker has
contacts. The potential victim is not informed of any problems or
challenges unless she specifically raises questions. In cases where
the victim asks about such matters, they are downplayed as rare
incidents caused by exceptional circumstances.
?Once the victim has been convinced to use a broker?s services of
the broker, the issue of payment may be raised at the first or
subsequent meetings. Where the broker is hiding from the
authorities, or fears exposure, the facilitator may handle all
negotiations with the potential victim. A woman trafficked to
Beirut said she never met the broker who arranged her travel to
Beirut: a friend, herself a recent returnee from the same country,
handled everything. The normal role of the facilitator in these
meetings is as an advisor to the potential victim. The facilitator,
who has the trust of the victim, convinces her that the payment set
by the broker is fair. The total amount and manner of payment
depends on several factors, primarily country of destination.
Returnees interviewed for this report paid 2,000-8,000 birr.
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Returnees from Dubai paid highest amount, while returnees from Yemen
paid 2,000 birr. Those who traveled to Qatar and Bahrain paid 5,000
thousand birr while those who traveled to Beirut paid between
3,000-7,000 birr.
?Another factor affecting the fee is whether it is directly
negotiated by the victim. Payments tend to be higher when
negotiations are mediated by a facilitator, who earns a commission
on the deal. A returnee from Beirut stated that she secured a 2,000
birr (USD 226) deduction on the original 8,000 birr fee (USD 905),
when she contacted the broker directly.
?While there are written agreements between brokers and victims,
most are made orally and are not witnessed by third parties; brokers
sometimes use confidants as witnesses to create a facade of
formality. Normally, the fee is paid in two equal installments
covering the broker?s services, and transportation to the
destination country. The first payment is due before the broker
starts looking for employment. The second is paid after travel
arrangements have been completed, marked by the procurement of the
entry visa or confirmation of the flight.
?In many cases, parents finance their children?s migration by
borrowing money from illegal loan sharks at exorbitant interest
rates, through facilitators and local brokers. One returnee stated
that her mother borrowed 6,000 birr (approximately USD 679) to pay
the local broker. Another interviewee reported having to paying
2,000 birr interest on a 6,000 birr loan.
?Once fees are agreed upon and first payment is made, the potential
migrant gives the broker a copy of her passport, one full body and
one passport-size photograph, and a medical examination report
proving that she does not suffer from any major ailment, in
particular HIV/AIDS. Sometimes, brokers keep the original passport,
so that the victim cannot approach other brokers for a cheaper deal.
Copies of the victim?s passport and the photographs are then sent
to the broker?s contacts in the country of destination for selection
by potential employers. Finding an employer through the foreign
contacts usually takes a few weeks. Upon confirmation of an
interested employer, the broker faxes copies of the relevant
documents to the country of destination to process and secures the
necessary entry visa.
?The victims handle all official processes within Ethiopia. Brokers
make non-official travel arrangements, like purchasing tickets and
confirming flights, to avoid contact with any government authority
and officially maintain the appearance of sending a legitimate
migrant who secured employment abroad independently. After the
entrance visa is sent to Addis Ababa, usually within one month to
one year, victims receive the visa and airplane ticket to the
country of destination.?
¶H. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION: The government employs surveillance
techniques to monitor trafficking. In the aftermath of the 2005
election protests and violence, Addis police who had been
traditionally assigned to special anti-trafficking units were
temporarily reassigned to patrol duty. As of June 2006, all
specially assigned counter-trafficking police resumed their duties.
Each of the 10 counter-trafficking police stations in Addis Ababa is
assigned 3 police officers. Police and immigration security
officials are equipped to conduct electronic surveillance and
undercover operations.
¶I. SPECIALIZED TRAINING: In partnership with NGOs, the government
has provided a limited number of officials with access to
information and training in counter-trafficking. During the
reporting period, IOM conducted a series of capacity building
trainings to various governmental and non-governmental organizations
to raise their awareness and heighten their skills. The
counter-trafficking capacity-building for judges, police and
prosecutors has provided participants with opportunities to discuss
and identify gaps in laws and practices. Training participants
included presidents of regional supreme courts, police
commissioners, and heads of regional justice bureaus. By the end of
the March 2007 reporting period, 110 law enforcement officials and
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members of the judiciary will have received training.
¶J. EXTRADITION: According to the MFA, there have been no requests by
any foreign government to extradite non-Ethiopians charged with
trafficking. The government does not extradite its own nationals
charged with such offenses.
¶K. COOPERATION IN INVESTIGATIONS: Police have been successful in
thwarting potential trafficking of those transiting Addis Ababa's
Bole International airport. However, according to MOLSA and the IOM,
there is little international cooperation that occurs. The MFA
intends to heighten Ethiopian diplomats? awareness of the
seriousness of trafficking problems in-country, by highlighting and
contextualizing the issue in its training programs. The MFA reports
that neighboring destination countries have been hesitant to enter
into any binding bilateral agreements with the GOE, despite the
GOE?s attempts to initiate them.
-- Ethiopia lacks diplomatic representation in several Gulf States.
If funding permits, the GOE intends to open or expand a number of
neighboring country consulates in coming years. Currently, the
GOE?s Embassy in Saudi Arabia is accredited to Oman, and its mission
in Kuwait is accredited to Bahrain.
¶L. GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT: There have been no official reports of
the involvement of government officials in trafficking, but there
are specific if unsubstantiated reports that this practice exists.
No government official has ever been officially implicated or
arrested on any trafficking charge.
¶M. STEPS AGAINST OFFICIALS: (Please see above response to 29 L.)
¶N. NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS: Ethiopia is not a high-volume child sex
tourism source or destination. One foreign national has been
convicted of pedophilia and is serving a nine-year sentence. A
newly established court for women and children has led to several
convictions of Ethiopian sexual abusers. While these convictions
are not related to trafficking, NGOs see the court as a potentially
useful tool for this purpose.
¶O. INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS: The government signed and ratified ILO
convention 182 (2003), ILO convention 29 (2003), and ILO convention
105 (1999). The government has neither signed nor ratified the
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on
the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography, nor
the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, especially women and children. However, both protocols
have been submitted to the Council of Ministers for approval.
-- The government signed and ratified ILO Convention 182 concerning
the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the
Worst Forms of Child Labor.
-- The government signed and ratified ILO Convention 29 and 105 on
Forced or Compulsory Labor.
-- The government signed and ratified the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the Sale of Children,
Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography.
-- The government signed and ratified the Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and
Children, supplementing the UN Convention Against Transnational
Organized Crime
¶4. (SBU) QUESTION 30 - PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS:
¶A. MOLSA and NGO sources report that the government does not have
the resources to provide any material assistance to victims of
trafficking. Consulates in Beirut and Dubai dispense limited legal
advice to trafficked victims and provide temporary shelter to them
on (infrequent) occasion. The government does not provide temporary
loans to trafficked victims who do not have the financial means to
be repatriated. There is neither a specially designated victim care
program nor victim-specific health care facilities in Ethiopia.
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Returned trafficked victims must rely on psychological services
provided by public health institutions. MOJ is exploring how to
more effectively identify NGOs or community-based organizations who
can and do provide such services, as well as to improve referral
systems.
¶B. GOVERNMENT FUNDING: MOLSA, EWLA, and IOM confirm that the
government does not provide any funding or other forms of support to
foreign or domestic NGOs for services to victims.
¶C. IDENTIFYING VICTIMS: The MOJ plans to expand Addis Ababa
screening and referral programs for children to other large cities
and rural transport points. Each Addis Ababa police station is
affiliated with a child protection unit, which collects information
regarding victims, and aims to reunify them with their family.
Shelter facilities are limited, especially for boys.
¶D. VICTIMS? RIGHTS: The government respects the rights of victims
upon their return. There have been no reports of returned
trafficked victims being detained, jailed, or prosecuted for
violations of other laws, such as those governing immigration or
prostitution.
¶E. VICTIMS? RESTITUTION: According to NGO sources, government
authorities have not made any concerted effort to interview returned
trafficked victims about their experiences. Many returned victims
fear retribution not only from accused traffickers but also from
other trafficked persons trapped in destination countries. There is
no codified legal barrier to victims pursuing civil suits or seeking
legal action against traffickers. There is no victim restitution
program.
¶F. GOVERNMENT PROTECTION: The government accords no special
protections, shelter, and other housing or special services benefits
to trafficking victims or witnesses.
¶G. GOVERNMENT TRAINING: In 2006 and early 2007, MOLSA officials and
their inter-ministerial counterparts have been involved in
NGO-brokered training, as supported by Post. However, MOLSA reports
that many Ethiopian diplomats remain largely uninformed about
trafficking issues as they receive little to no briefings on the
topic. The MFA intends to include anti-trafficking in future
training for its diplomatic corps. The Ethiopian consul-general in
Beirut collaborates with NGOs in their anti-trafficking efforts.
¶H. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE: MOLSA reports that there is extremely
limited government assistance available to trafficked victims in
Ethiopia or in destination countries. Ethiopia?s Beirut consulate
negotiates with employers and agents under particular circumstances
(e.g., when an employer refuses to pay a worker's salary, or to
furnish a migrant worker with a return ticket). It reportedly
provides limited legal advice and serves as a temporary shelter for
trafficked victims awaiting funds from family members or friends to
pay off traffickers so that they can return to Ethiopia. MOLSA
reports that the government helped transport Ethiopian women
trafficked to Yemen to return to Ethiopia via bus.
¶I. NGOs: The Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association
funds counseling and professional training for returned trafficking
victims, and sent an attorney to Beirut on more than one occasion to
offer legal assistance to victims there.
-- The Forum for Street Children, a local NGO, has opened a center
for sexually abused and exploited girls, offering education,
counseling, and basic health information. It also has undertaken a
child protection project within police stations for child victims of
abuse.
-- Gemanaye Ethiopia Association is an NGO founded in 2002 to foster
awareness about working conditions in the Middle East to young women
hoping to migrate there. Its Addis Miraf rehabilitation and
reintegration shelter, established in June 2004, currently assists
12 women trafficking victims with limited counseling and vocational
training service. Victim assistance includes the provision of
shelter, food, medical services, skills training and help with
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establishing a small business. In 2006, the shelter provided
vocational training for 8 women victims.
-- The Organization for Prevention, Rehabilitation and Integration
of Female Street Children (OPFRIS) is an indigenous NGO founded in
2000 to provide shelter and vocational training to young women
victims of internal trafficking.
-- The Good Samaritan Association has established a shelter for
assisting victims of internal and cross-border trafficking. Victim
assistance includes the provision of shelter, food, medical
services, skills training, and assistance in setting up a small
business. So far, more than 65 trafficking victims, including
children, have either received or are receiving support. Children
Protection Units (CPUs) of the Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa Police, in
collaboration with the Forum on Street Children (a local NGO) refer
the children to IOM. Child victims reunified with their families
have received financial support to continue education.
-- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Addis Ababa
started its counter-trafficking program in 2001, aimed at
contributing to the GOE?s counter-trafficking efforts. Main
components are a counseling service for migrants, potential
migrants, returnees and their families; capacity building of
government, NGOs and school personnel; basic assistance, training
and counseling to victims of trafficking; and a campaign to enhance
trafficking awareness among schools and the general public.
-- Project Concern International (PCI) established its presence in
Ethiopia in 2005, working with local organizations to provide
support services to vulnerable children, prevent disease, improve
community health, and promote sustainable development. In 2006, the
Ministry of Justice designed a project proposal for funding
counter-trafficking awareness campaigns and submitted it to Post.
Post approved a USD 20,000 grant which PCI utilized to implement two
regional training workshops for government officials and NGO
representatives.
WILGUS