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Viewing cable 08MANILA951, STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08MANILA951 2008-04-22 07:09 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Manila
VZCZCXRO4218
OO RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHML #0951/01 1130709
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 220709Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY MANILA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0437
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS IMMEDIATE
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RHHMUNA/CDRUSPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE
RUEAWJB/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MANILA 000951 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MTS, EAP/RSP, G/TIP, INL, DRL/ILCSR 
LABOR FOR ILAB 
JUSTICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND CRIMINAL DIVISIONS 
STATE PASS TO USAID 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB RP
SUBJECT: STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING 
IN PERSONS 
 
REF: A. MANILA 539 (2008 TIP REPORT) 
     B. MANILA 333 (ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN MINDANAO) 
     C. 07 MANILA 2405 (AMBASSADOR BREAKS GROUND ON TWO 
        SHELTERS) 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, the Deputy Chief of Mission 
joined NGO and government partners to inaugurate a newly 
constructed halfway house for trafficking in persons victims 
at Manila's North Harbor.  The modern shelter, which replaced 
an earlier one built in 2001, can accommodate at least 30 
trafficking victims at a time.  In addition to this shelter, 
the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) also completed 
construction in April of two other halfway houses at the 
ports in Iloilo in western Visayas and Surigao in 
northeastern Mindanao.  These shelters are the result of a 
successful partnership between the Ports Authority and the 
Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF), a local NGO that oversees and 
manages shelter operations at seven ports around the country. 
 In order to improve outreach and victim services at its 
halfway houses, VFF sought out private partnerships as well. 
VFF recently collaborated with international advertising firm 
Ogilvy and Microsoft's Philippines office to intensify 
anti-trafficking outreach and prevention efforts.  A recent 
$1 million award to VFF from eBay founder Jeff Skoll's 
charitable foundation is yet another partnership to ensure 
the continuation of VFF's exemplary efforts to combat 
trafficking in the Philippines.  END SUMMARY. 
 
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Expanding Anti-Trafficking Partnerships at the Ports 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
 
2. (U) DCM joined Visayan Forum Foundation Executive Board 
Chairman Joaquin Garaygay, Philippine Ports Authority General 
Manager Oscar Sevilla, and a group of media, government, 
private industry, and NGO representatives to commemorate the 
opening of a new, larger halfway house for trafficking in 
persons victims at Manila's North Harbor, the largest port 
facility in the Philippines.  This shelter will replace an 
earlier center built in 2001 and will accommodate a larger 
number of trafficking victims and potential victims 
intercepted at the port.  The PPA constructed the facility 
with its own funds, while VFF will oversee and manage the 
shelter's daily operations.  In his keynote address, the DCM 
applauded PPA, VFF, shipping companies, and port police for 
this milestone in a highly-productive partnership. 
 
3. (U) The partnership between VFF and PPA dates back to 
1999, when PPA agreed to construct the first halfway house 
for victims and potential victims of trafficking at Manila's 
North Harbor.  VFF and PPA opened the doors of the Port 
Halfway House on July 11, 2001.  In recent years, as the 
capacity of VFF and its port partners to identify trafficking 
victims increased, the needs of the North Harbor shelter 
outgrew the original facility.  On July 7, 2007, Ambassador 
joined Ms. Flores-Oebanda and PPA General Manager Sevilla to 
break ground on this new, larger shelter (ref C).  Now fully 
operational, the new two-story shelter can accommodate 
approximately 30 victims at any given time and includes a 
conference room for training sessions and meetings.  The 
halfway house will continue to be a center for 
information-sharing and advocacy against trafficking, as well 
as a sanctuary for thousands of victims intercepted each year. 
 
------------------------------ 
Reaching More and More Victims 
------------------------------ 
 
4. (U) In addition to the Manila halfway house, PPA also 
opened two other halfway houses in April -- one at the port 
in Surigao in northeastern Mindanao and a second at the port 
in Iloilo in western Visayas.  VFF now manages a total of 
seven halfway houses at ports throughout the country 
(Batangas, Davao, Iloilo, Manila, Sorsogon, Surigao, and 
Zamboanga).  The Manila International Airport Authority is 
also constructing a VFF halfway house that will serve victims 
at Manila's airport.  Since 2001, VFF has rescued and 
provided assistance to more than 32,000 victims and potential 
victims of trafficking and has helped to file 66 trafficking 
cases in court on behalf of 166 victims. 
 
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NGOs Engage the Private Sector to Combat TIP 
 
MANILA 00000951  002 OF 002 
 
 
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5. (U) On March 27, the Skoll Foundation, led by eBay founder 
Jeff Skoll, awarded $1 million to VFF President and Executive 
Director Cecilia Flores-Oebanda for "social Qtrepreneurship" 
achievements.  The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship 
recognize models for sustainable social change that have 
yielded significant impact.  Former President Jimmy Carter 
and Jeff Skoll presented the award to Oebanda at the fifth 
annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in 
Oxford, England.  The $1 million award to VFF will be an 
unrestricted three-year grant that will enable VFF to amplify 
its anti-TIP efforts throughout the country. 
 
6. (SBU) VFF plans to devote a significant portion of the 
Skoll Award to a national public awareness campaign against 
trafficking.  Oebanda believes that while there has been 
several public awareness initiatives in the past, these 
campaigns have lacked the national reach to benefit parts of 
the country where potential victims are most vulnerable. 
Advertising giant Ogilvy International has agreed to provide 
pro-bono services to VFF for the awareness campaign and has 
begun designing and creating print, radio, internet, and 
television anti-trafficking spots for VFF.  VFF and Ogilvy 
hope to launch the initiative later this year, in partnership 
with major media outlets throughout the country. 
 
7. (U) VFF also recently announced a renewal of its private 
partnership with Microsoft Philippines to provide information 
technology skills training to victims of trafficking at VFF 
shelters and other community centers throughout the country. 
The project, entitled "Stop Trafficking and Exploitation of 
People through Unlimited Potential" (STEP-UP), began in 2006 
and was VFF's first partnership with the private sector. 
Instructors teach technology skills to young men, women, and 
children at three of VFF's shelters in Manila, Batangas, and 
Davao, in addition to ten other community learning centers 
managed by VFF's NGO partners in other parts of the country. 
The computer skills training complements VFF's other 
counseling and support services.  During the first two years 
of the STEP-UP project, more than 5,000 victims and potential 
victims attended Microsoft's skills training seminars 
throughout the country.  The project hopes to reach its 
target of 10,000 trainees within the next two years. 
 
8. (U) The STEP-UP project is the latest in a series of 
partnerships by Microsoft Philippines to provide technology 
skills training to under-served Filipinos through 
community-based organizations.  Microsoft also partnered with 
the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to 
establish computer training centers in Kuala Lumpur, Hong 
Kong, and other cities with high concentrations of overseas 
Filipino workers.  The Microsoft-OWWA programs target 
lower-skilled workers, including household service workers, 
to improve opportunities for employment upon their return to 
the Philippines. 
 
 
Visit Embassy Manila's Classified SIPRNET website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/manila/index. cfm 
 
You can also access this site through the State Department's 
Classified SIPRNET website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/ 
JONES