Prevention of trafficking in children and women at a community level in Cambodia and Viet Nam (Human Security Fund)

DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE: To contribute to the elimination of labour exploitation of children and women, in particular the trafficking of children and women in Cambodia and Viet Nam. IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE: To build community capacity to prevent trafficking in children and women in total 6 provinces in Cambodia and Viet Nam through setting up and maintaining holistic community-based preventive interventions against trafficking in children and women in a participatory manner in selected communities in Cambodia and Viet Nam with high incidence of trafficking. Output 1 Effective community based programmes for the prevention of trafficking will have been developed and implemented in 35 villages from 3 provinces in Cambodia and 10 communes of 3 provinces in Vietnam. Concrete outputs will vary, including any or more of the following: • livelihood of target villagers will have been improved through increased income • relevant target villagers and local authorities will have been capacitated to improve baseline data, analyse information and plan holistically to prevent trafficking in their villages. • Baseline information on the situation of trafficking and migration, including information on migration, income, education etc. (segregated by gender and age) will have been updated and analysed regularly with assistance of implementing agencies. Output 2 - Existing services (such as education and training establishments, health and nutrition programmes, markets, job placement assistance, savings and credit facilities) will have been made more accessible to a wider group of families and children at risk of trafficking. Key outcomes includes (from Final Evaluation): The project sought to contribute to the prevention of trafficking in children and women in sending communities in the two countries through integrated community-based interventions aimed at reducing vulnerability to trafficking. The major components comprising this model for reducing vulnerability are awareness raising, vocational training, micro-finance and income generation, and education support, with an emphasis on community and child participation. The project was implemented in three provinces in Cambodia, Kampong Cham, Svay Rieng and Prey Veng; and three provinces in southern Vietnam, Tay Ninh, Hau Giang and Can Tho. The project implemented all its planned activities and achieved its quantitative activity targets in each country. This achievement was due in large part to the commitment and energy of the project staff as well as the strong commitment of stakeholders at provincial and community level. Situating the project management within existing structures concerned with trafficking and child labour prevention, namely the provincial implementing structure of the National Plan of Action in Vietnam and the Committee for Child Protection structure in Cambodia, enhanced the potential for sustainability of the project interventions. At the same time, the project has built the capacity of the members of these institutions, especially at provincial level, to implement effective and multi-sectoral anti-trafficking interventions. The project has been successful in initiating innovative approaches to awareness raising, and the promotion of children’s active participation in forums, cultural events and monitoring of community activities was a particular highlight. The extent to which increased awareness has led to changed migration behaviour has not been adequately measured however. Within awareness raising approaches and materials used further emphasis needs to be given to the inclusion of more practical guidance and referrals to support services for safe migration where they exist, or the development of such services. The project has enabled the key implementing agencies and their collaborating partners to develop coordinated responses to preventing trafficking and in doing so has made a valuable contribution to mid-level anti-trafficking efforts. Taken as a whole, the proj

Project symbol

RAS/02/09/HSF

Admin unit

RO-Asia and the Pacific

Start date

01/08/2003

End date

31/10/2006

Total allocation

1092600

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1092600

Development Partners

United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security

Country/Countries

Asia and the Pacific - regional

Outcomes

Increase constituent and development partner capacity to develop or implement policies or measures focused on reducing child labour