Tanzania is a source, transit route and destination of trafficking activities. Most of the victims are children. To solve the problem, DRT will provide poor children' families with training and start-up materials in high-demand trades to reduce their financial vulnerability to traffickers. DRT will also build awareness to community members around young child trafficking. The desired outcome for this project is a decreased risk of trafficking to at least 10,000 children.
According to the United States Department of State (USDOS, 2015), Tanzania is said to be a source, transit route and destination of trafficking activities. Most of the victims are children. International Organization for Migration (IOM) also shows that in Tanzania 97% of cases of trafficking are internal involving young children. Traffickers exploit children from underserved communities in domestic works, mining and in sex trafficking in urban cities like Dar es Salaam, Dodoma etc.
Our experience tells us that the trafficking of young children stems first and foremost from the economic and social challenges that parent face in providing for their families. To solve the problem, DRT will provide 100 poor children' families with training and start-up materials in high-demand trades to reduce their financial vulnerability to traffickers. DRT will also build awareness to 200 parents, 50 laws enforcing agencies' staff and general public around young child trafficking.
The desired outcome for this project is a decreased risk of trafficking, and increased resilience to at least 10,000 young children in the cities of Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Arusha. We not only prevent them from becoming victims of trafficking and exploitation, but our holistic approach works to combat the problem at the root. We will work with the children and their families to rise from poverty and impact their future for the better.
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