PROJECTS 2012
Project 1: "Enhancing the reintegration efforts for victims of trafficking in Albania"
The specific Objectives:
- To offer comprehensive reintegration services to girls and women victims of trafficking in Albania - new and on-going cases
- To extend the reintegration assistance to male victims of trafficking
- To increase efforts for economic empowerment of victims of trafficking in Albania.
- To contribute enhance the capacities of local actors for providing reintegration assistance
Period: 18 Months
Donors: KING BOUDOUIN FOUNDATION
Project 2: "Providing Sustainable Reintegration Assistance for Albanian Victims of Trafficking and those in risk of being trafficked"
The goal of the project: To provide a full range of reintegration services to Albanian victims of trafficking, thus helping them to recover from the abuses they have suffered.
Specific Objectives:
- To provide quality reintegration services to Albanian victims of trafficking.
- To contribute to the sustainability of the reintegration services to Albanian former victims of trafficking.
- To contribute to the implementation of the Albanian National Strategy to Fight Trafficking in Human Beings, and of the National Referral Mechanism.
- To contribute enhance the Albanian local capacities for coordinated provision of assistance.
- Advocacy and Lobbing .
Period: ongoing
Donor: MFA, IOM, UNODC, MIVA
Project 3: "Trafficking vulnerabilities and risk factors: Preventing trafficking and supporting safe migration and resiliency in Albanian, Bosnian, Kosovare, Macedonian and Serbian communities"
In this project D&E is partner with FAFO Institute for Applied International Studies (Norway), and NEXUS Institute (Washington).
Period: 2 years
Donors: NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Project 4:“Enhancing the rights of victims of trafficking in Albania – Ending Stigma”
First phase of the project: April – June 2012
DONOR: DIRECT AID PROGRAM
http://www.dfat.gov.au/direct_aid_program/
Second phase of the project: September 2012 - August 2013
Donor: US Embassy in Tirana
http://tirana.usembassy.gov
The goal of the project:
The project aims to protect and enhance the rights of victims of trafficking in Albania by addressing the issue of stigma and victim blaming.
The Specific Objectives:
- To increase the community knowledge on trafficking phenomenon, aiming to fight the stigmatization against victims of trafficking.
- To increase the level of involvement of Albanian community to support VoT reintegration.
- To facilitate the reintegration process of victims of trafficking in Albanian society.
Project activities:
First phase:
- Creating the photo novella of a victim of trafficking story
- Workshops and community forums Tiranë, Elbasan dhe Vlorë
- Workshops with high school pupils
- Community forums
- Employer Awareness Workshops
- National workshop organized with partners and anti –trafficking stakeholders in Albania
Second phase:
- Production of awareness raising materials like leaflet, poster.
- Workshops and community forums in Berat, Durres, Lezha
- Workshops with high school pupils
- Community forums
- Employer Awareness Workshops
- A final workshop organized with anti –trafficking stakeholders in Albania
Project 5: “Supporting the Reintegration Center for Albanian Victims of Trafficking”
Project period: May – June 2012
Project activities:
- Purchasing new kitchen utensils for Reintegration Center
- Support for art therapy sessions provided for D&E beneficiaries
- Support for entertainment activities for the children of VoT
Donor: TWIG
http://twigtirana.com/
Project 6:“Follow on Anti –Trafficking Efforts – Strengthening Albanian Anti – trafficking”
Project period: January - September 2012
The goal of the project:
The provision of reintegration grants for VoT to support their reintegration in community.
The Specific Objectives:
- To facilitate the reintegration process of D&E beneficiaries.
- To support D&E beneficiaries to be empowered economically and increase their independence.
- To increase the abilities of the beneficiaries to open and manage their own businesses.
The businesses opened under the project for D&E beneficiaries:
- Pie shop
- Used clothing shop
- Hairdressing shop
- Mini-market
- Tailoring
Donor: IOM
http://iomtirana.org.al
Project 7: “Center for Educational Activities for Victims of Trafficking”
The goal of the project
To provide the means for a sustainable and successful reintegration of the Albanian Victims of Trafficking through skills trainings and educational activities
The specific objectives
- Create a professional and safe environment for facilitating the process of skills learning for victims of trafficking in Albania
- Provide psychosocial support and therapy for victims of trafficking and their children
- Develop new resources for the reintegration of Victims of trafficking.
- Contribute to awareness raising and reduce the prejudice experienced by former victims of trafficking
Project activities:
- Training Courses for the beneficiaries
- Art therapy for the beneficiaries
- Guitar Courses
- Psychosocial individual counseling and group counseling
- Educational sessions with victims of trafficking
- Meeting and information sessions with family members of VoT
- The book club
- Home cinema
- Celebration of fiestas, parties, birthdays for victims of trafficking and their children
- Trainings for the staff with experts in different fields
- Summer Schools for the beneficiaries
- Anti stigma activities and community information sessions
- Organize awareness raising activities with the target groups that are in risk of trafficking
- Coaching for employment
- Income generating activities
- Legal assistance and information on the human rights
Donor: IBVM( Loreto)
http://www.loreto.ie/
