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Final Report Prevention of Human Trafficking in Children, Youth and Women FINAL REPORT 06 June 2017 – 06 June 2018 Promoting the Rule of Law Project Grant Number:PRL-G-008-002 Implemented by: Mawk Kon Local Development Organization Nang Voe Phart Ph. 08423943, 095250848 Khattar Street, MyoThit Ward (3), Keng Tung Tsp, Eastern Shan State, Myanmar. Accomplishments In Milestone A, we had fully executed grant agreement, prepared detailed monthly work plan for all activities, two staffs had attended of key organization staff Project-sponsored USAID Rules & Regulations Training at Yangon. And We were prepared draft suitable core group identified/ forming workshop including agendas, invitees list, handouts and other deliverable materials and also we were prepared IEC draft design such as Pamphlet, Vinyl, Planners and Cap. We had created organizational bank account for these Prevention of Human Trafficking in Children and we also met the target with grant agreement. In Milestone B, We had identified and formed core group workshops at Keng Tung and Tachileik Township. We can be formed (11) core group in Keng Tung and (6) core group in Tachileik, cumulative total (2) times. Totally participants are male (33) & female (21) and involved in each core group workshop. Therefore some core group were actively participated, can be made for networks in these workshop, it directly depend on migration & trafficking events at Thailand and some country and then its encourage to participate for next awareness, campaign & TOT training relevant with migration and human trafficking. In these two workshops, we were only distributing/ supporting handouts but we didn’t used any other deliverable materials. We’ve already made bank KBZ current account used for organization. We’re completely production of IEC materials such as Pamphlet, Vinyl, Planners and cap. We had prepared draft Trafficking & Migration issues initial exploration workshop agenda, invitee list, handouts, terms & reference of facilitator and other deliverable materials and also already prepared Trainer of Training agenda, invitee list, handouts and other deliverables materials. We were prepared draft anti-trafficking day campaign agenda, invitee list, drama show plan, T-shirt design, bag design & other deliverable materials and also updated detailed monthly work plan. In Milestone C, We were conducted and held on Trafficking & Migration workshops at Keng Tung and Tachiliek Township. In these two workshops, some of new participants can be discussed a few but 60% of participants can be conducted to others & participated actively for workshops about different between Trafficking & Migration. And then, we were conducted Trainer of Training (TOT) workshop finished in 4-7.9.2017 at Tachleik and 25-27.9.2017 at Tachileik. So, six-groups of trainees about 28-participants (17 male, 11 female) from Tachileik were participated and also six-groups of 27-participants (11 male, 16 female) from Keng Tung were actively participated for in these 2- workshops. Therefore some of groups from Tachileik, Keng Tung have already known about different between and relevant with Trafficking & Migration, so they can be discussed actively and shared to communities as a result, 70% of participants can be shared for each communities but some of participants have different knowledge with them. And also we were conducted & coordinated with Government, held on Anti-Human Trafficking Day and finished in 13.9.2017 at Myotthaw Hall, Keng Tung. In these Campaign, various kind of 373-participants (138 male, 235 female) such as donor, governments staffs, INGOs, NGO’s, village Leaders, communities, middle & high school students & INGOs from Thailand were joined in these campaign and we’ve shown awareness of trafficking videos which different languages such as Shan, Lahu, Arkhar languages, and also they are turned around looking to trafficking & migration activities posters. And then, we’ve already distributed IEC materials such as T-shirt (350-nos), Bag (350-nos) in these Campaign and also in any others training (TOT, Campaign, and Trafficking & Migration) had distributed for Pamphlets (200-nos), Vinyl (80-nos), Caps (80-nos) & Planners (80-nos) to participants. As a result, (373 –participants) more participants were participated than estimated our targets at Campaign. In Milestone D, We were conducted and held on Awareness raising on Trafficking Education with partners about 12-sessions such as cumulative total 9-sessions at Keng Tung ( TYO- 6 session, MKLDO- 3-sessions) and also TTDN was finished 3-sessions at Tachileik that we meet the milestone targets at different places, 546 participants( 209 male, 337 female) actively for these awareness sessions and also other CSO’s such as ESSC, KJH and SOL can be gave awareness raising on trafficking education sessions at each respective areas because they’ve already had Trafficking TOT training from MKLDO. At 15th. Dec.2017. we conducted and held on Township multi stakeholder workshop at Tai Li, 25 participants (20 male, 5 female) was actively participated and shared case story with each others and also can be negotiated networks for next awareness sessions with CSO’s, Government, village head in these workshop. As a result, we can be distributed IEC materials (410 pamphlets, 120 vinyl, 276 planners, and 171 caps) at awareness sessions, township multi stakeholder and also more than the milestone-D targets. In Milestone E, We were conducted and held on Awareness raising on Trafficking Education with partners about 9-sessions within milestone E such as cumulative total 9-sessions at Keng Tung (MKLDO- 4-sessions), TTDN was finished 3-sessions and also 2-sessions on Helping Hand & Meileik Menwe (CSOs) were finished each one time at Tachileik that we met over the milestone targets at different places, 470 participants( 187 male, 283 female) actively for these awareness sessions and also other CSO’s such as Helping Hand, Meileik Menwe and Country of Own Service Civil Association (COSCA) can be gave awareness raising on trafficking education sessions with case story at each respective areas because they’ve already had Trafficking TOT training from MKLDO. At 9th. Feb.2017. we conducted and held on Township multi stakeholder workshop at Tachileik ATTF office, 43 participants (31 male, 12 female) was actively participated and shared case story with each other and also can be negotiated networks for next awareness sessions with CSO’s, Government, village head in these workshop. As a result, we can be distributed IEC materials ( 485 pamphlets, 51 vinyl, 34 planners, 145 caps) at awareness sessions, township multi stakeholder and also more than the milestone-E targets but we’ve already planned for distribution vinyl to be met target within these month (April 2018). In Milestone F, We were conducted and held on Awareness raising on Trafficking Education with partners about 7-sessions, such as cumulative total 4-sessions at Keng Tung (TYO), TTDN was finished one time and also Meileik Menwe (CSO) was finished two time at respective areas, total 3 sessions, 289 participants (67 male, 222 female) that we can be implemented more than the grant agreement because we didn’t complete target population in some awareness session so we had already re-implemented over 3 awareness sessions, at one time at Keng Tung and two time at Tachileik and also we met the target populations. And then, we’ve already distributed IEC materials,(149 vinyl, 4 caps) at awareness sessions and cumulative total (1,095 Pamphlets, 400 Vinyl, 400 Planners, 400 Caps). As a results, we were also met the target with grant agreement that IEC distribution and awareness raising on trafficking education sessions and also core group forming workshops, initial exploration workshops and Trainer of Training (TOT), Anti trafficking Day Campaign and Township Multi stakeholder workshops (KT, TCL). And we also referral trafficking (2) cases to ATTF office within the whole project. Findings We had already applied more time to print out for our IEC materials to get quality products and also including anti-trafficking awareness video which different languages such as Lahu, Arkhar, Shan. We can be implemented for 2-days (TOT) training on (19-20.2.18) at Naung Kan village and Pan San Kya village, 28 participants (16 male, 12 male) are actively participated. We thought, if we can support income generation with livelihood for migrant workers that can be reduced rate of migration relevant with trafficking case. And also Country of Own Service Civil Association (COSCA) suggested MKLDO & Tachileik CSOs need to give more awareness raising on trafficking education sessions for rural areas, triangle boarder areas and hard to reach hill region areas for Lahu, Arkhar, Palaung and Shan ethnics because they didn’t have any knowledge of migration relevant with trafficking education. After Trainer of Training at Keng Tung, we observed some of participant was not only can’t literate on lecture with Myanmar Language fluently but also they was understood half of lecture that not whole lessons, so that we had taken more time for these participant. In Trainer of Training, Tachileik CSO’s such as COSCA, Helping Hand and Meileik Menwe were good coordination, actively participated and also they had already given awareness raising on trafficking education sessions at their respective areas. So, Country of Own Service Civil Association (COSCA) can be arranged and managed hall, participants such as Government, CSO’s and Communities for meeting & awareness sessions and they were shared experiences that migration relevant with trafficking case story to communities. After we had given awareness raising on trafficking education sessions to communities that we observed new participants from village level are more interesting in migration relevant with trafficking case story and as such, some of participants had knowledge of migration and trafficking so that, they can be shared their knowledge to communities. Thus, they were good coordination for these awareness sessions because we had discussed with updated case story & trafficking videos that more effective for them.
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