Soroptimist International Projekte International President´s Appeal 2009
| President´s Appeal 2009 |
Soroptimist International President’s Appeal, December 10, 2009‘Hopes and Dreams for Everyone’ Menschenhandel aus Moldawien soll verhindert werden, indem gefährdete Kinder unter nachhaltigen Lebensbedingungen Fertigkeiten für das Leben lernen. In ihrem Aufruf 2009 hat die SI Weltpräsidentin Hanne Jensbo entschieden, ein sehr erfolgreiches Projekt gegen Menschenhandel auszuwählen, das von SI Norwegen gemeinsam mit SI Clubs in Moldawien in den letzen vier Jahren durchgeführt wurde. Eine weitere Finanzierung ist dringend notwendig, um das Projekt fortzusetzen.
Every year, on Human Rights Day (December 10) the President of Soroptimist International selects a project that provides direct assistance to women in extreme need. President’s Appeal, December 10 2009: ‘Hopes and Dreams for Everyone’ Prevent human trafficking from
For the 2009 Appeal, President Hanne Jensbo has chosen to adopt a highly successful anti-trafficking project run by the SI Union of
The Need  Largely owing to poverty, Moldova is a major source and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; Moldovan women are trafficked to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe; girls and young women are trafficked within the country from rural areas to Chisinau; children are also trafficked to neighbouring countries for forced labour and begging.
Young girls living in boarding schools are particularly exposed to the dangers of trafficking. Some are there because their parents are among the half million Moldavians who have gone abroad to find work. By the age of 16 they have left school, have no support and often, nowhere to live. Project Aim  To work with 4 of the 68 boarding schools in Girls aged between 13 and 16 while they are in school
Girls aged between 16 and 18 after they have left school
Further – to support victims of trafficking who have managed to go back to their home country and need support to return to a normal life.
Project Activities Life skill education programme, including career guidance, health care, dealing with violence at home, communication with public offices.
Higher education support programme: career counselling, housing allowances during education, mentoring and support from social assistants.
Project Partners
International Organization for Migration (IOM), the leading inter-governmental migration organization, working in
The
Download more information on the 2009 Appeal 2009 President’s Appeal brochure – Hopes and dreams for everyone We need your support! Please circulate this information as widely as possible. Please send your donations to your Federation Headquarters for onward transmission to Soroptimist International.
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