Project Name: ASHSHASH: For Men and Women Who Have Escaped Trafficking
Project Objective:
Outcome 1: Men and women who have escaped trafficking improve their physical, social, and economic well-being through psychological support and other reintegration services.
Outcome 2: Institutions are made more accountable and effective in providing services beneficial to men and women who have escaped trafficking.
Project Goal:
Goal: Men and Women Who Have Escaped Trafficking Restore Their Dignity and Well-Being, and Become Self-Sufficient
Project Brief:
The second phase of Ashshash project is being implemented in Bangladesh, in collaboration with local partners and governmental agencies. The project works to ensure the protection of human trafficking survivors through various social and economic support services. And, prevent trafficking across at-risk and vulnerable communities in Bangladesh through various awareness activities. The project provides psychosocial counselling to human trafficking survivors directly, their families, and community members, under the umbrella of social services. It also provides healthcare and legal support to the survivors through referrals. Under the umbrella of economic services, Ashshash provides training on vocational skills and entrepreneurship, and subsequently enables wage and self-employment opportunities for the survivors. Ashshash also works to forge strategic partnerships with key governmental and private sector stakeholders of the country, and capacitate service-providers to avail various support services in a more effective manner, with increased accountability. The project will place survivors at the core – an initial needs assessment for individual beneficiaries and their families will be carried out to ensure their needs.
Duration: 1st June 2023 – 31st May 2027, Supported By: The Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh
Working Area: Sadar, Sadarpur and Bhanga Upazila under Faridpur District and Naria, Zinjara and Sadar Upazila under Shariatpur District.
Beneficiaries: Target Beneficiaries: Men and Women Who Have Escaped Trafficking, 6,000 Survivors (65% Women) (for SDS Faridpur – 500, Shariatpur – 500) and their Respective Communities 2,000,000 Indirect Beneficiaries.
Major activities:
• Project inception.
• Source Map update for identification of victims.
• Victim Identification and enrollment.
• Case Management with documentation.
• Community Counseling Sessions.
• Trauma counseling support by Experts (Need base).
• Provide need based and trauma informed psychosocial assistance to beneficiaries and their families.
• Organized and facilitate Life skill training.
• SME Mapping.
• Provide Carrera counselling.
• Mentor Mentee Training, Class Room Training, Industrial based Training.
• Entrepreneurship Development Training.
• Business Start-up support.
• Job Market opportunity.
• Follow-up of employed graduates up to 6 months.
• Men and women who have escaped trafficking receive health support (Need base).
• Update district level directory.
• CTIP activists group formation meeting.
• Capacity Development of CTIP activists on Human Trafficking, migration, Survivor service, Survivor identification, referral mechanism ;
• Bi Monthly Coordination Meeting for CTIP Activists.
• Community Awareness session (Puppet Show/ Folk Song/ Street Drama/Community Dialogue ).
• Interactive session with youth and CBO.
• Different day Observance.
• Coordination meeting with service providers.
