John Preller is a community leader in Port Elizabeth South Africa who has in depth insight in dealing with victims of human trafficking. In this 15 minute interview John discusses the trial of 6 Nigerian Nationals arrested for trafficking of people in South Africa. He further reveals the connection that exists between prostitution and human trafficking.
Stop Trafficking of People is currently in the process of putting together CARE Packs as a joint initiative with PROJECT CARE, initiated by Errol Naidoo from Family Policy Institute. These packs are resource packs with the aim of empowering individuals or groups to start creating awareness about trafficking in their communities. These packs will consist of various kinds of resources from organisations working in the field of trafficking and prostitution that could be used to raise awareness in all the different sectors of a community – schools, churches, local law enforcement, hospitals, clinics, the media and so forth. Resources include everything from flyers, posters and training manuals to informative DVD’s, Public Service Announcements and radio ads. Organisations represented include Justice Acts, Missing Children SA, Straatwerk, Inter-Outreach Ministries, Not for Sale, Salvation Army and of course STOP.
1. Basic CARE pack
This pack is tailor-made for individuals or small teams of people. It includes:
A DVD with clips that can be shown to different kinds of audiences when hosting an awareness session about trafficking.
A data DVD with various posters, flyers, and training manuals that can be printed and distributed as the need arises
An information booklet on organisations working in the field and how one can join in with their initiatives
2. Full CARE pack
This pack is tailor-made for task teams, community groups, churches and organisations who want to launch an extensive anti-trafficking awareness campaign in their communities. It includes:
CARE Pack User Guide – This is a detailed description of how to put together a task team, what kind of programmes to implement, what resources to use when going to different audiences, which organisations to contact etc.
A STOP DVD with clips that can be shown to different kinds of audiences when hosting an awareness session about trafficking.
A data DVD with various posters, flyers, and training manuals from all organisations represented that can be printed and distributed as the need arises
Hard copy examples of all posters and flyers – including resources from STOP, Justice Acts, Straatwerk, Not for Sale, Missing Children SA and Salvation Army.
A STOP Human Trafficking Educator’s Manual for teachers
A STOP Police Awareness Manual to be used when educating police (or any type of person who might come into contact with a trafficked victim – like hospital personnel)
A Justice Acts Traffick Proof Manual and flash cards – to be used when doing a presentation to high school or community groups
A Straatwerk information pack with start-up resources and information to implement the “Valuable to Jesus” programme in your community. This programme is specifically aimed at primary school children.
Resources for those working directly with victim assistance:
Developing Caregivers of Women’s Ministries (Marge Ballin from Inter Outreach Ministries)
The A-Z of opening and running a Shelter (Linda Fugard from Sisters Inc.)
These packs can be ordered directly from STOP. Please contact us!
With more and more children becoming victims of trafficking Missing Children SA supplied the 2010 Human Traffic team with a number of tips. These tips will enable children to empower themselves. Performed by Andrea Pienaar and Caleb Louw from Jan van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town, South Africa. Produced by Firestorm Productions in benefit of STOP Trafficking of People’s 2010 Human Traffic Campaign.
This video was created to inform parents on how to keep their children safe. It was created for STOP Trafficking of People’s 2010 Human Traffic campaign and produced by Firestorm Productions. Bonnie Henna is the presenter.
We are busy developing various kinds of resources with the photos we took for the HANDS OFF OUR WOMEN Campaign. Here is an example of a one pager magazine spread. Please contact us if you want to place a spread like this in any newspaper or magazine. We’ll be more than happy to chop and change it according to your specifications!
The following Information video was created by Firestorm Productions for STOP Human Trafficking. Performances are by learners from Jan van Riebeeck Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa.
So you want to know how you can help?? Everyone doesn’t always have the time to volunteer at an NGO between working, eating, sleeping and just basically doing life. But in the tecnologically advanced era that we live in, it doesn’t take a lot to distribute information. In fact, it only takes a few clicks of a button and viola! Please download these fundraising emailers and send them to everyone you know!
You would imagine that the answer to that question is rather obvious, but believe it or not, it seems that there are some who can’t quite grasp the connection.
The following book was brought to life by SWEAT (Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce). It is the fruit of a three year study where the relation between the sex industry and human trafficking was researched.
We are of the opinion that SWEAT’s stance is bias not supported by valid empirical research. A response to this book was compiled in order to foster conversation around this topic.
