According to the agreement, the new partner of the coalition will join other member organizations* to work together for a common goal to reduce human trafficking by facilitating circulation of information about specific cases of human trafficking including collective planning of preventive measures for various target groups; establishing cooperation with public and municipal institutions; organizing local and international cooperation events, seminars, and conferences to exchange experience of working with various target groups with other organizations.
“Our organization was founded on April 4, 2014 and it is the first legal entity to unite people outside Rigaworking towards reducing human trafficking. Our activities mostly involve raising awareness in society and taking preventive measures in order to prevent human trafficking in Vidzeme. Hopefully, people will also unite in other regions and municipalities and work side by side. Our strength is in numbers! With this motto we join the coalition,” points out A. Vaisla (A. Vaišļa), Board Member of For Human Trafficking Free Vidzeme.
Project Society’s “Shelter “Safe House”” Action Support Programme to Reduce Human Trafficking in Latvia is being implemented since July 2013 and offers various measures to reduce human trafficking. Target group of the project includes “Shelter ”Safe House”” members, employees, volunteers as well as other NGOs.
*"SOS Children’s Villages Latvia", department of "Social Service Agency" – family crisis centre "Mīlgrāvis", "Latvian Samaritan association" crisis centre for children and women "Māras centrs", "Talsi district crisis centre", "Baltic Regional Fund", „Shelter ”Safe House””.
The project is financed by Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway.
The programme NGO Fund ir financed by the EEA Financial Mechanism and Latvian government.
Find out more about the EEA Financial Mechanism programme NGO Fund here
Website of the Society Integration Foundation: http://www.sif.lv
Website of the EEA Financial Mechanism in Latvia: http://www.eeagrants.lv
Official website of the EEA Financial Mechanism: http://www.eeagrants.org
Responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the society “Shelter “Safe House””.
For more information:
Rasa Salina (Rasa Saliņa), Public Relations Consultant and Practitioner
rasa.salina@gmail.com