“Shelter “Safe House”” is organizing Media Breakfast – a discussion with media and partner organizations

Ievietots: 05.12.2013

The process of migration is one of the main aspects to facilitate human trafficking. Many Latvians are packing their suitcases to work abroad hopeful for the future. Unfortunately, for many it is the beginning of a number of failures and problems which makes them ask for assistance to come back home.

Assistance takes a long time and involves numerous institutions – public, municipal, non-governmental organizations in Latvia and abroad. In order to inform of the results of the preventive work achieved so far and to outline the future activities and coalition of NGOs for cooperation to reduce human trafficking

NGO “Shelter “Safe House”” is organizing Media Breakfast – a discussion with media and partner organizations on December 17 at 10:00 – 11:30 at Cemodans restaurant, Gertrudes iela 39, Riga.

Topics for discussion at Media Breakfast:

- Sold Freedom 2 („Pārdota brīvība 2”) project including an informative campaign "Be Informed – Prevent Human Trafficking" from which took place on 18.09-18.10 is coming to a close; results achieved;

- Activities to reduce human trafficking are continuing, a new project Shelter “Safe House”” Action Support Programme to Reduce Human Trafficking in Latvia* is launched;

- The first hotline to reduce human trafficking in Latvia and its importance to the society, call statistics;

- NGOs unite in a coalition to improve effectiveness of preventive work to reduce human trafficking (signing cooperation agreements with NGO).

Contacts for media representatives: Rasa Salina (Rasa Saliņa), tel.: 22026355, email: rasa.salina@gmail.com

*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