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4.4 World Vision Bangladesh
World Vision (WV) is an international non-profit, Christian humanitarian development and
advocacy organization that seeks to create long lasting change in the lives of children, families
and communities living in poverty and injustice through development relief and rehabilitation
programmes around the world. World Vision serves all people regardless of race, religion,
caste, creed, ethnicity or gender.
Child Safety Net Project (CSNP) is a special initiative of World Vision Bangladesh (WVB)
to combat child trafficking, and prevention of child abuses and exploitation. Project goal is to
reduce children’s vulnerability to trafficking, abuse and exploitation and increase rates of
identification, rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration. The project covers 25 sub-districts of 9
districts under Khulna, Barisal and Dhaka divisions. During 2016, the project provided
prevention, protection and restoration services for 2,86,131 people including 29,013 males,
119,245 females, 55,226 boys and 82,647 girls through various interventions and brought
impacts on the community level.
Prevention:
The programme prevention model has included
awareness education, media and cultural campaign,
distribution of IEC/BCC materials, establishing
CFS, Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) training,
training on parental skill and provided livelihood
support to reduce the vulnerability of children
potential to trafficking. Awareness was created on
trafficking persons issues through with courtyard
meetings, school special education, street drama
etc. The project has empowered community adult,
children, local government, law enforcing agencies
and local elite.
About 91 print and electronic media journalists
including child journalists have been trained on Anti-Trafficking issues. To spread the AT
message, leaflets on AT awareness and The Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking
Act 2012 have been printed and distributed among the people. With support of high level of
Bangladesh Police, Khulna Range, 29 billboards have been installed in Satkhira Sadar and
Assasuni upazila, the area which is adjacent to the Indian border and is high-risk to human
trafficking.The project has educated 11,124 community people including 11,816 males,
94,424 females, 799 boys and 4,085 girls through organizing group education sessions at the
community level especially in the villages and slums. At different schools of the project’s
working areas, about 93,948 students were covered through special classroom lectures being
attended by 38,439 boys and 55,509 girls. In addition, 67 cultural programmes have been
organized to sensitize about trafficking issues.
The project has established 20 Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in different working upazilas
(sub-districts). The vulnerable children stay there with safe and protected environment for
certain periods of a day. They learn non-formal and creative learning in CFS; especially
provided pre-school education, catch-up education and co-curricular activities such as cultural
events, creative learning and games to the children. Through CFS intervention, the project
covered a total of 764 children including 367 boys and 397 girls.
Collaborative with Bangladesh Police, Khulna Range,
World Vision Bangladeshdisseminating
Anti-Trafficking information