2008.08.29: August 29, 2008: Headlines: COS - Mongolia: Montsame: US Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) and their Mongolian counterparts have raised awareness of the threat of Trafficking in Persons
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2008.08.29: August 29, 2008: Headlines: COS - Mongolia: Montsame: US Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) and their Mongolian counterparts have raised awareness of the threat of Trafficking in Persons
US Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) and their Mongolian counterparts have raised awareness of the threat of Trafficking in Persons
Partnering with Save the Children and the Global Leadership Foundation, Peace Presentations have been held this spring in Bayankhongor, Darkhan-Uul, Dorngov, Dornod, Khovd, Khuvsgul, and Tov aimags. The presentations were given at universities, high schools, business institutes, orphanages, and to women�s associations. Prior to this spring, Peace Corps did TIP outreach in Darkhan-Uul, Dorngov, Selenge, Sukhbaatar, and Tov aimags and in Ulaanbaatar . In addition to organizing the nationwide TIP trainings, Peace Corps has been instrumental in spreading awareness of TIP in other ways. Potentially 28,000 Bayankhongor residents learned about TIP dangers when a local television station aired the MTV DVD after PCVs gave it to them and urged the channel to show it. Most importantly, though, have been the innumerable conversations about the dangers of TIP that have happened between PCVs and Mongolians in almost every Mongolian aimag. Peace Corps Mongolia has been focusing on the threat of TIP in Mongolia since 2005 when Peace Corps Mongolia founded its Trafficking in Persons Task Force. There are currently 84 Peace Corps Volunteers working in 18 aimags. S. Batbayar
US Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) and their Mongolian counterparts have raised awareness of the threat of Trafficking in Persons
NEARLY 2,000 MONGOLIANS LEARN ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING DANGER
2008-08-29 17:42:57 | | Хэвлэх | Найздаа илгээх |
Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/ US Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) and their Mongolian counterparts have raised awareness of the threat of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) to more than 1,800 at-risk Mongolians since this spring in seven aimags according to the press release by the US Embassy in Mongolia.
At-risk Mongolians such as sex workers, orphans, high school and university students, and women have all learned of the risks associated with TIP during trainings in seven aimags. Most trainings were co-planned and presented by a US Peace Corps Volunteer and a Mongolian counterpart while others were solely presented by Mongolians, including high school students.
"PCVs provide a valuable service by raising awareness about the dangers of TIP," US Ambassador Mark Minton said. "The information and training they give help at-risk Mongolians protect themselves."
Peace Corps Mongolias senior TIP official echoed Ambassador Mintons comments. "PCVs are good sources of TIP information for young people and other at-risk groups because they are spread throughout Mongolia ," according to S. Enkhtuya , Peace Corps Mongolias TIP Coordinator. "PCVs live in many soums and cities in nearly every aimag and have access to TIP-related information that Mongolians in Volunteers host communities usually do not have."
Participants of the trainings learned what groups are most at-risk to be trafficked; who is a trafficker; strategies for avoiding being trafficked; how to recognize trafficking recruiting advertisements in newspapers or on television; and learned about trafficking-related statistics in Mongolia and the world. Each presentation also featured a DVD produced by the American music channel, MTV, and supported by the Asia Foundation, which details the state of TIP throughout Asia . Mongolian pop star Bold hosts the Mongolian language DVD which is subtitled in English.
"Being aware of trafficking dangers will make them safer and more vigilant," Peace Corps Volunteer Elizabeth Durkin said of the 40 sex workers who attended a March TIP and HIV/AIDS seminar co-hosted by Peace Corps, World Vision, and the Red Cross in Murun, Khuvsgul. "It was especially important to educate sex workers because almost all of them knew nothing about TIP and they are at high risk for being trafficked."
Another TIP presentation was held at Darkhan Secondary School #9 in May. PCV Matt Grieger and his counterpart, Ch. Ulziijargal, first educated four eleventh grade girls on TIP issues and then the students delivered the presentation themselves the next week.
"The presentation at our school was very important and successful because students did the presentation entirely themselves and educated their friends and peers about TIP risks. This is much more helpful than a lecture from teachers or other authority figures," English teacher Ulziijargal said. "It was so important to do our seminar in May because the students were preparing to graduate and many want to study or work abroad and do not understand all TIP dangers," Ulziijargal added.
Partnering with Save the Children and the Global Leadership Foundation, Peace Presentations have been held this spring in Bayankhongor, Darkhan-Uul, Dorngov, Dornod, Khovd, Khuvsgul, and Tov aimags. The presentations were given at universities, high schools, business institutes, orphanages, and to women�s associations. Prior to this spring, Peace Corps did TIP outreach in Darkhan-Uul, Dorngov, Selenge, Sukhbaatar, and Tov aimags and in Ulaanbaatar .
In addition to organizing the nationwide TIP trainings, Peace Corps has been instrumental in spreading awareness of TIP in other ways. Potentially 28,000 Bayankhongor residents learned about TIP dangers when a local television station aired the MTV DVD after PCVs gave it to them and urged the channel to show it. Most importantly, though, have been the innumerable conversations about the dangers of TIP that have happened between PCVs and Mongolians in almost every Mongolian aimag.
Peace Corps Mongolia has been focusing on the threat of TIP in Mongolia since 2005 when Peace Corps Mongolia founded its Trafficking in Persons Task Force. There are currently 84 Peace Corps Volunteers working in 18 aimags.
S. Batbayar
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