Act to prevent human trafficking and the spread of COVID-19 within shelters hosting victims/potential victims of trafficking!

ALTRI Center with the support of GIZ Albania, Regional Project for Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, has started implementing the initiative “Act to prevent human trafficking and the spread of COVID-19 within shelters hosting victims/potential victims of trafficking!”. This initiative has two components: the first one aims to guarantee the victims of human beings right to safety and to prevent the spread of Corona-19 within shelters hosting these beneficiaries, given the immediate response imposed by COVID-19. It consists of some actions such as: the identification of victims of human being hosted in shelters needs and risks, provision of critical hygiene supplies for prevention; and awareness raising on the impact that the  pandemic had and still continues to have on their life, risks that this vulnerable group face and the measures that should be taken. The second one aims to contribute to the initiative proposed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to strengthen the resilience of (potential) victims by empowering public authorities and civil society institutions to carry out target-group-specific campaigns, awareness of specific risk situations is increased among service providers, the public and the target groups in Albania. This project will last 12 months and will be implemented in the Municipality of Tirana, the Municipality of Elbasan and the Municipality of Vlora.