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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000376 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SA/INS AND G/TIP NEUMANN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NP
SUBJECT: PROPOSALS FOR FY 2006 G/TIP INCL AND ESF FUNDING 
 
REF: O5 SECSTATE 221416 
 
INTRODUCTION 
------------ 
 
¶1.  Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following 
eight projects, in rank order, for consideration for FY 2006 
International Narcotics, Crime and Law Enforcement (INCLE), 
and Economic Support Funds (ESF) funding.  Post has pouched 
the full text of the proposals to the Office to Combat 
Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP), registered pouch number 
¶5623706.  End Introduction. 
 
PROJECT ONE 
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¶2.  Title:  Capacity Building of Reporting System 
 
Recipient Government Agency:  National Human Rights 
Commission (NHRC), Office of National Rapporteur on 
Trafficking in Women and Children (ONRT) 
 
Project Duration:  One year (new project) 
 
Objectives 
---------- 
 
--Strengthen ONRT's capacity for institutional continuity and 
sustainability to protect the human rights of women and 
children in accordance with the mandate of Nepal's Human 
Rights Commission Act 1997. 
--Strengthen the capacity of the ONRT reporting system by 
introducing a system-based reporting mechanism. 
--Develop networking relationships at the national and 
regional levels on cross-border protection issues to protect 
the human rights of trafficked women and children. 
 
Activities 
---------- 
 
--Procure database to develop information management system 
on trafficking of women and children. 
--Develop institutional network with stakeholders at the 
district level to collect trafficking information. 
--Establish a reporting system to document trafficking 
information. 
--Conduct research to find trends of rescue, repatriation, 
rehabilitation and reintegration of trafficked persons. 
--Conduct a study on cross border trafficking issues in 
Bangladesh, India and Nepal. 
--Conduct training to develop the capacity of ONRT staff. 
 
Sustainability 
-------------- 
 
ONRT is the structural institutional wing of Nepal's National 
Human Rights Commission, thus all post-project activities 
will be taken care of under the regular development 
activities of the NHRC. 
 
Justification 
------------- 
 
ONRT is a newly established office in NHRC and is charged 
with publishing Nepal's national report on trafficking.  The 
final draft of the 2005 national report (Nepal's first ever) 
has been prepared and will be printed in the near future. 
The national report will provide valuable reference material 
for the U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report.  The annual U.S. 
Trafficking in Persons Report has significantly raised 
awareness about the issues of trafficking and women's 
empowerment in the national, regional and global context.  In 
order to better prepare Nepal's annual national report on 
trafficking, the ONRT is required to develop a reporting 
system to provide statistical data and information based on 
different events related to trafficking.  Support in 
developing the reporting system will help strengthen ONRT's 
institutional capacity by developing linkages and 
strengthening the capacity of District and Village Task 
Forces.  There are 26 District Task Forces Against 
Trafficking, which have a mandate to combat trafficking of 
women and children.  ONRT will assist these task forces to 
build strong institutional networks so they can effectively 
collect and analyze trafficking data and information. 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
--Data from field visits put into the new database. 
--Institutional networks developed in two districts in each 
of five development regions, for a total of ten districts. 
--Trafficking cases monitored in five districts. 
--At least 50 documents related to trafficking in persons 
collected for the NHRC. 
--Report on research trends published. 
--Cross-border trafficking challenges (between India, Nepal 
and Bangladesh) identified for policy recommendation. 
--At least one officer trained in the trafficking in persons 
reporting system. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
 
A policy steering committee will be formed to evaluate the 
project.  The committee will consist of policy-level 
authorities from the NHRC, ONRT, government, and other 
unspecified NGO partners of the project.  The committee will 
develop a six- and twelve-month evaluation plan, with an 
evaluation team from the committee to be charged with doing 
the evaluation based on field visits.  A final review meeting 
will be conducted between NHRC and USAID and an evaluation 
report submitted. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Database Development:               1,749 
Two Database Staff:                 5,604 
Equipment, Training, and Personnel 
  to develop district-level data 
  collection network:              18,195 
Documentation Collection System, 
  including a Complaint-Handling 
  Program Officer:                 10,819 
Research on trafficking trends:    12,596 
Study on cross border trafficking:  9,797 
ONRT staff training:                4,199 
Personnel - 13 program officers:    6,368 
 
Total Cost of Program:             69,327 
 
Cost Sharing:  ONRT will provide operational support to 
execute and implement the project, which will include regular 
staff salaries, office facilities and a vehicle.  There is no 
specified dollar amount for this cost sharing. 
 
Proposed Funding Mechanism:  Propose that USAID or other 
appropriate international organization be used as a 
pass-through. 
 
PROJECT TWO 
----------- 
 
¶3.  Title:  Strengthening Prosecution and Case Handling to 
Combat Trafficking in Nepal 
 
Recipient Organization:  The Asia Foundation (TAF), with 
sub-grants to NGOs ASMITA (Nepali for "Identity"), the Center 
for Legal Research and Resource Development (CeLRRd), and the 
NGO Federation of Nepal 
 
Project Duration:  One year (new project) 
 
Objectives 
---------- 
 
--Strengthen and institutionalize case management, 
repatriation of victims and prosecution of traffickers. 
--Coordinate efforts of government and NGOs to enforce 
standards to combat trafficking in communities. 
 
Activities 
---------- 
 
--Train multi-disciplinary teams consisting of police, 
medical personnel, counselors and development workers on 
evidence collection and handling, and laws and regulations. 
--Establish coordinated case handling processes. 
--Train members of the Nepalese Foreign Service to collect 
evidence and protect the rights of trafficking victims. 
--Develop and enforce minimum standards to combat trafficking 
at village and district levels through joint strategic 
planning and increase multi-sectoral dialogue. 
--Project activities will operate in six districts:  Jhapa, 
Kanchanpur, Kapilvastu, Kathmandu, Morang, and Rautahat. 
These districts have been selected based upon updated 
information about shifting migration flows, human trafficking 
routes, and hotspot transit areas in Nepal.  Project 
activities will target audiences at the district and village 
levels, including civil society groups, service providers, 
government authorities, and the police.  In addition, TAF 
will work with Kathmandu- and district-based governmental and 
non-governmental institutions to promote coordination and 
strengthen prosecution mechanisms. 
 
Sustainability 
-------------- 
 
TAF's strategy for sustaining results is two-pronged.  First, 
it aims to strengthen the expertise and commitment of public 
and private partners to continue enforcing trafficking laws 
and further develop the criminal justice system after the 
project ends.  The nature of the partnership respects partner 
interests and establishes program ownership at the local 
level.  Second, the strategy mobilizes communities, citizens, 
government officials, law enforcement, and service providers 
as anti-trafficking advocates and implementers.  Building 
empowered local constituencies puts anti-trafficking on the 
common agenda.  Broad commitment to this agenda is key to 
sustaining results.  TAF recognizes that interventions which 
work from the bottom-up, involve communities, build 
capacities, and establish systems for providing support and 
taking action hold greater promise for sustainability than 
top-down interventions. 
 
Justification 
------------- 
 
Women and children who return to Nepal after being trafficked 
abroad are often in need of a variety of services and 
support, such as confidential medical treatment, legal 
advice, and/or assistance in returning to their home 
communities.  Standardized procedures for the safe 
repatriation of victims involving Nepali and Indian police, 
Nepali embassies or consulates, and community-level officials 
are currently lacking in effectiveness, as are mechanisms to 
exchange evidence cross-border to aid in prosecuting 
traffickers.  A strong support system is needed to ensure 
that victims of trafficking are not re-victimized during 
their journey back to Nepal or during the prosecution process. 
 
Better coordination between the government, NGOs, and other 
sectors of society is needed to effectively address the 
complex set of issues involved in trafficking.  Nepal's 
National Plan of Action mandates the establishment of 
District and Village Development Committee (VDC) 
anti-trafficking Task Forces as the focal points on 
trafficking.  In the past, TAF has worked to mobilize these 
formal Task Force structures and succeeded to a large extent 
in project districts.  TAF will continue to facilitate 
formation and capacity building of Task Forces, and 
coordination between the Task Forces and other stakeholders 
among civil society, the police, and the courts. 
 
Last, this project responds to U.S. Department of State 
reporting requirements on repatriation, prosecution, and 
convictions used for its annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 
 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
--A 15 percent above baseline increase in trafficking 
convictions. 
--A case management system established in at least one 
district. 
--Ten victims (women/girls) repatriated with support from 
Nepal's embassies. 
--A 15 percent increase from the previous year in cases 
reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office. 
--District-wide minimum standards to counter trafficking 
established and enforced in communities in two districts. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
TAF will track project performance using a Performance 
Monitoring Plan (PMP) based on the performance indicators. 
Project management will periodically review performance data, 
adjusting strategic interventions as needed.  Some target 
indicators may be adjusted based on baseline analysis and 
sub-grantee research.  Data collection and compilation by TAF 
and its partners will be timed to coincide with any USG 
reporting requirements.  TAF and its partners will also 
disseminate PMP data to participating communities and 
agencies, enabling them to see the effects of their 
anti-trafficking efforts. 
 
In addition, TAF will establish an implementation monitoring 
system.  This system will track activities and events, 
ensuring that implementation is timely and consistent with 
the plan.  As part of its routine sub-grantee management, TAF 
requires bi-annual progress and financial reports from 
sub-grantees.  TAF staff will review these reports against 
the work plan as well as targets outlined in each 
sub-agreement.  Every quarter, TAF staff will visit the field 
to consult with partners and other participants, identify and 
resolve problems, and document and validate results. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Training Manual Update and 
  Pamphlets:                        8,900 
Analysis of Anti-Trafficking 
  Court Cases:                      5,700 
Training for five district 
  multi-disciplinary groups on 
  case handling procedures:        17,600 
Case handling meetings among group 
  members in five districts:        9,500 
Training for Nepali Foreign 
  Service Officers:                 2,800 
Training of District Task Forces:  14,500 
Training of VDC Task Forces:       38,000 
Program Services Costs:            19,905 
Indirect Costs at 14 Percent:      16,367 
 
Total Cost of Program:            133,272 
 
Cost Sharing:  To enhance its key partners' project 
ownership, TAF requires sub-grantees to provide a share of 
program expenses, either in cash or in-kind.  Under this 
project, in-kind and non-federal cash contributions from the 
Foundation and sub-grantees will be equivalent to at least 25 
percent of the total project cost.  TAF maintains detailed 
reporting procedures to monitor and account for these 
counterpart contributions.  In addition, in some project 
VDCs, the government will allocate a portion of the local 
development budget for ongoing Task Force support. 
 
Proposed Funding Mechanism:  Propose using USAID as a 
pass-through. 
 
PROJECT THREE 
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¶4.  Title:  Building Capacity and Sustainability for the 
Women's Cell of the Nepal Police 
 
Recipient Organizations:  The Daywalka Foundation and the 
Nepal Police Women's Cell 
 
Duration of Project:  One year (new project) 
 
Objective 
--------- 
 
--Build the capacity of the Nepal Police Women's Cell, a unit 
that receives little help or support from the rest of the 
Nepal Police. 
 
Activities 
---------- 
 
--Training for Women's Cell officers that will focus on the 
investigation and proper handling of trafficking cases. 
--A separate Women and Child Service Center will be built at 
the Central Level Police District Headquarters in Kathmandu. 
--Purchase of a van, as well as digital and video cameras, 
fax machines and cell phones. 
--A psycho-social counselor and a part-time nurse will be 
employed by Daywalka to assist the Women's Cell on an 
as-needed basis. 
--Provide a partial salary for Daywalka lawyers to provide 
legal counseling as needed. 
 
Sustainability 
-------------- 
 
The combination of training, proper equipment and facilities 
for the Women's Cell can be implemented and used for years to 
come. 
 
Justification 
------------- 
 
There are four departments that make up the Nepal Police: 
Administration, Operation, Crime Investigation Unit (CIU), 
and the National Police Academy.  The Women's Police Cell is 
under the jurisdiction of the CIU.  While the four 
departments have branches in all 75 districts in Nepal, the 
Women's Cell is represented in branches in only 19 districts. 
 Significantly, the Women's Cell does not have its own 
budget, but receives its support through the CIU, depending 
on that budget. 
 
Further, the Women's Cells in the 19 districts are housed in 
little more than oversized closets with one policewoman on 
the staff.  At Kathmandu District Headquarters located in 
Naxal, the Women's Cell is currently roughly a 10-foot by 
10-foot room with eight policewomen on the staff.  Even 
though every trafficking case for the entire country, 
including all crimes involving women or children, must pass 
through there.  The Women's Cell receives relatively little 
help or support from the rest of the Nepal Police or 
administration.  A separate Women and Child Service Center 
would make victims more comfortable and likely to visit the 
Women's Cell. 
 
Communication between the different departments and branches 
is primarily through telephone, e-mail, and fax.  There is a 
Communication Division at each of the 75 District 
Headquarters across Nepal, with the purpose of passing on 
faxes and phone messages to the correct department or 
individual.  The Women's Cell does not have a fax machine in 
any of its 20 offices (19 branches plus Kathmandu District 
Headquarters) and has to rely on the Central Communication 
Division.  E-mail is said to be used by the Women's Cell, but 
only the Kathmandu District Headquarters Women's Cell has a 
computer and it has been "broken" for the last year.  The 
Asian Development Bank has granted new computers for each of 
the Women's Cells. 
 
The Women's Cell works primarily with The Daywalka Foundation 
and shelter organizations Maiti Nepal, ABC Nepal, and SAATHI. 
 Good communication with, and transportation to, these 
organizations is essential because they help house, support, 
and treat victims of trafficking.  Fax machines, cell phones 
and a van would facilitate the necessary communication and 
help with both repatriation of victims and the prosecution of 
traffickers. 
 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
--More police trained in proper techniques and procedures 
should result in a greater number of trafficking 
investigations and subsequent convictions. 
--Better medical and psychological care for the victims 
should help place trafficking survivors with sustainable 
employment when they reintegrate into Nepali society. 
--Increase in communication and computer access reporting 
requirements. 
--Increase of information sharing will provide greater 
insight into the trafficking situation in Nepal. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
 
Daywalka Foundation staff will meet with the head of the 
Women's Cell on a monthly basis to evaluate the needs of the 
Women's Cell.  Further, a comprehensive assessment of 
trafficking strategies and investigations by the Women's Cell 
will be undertaken to determine the appropriate use and 
priorities of the equipment and training topics. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Police Training:                   28,000 
Facilities Development:            30,000 
Equipment and Supplies:            23,500 
Trafficking Victim and 
  Prosecution Support:             45,000 
Salary for Nepal Program Chief 
  Deputy and Senior Attorney:      12,000 
Daywalka Support and Capacity- 
  Building Operations (includes 
  salary for psycho-social 
  counselor, part-time nurse and 
  equipment for Daywalka):         27,000 
Indirect Costs at 12 Percent:      19,860 
 
Total Cost of Program:            185,360 
 
Cost Sharing:  The Nepal Police will support the policewomen 
of the Women's Cell attending training and to further their 
expertise in trafficking.  Further, the Women's Cell is 
securing the land use requirements from the police 
administration required for the build-out of the Women's Cell 
facilities.  Additionally, the Director of Prisons has agreed 
to allow attorneys from Daywalka to interview all traffickers 
held in Nepal's prisons.  The Women's Cell is working with 
the United Kingdom's Department for International Development 
(DFID) to secure cost-sharing for the build-out of the women 
and children center.  Additionally, Daywalka staff will 
donate their time and facilities at the Women and Child 
Service Center to assist the Women's Cell in execution, 
implementation, and further refinement of this proposal. 
 
Proposed Funding Mechanism:  A combination of an Amendment to 
an existing Letter of Agreement with the government of Nepal 
(for Women's Cell equipment) and a grant to the International 
Organization for Migration or other international 
organization to be passed to Daywalka. 
 
Other Donors:  A portion of these funds is subject to a 
matching grant from the James R Greenbaum Jr., Family 
Foundation. 
 
PROJECT FOUR 
------------ 
 
¶5.  Title:  Translating Anti-Trafficking Action Points into 
Action in the Nepal-India Border 
 
Recipient Organization:  SAATHI (Nepali for "Friend"), in 
coordination with Indian NGO Manav Seva Sansthan (SEVA), ABC 
Nepal, and four unspecified local Nepali NGOs 
 
Project Duration:  18 months (on-going project).  SEVA 
received funding for toll-free telephone services in India 
through the South Asian Regional Initiative for Gender Equity 
(SARI/Q) program, which began in 2004 and is due to end in 
September 2006.  These funds were awarded by UNIFEM from 
G/TIP funds. 
 
Objectives 
---------- 
 
--Strengthen the Cross-Border Anti-Trafficking Network 
(CBATN) to help prevent cross-border trafficking on the 
India-Nepal border. 
--Increase awareness about cross border trafficking. 
--Provide a safety network to trafficking victims and offer 
necessary emergency support services. 
 
Activities 
---------- 
 
--Increase rights-based awareness and counseling centers at 
major Nepal-India border points through use of a toll-free 
telephone number.  The toll-free service will be implemented 
in 22 districts covering all five of Nepal's development 
regions.  Each district will have one convener and each 
development region will have a joint secretary to coordinate 
with the CBATN Nepal Chapter.  The CBATN Nepal Chapter will 
include one chairperson, one general secretary, and one 
country convener and members. 
--Promote community surveillance among 140 groups along 
unmanned trafficking routes. 
--Conduct advocacy campaigns with stakeholders such as 
government officials, Social Welfare Board officials, law 
enforcement officials, judges, NHRC officials, media, 
political and other leaders, and NGOs.  The advocacy campaign 
would consist of the following activities with stakeholders: 
  -- Lobbying through face-to-face meetings. 
  -- Various workshops (analysis and information sharing, 
legal literacy, role of legislators in curbing human 
trafficking, and victim services and protection). 
  -- Media campaigns through radio, TV, and print media. 
  -- Advocacy through dramas, public rallies, and 
e-discussions. 
 
Sustainability 
-------------- 
 
The CBATN was started in 2004 by the Indian NGO SEVA and 
already has grown rapidly.  SEVA is known to be a dynamic 
organization with proven results.  The CBATN plans to expand 
to other South Asian countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, 
Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.  The CBATN Secretariat has been formed 
in New Delhi under the aegis of SEVA and plans to be 
developed as an independent entity.  This project will 
provide a boost to CBATN activities that will strengthen 
CBATN and enable it to move forward with its future expansion 
plans. 
 
Justification 
------------- 
 
The toll-free number concept is an innovative and practical 
tool to prevent cross-border trafficking and promote safe 
migration that has worked well in India.  SEVA has created a 
CBATN with members from Nepal, India and Bangladesh who can 
disseminate information through the telephone service for 
district coordinators to act upon.  Toll-free numbers are 
effective as there are live, trained people with relevant 
timely information at their fingertips, greatly increasing 
the opportunity to save someone from the perils of 
trafficking. 
 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
--Rescue 75 Nepali women and children from various parts of 
India after receiving information from the toll-free number. 
--Rescue 100 Nepali women and children from within Nepal 
after receiving information from the toll-free number. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
 
SAATHI will develop a monthly work plan for all staff.  Staff 
will meet once a month to review progress of program 
activities.  A project coordinator would scrutinize these 
reports and do field visits to each district.  The counselor 
working at each district's rights awareness center would send 
the compiled and analyzed monthly reports.  All staff would 
meet once a quarter at SAATHI headquarters in Kathmandu to 
review progress and chart out action for the next quarter. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Personnel Costs:                   13,681 
Operational Costs:                  9,627 
Needs Assessment and Research:     15,721 
Strengthening Advocacy Networks:    2,020 
Advocacy Through Print and 
  Mass Media:                      26,165 
Initial Meetings in Eight 
  Districts:                        3,333 
Evaluation and Monitoring:          7,811 
Equipment (3 computers, printers, 
  scanners, and digital cameras):   5,334 
Cross-Border and Intra-Nepal 
  Rescues:                          9,852 
 
Total Cost of Program:            110,828 
 
Proposed Funding Mechanism:  Use an international 
organization as a pass-through. 
 
PROJECT FIVE 
------------ 
 
¶6.  Title:  Awareness Campaign Through Media and Advocacy for 
Adolescents 
 
Recipient Organization:  Legal Aid and Consultancy Center 
(LACC) 
 
Duration of Project:  One year (new project) 
 
Objectives 
---------- 
 
--Increase awareness about trafficking and related issues to 
the general public and adolescents. 
 
Activities 
---------- 
 
--Conduct a nationwide electronic media campaign for ten 
months to educate the public on vital issues related to 
trafficking and rights. 
--Conduct school advocacy campaigns for adolescents in 
classes nine through twelve on trafficking, sexual abuse, 
women's rights and legal remedies.  Advocacy campaigns will 
be conducted in four schools in nine districts, for a total 
of 36 sessions. 
 
Sustainability and Justification 
-------------------------------- 
 
The use of radio is a very cost-effective means to reach a 
wide audience.  For minimal cost, the public will hear 
information about trafficking prevention for ten months; 
information that can be passed on and talked about long after 
the radio programs cease.  By targeting adolescents, 
anti-trafficking prevention will stay with those children as 
they reach adulthood.  Also, teachers will be able to pass on 
lessons learned from the advocacy sessions to future 
students.  Radio has been used successfully in the past to 
advocate for better health practices, agriculture marketing 
and human rights. 
 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
A net increase in the number of crimes reported by victims of 
trafficking and violence will allow measurement of increased 
awareness among the general public of the following: 
--the violation of women's and girls' rights, 
--violence against women, 
--sexual abuse and trafficking in women and girls, 
--state responsibilities to combat violence against women, 
--legal provisions against violence and trafficking, and 
regional and international obligations of the state in this 
respect, and 
--legal remedies on trafficking and sexual abuse. 
 
Though the goal is to reduce the number of adolescent 
victims, the initial expectation is that more adolescent 
girls will come forward to report crimes.  This will allow 
measurement of increased awareness among adolescents of the 
following: 
--trafficking and sexual abuse of women and girls, 
--the violation of women's and girls' rights, 
--legal provisions against violence and trafficking, and 
--legal remedies on trafficking and sexual abuse. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
 
LACC will conduct surveys of their school advocacy programs 
in order to evaluate program effectiveness and will prepare 
an interim report at six months, and a final report upon 
completion of the program.  LACC has developed a work plan 
that could also be monitored by the international 
organization used as a pass-through for the project funds. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Administrative Costs:               4,944 
Radio Nepal Program Activity:      23,380 
School Advocacy Program Activity:   8,113 
Overhead at 10 Percent:               811 
 
Total Program Cost:                37,248 
 
Proposed Funding Mechanism:  Use USAID as a pass-through. 
 
PROJECT SIX 
----------- 
 
¶7.  Title:  Prevention, Protection and the Standard of Care 
for the Survivors of Trafficking and Other Forms of Violence 
 
Recipient Organization:  Agro-Forestry, Basic Health and 
Cooperatives, Nepal (ABC Nepal) 
 
Project Duration:  One year (on-going project) 
 
Objectives 
---------- 
 
--Strengthen the surveillance capacity of the border check 
points with India. 
--Create specific and efficient information networks using 
new technologies (particularly the internet) in order to 
alert border check points and all concerned persons and 
organizations in real time of trafficking events. 
--Provide necessary assistance and find rehabilitation 
solutions. 
--Advise and guide the victims of trafficking repatriated 
from the border toward the rehabilitation centers in Nepal. 
--Build an extensive network where all the participants 
already engaged on this issue will federate their actions in 
order to reinforce its efficiency and impact. 
--Empower elected women representatives and help increase 
their engagement in the struggle against human trafficking 
and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other issues. 
 
Activities 
---------- 
 
--Provide emergency shelter and temporary residential service 
to women and girls who are survivors of violence, 
prostitution and trafficking in three districts. 
--Upgrade existing systems and services currently operational 
in training and counseling centers.  This will include 
creating a database, equipping health clinics, establishing a 
help-line and day counseling service, and employing lawyers 
as needed. 
--Comprehensive staff training on psycho-therapy, basic 
counseling, and crisis management. 
--Provide better care following the minimum standard of care 
for survivors.  This includes:  ample living space, necessary 
nutrition and clothing, recreational services, health 
services, security guards for centers, behavior and 
discipline management, education, and counseling services. 
--Provide skill training to survivors for gainful employment 
opportunities.  Training will be given in driving, sewing, 
community health work, beautician skills, and hotel services. 
--Provide seed economic support to rehabilitated survivors. 
--Facilitate a harmonious reunion and reintegration with 
families. 
--Facilitate awareness in communities through various 
activities such as street dramas, production of audio/video 
and other informational materials. 
 
Sustainability 
-------------- 
 
--ABC is a strong community based organization that provides 
a high level of services to trafficking victims.  Upgrading 
their shelter and counseling services, along with other 
program activities, will result in improved services to 
trafficking victims long beyond the life of the project. 
--The gainful employment training provided to survivors and 
other "at-risk" persons within the transit centers is 
fruitful in making them self-sustaining and arms them with 
the capability to hold jobs or begin their own small 
businesses for years to come. 
 
Justification 
------------- 
 
ABC Nepal's dedication to a broad spectrum of women's issues 
allows the organization to combat the problem of girl 
trafficking from its causes to its consequences.  The 
organization has been able to identify and target several 
"at-risk" girls and include them in preventive training along 
with rescued survivors from brothels and violent homes. 
Sexual abuses are increasing daily, therefore it is 
imperative to continue this program of rescuing and 
rehabilitating girls and women from trafficking, prostitution 
and other kinds of gender-based violence. 
 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
--Provide shelter to at least 60 survivors per year, for six 
to nine months, in three districts. 
--Emergency support centers and offices provide emergency 
shelter for at least 100 survivors for up to one month in six 
districts. 
--Upgrading of existing systems results in an increase in the 
services provided to trafficking survivors. 
--Staff training improves quality of counseling to survivors. 
--Skills training provided to at least 75 girls. 
--Community awareness increases the ability to locate 
trafficking survivors in need of help. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
 
Senior members of ABC Nepal will conduct two follow up visits 
for evaluation purposes to the district centers during the 
year.  ABC Nepal will also organize bi-annual follow up 
visits to the homes of the survivors once they have been 
reintegrated into their families and communities.  Further 
psychological, medical, and in some cases even financial 
assistance will be made available to the survivors if deemed 
essential. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Personnel Expenses (staff 
  salaries):                       12,071 
Management Expenses:               10,643 
Personnel Salaries for Program 
  Activities:                      38,721 
Travel Costs:                       9,429 
Rehabilitation Home Costs:         45,571 
Skills Training:                   26,786 
Advocacy:                          13,733 
Print and Design for Poster, 
  Pamphlets, Booklets:              2,857 
Overhead at 10 Percent:            15,981 
 
Total Program Cost:               175,792 
 
Cost Sharing:  ABC Nepal will contribute the equivalent of 
USD 30,282 in the form of residential structures, computers, 
volunteer manpower, motorbikes, and furniture. 
 
Proposed Funding Mechanism:  Use USAID as a pass-through. 
 
PROJECT SEVEN 
------------- 
 
¶8.  Title:  Community Based Trafficking Prevention Initiatives 
 
Recipient Organization:  Save the Children USA (SC/US), 
Himalayan Field Office, with a sub-grant to Maiti Nepal 
 
Duration of Project:  One year (new project, additions to 
ongoing efforts) 
 
Objectives 
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--Strengthen and expand community-based trafficking 
prevention strategies through anti-trafficking awareness 
initiatives and safe migration interventions in both 
communities of origin and transit points. 
--Strengthen both local NGO and local government capacities 
to protect from trafficking and advocate for 
counter-trafficking initiatives like law enforcement. 
 
Activities 
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Anti-Trafficking Campaigns and Safe Migration Promotion in 
Sending Communities: 
--Intensive life skills programs targeting out-of-school 
girls, women and girls displaced by the conflict, and other 
recent migrants to urban centers. 
--Orientation and training to student groups, child clubs, 
and youth groups regarding the risks of trafficking and 
strategies they can use to prevent it. 
--Parenting education sessions about the risks of trafficking 
and strategies they can use to prevent their children from 
being trafficked. 
--Mobilize women survivors of trafficking to act as advocates 
for anti-trafficking and peer educators and counselors for 
prevention. 
--Establish linkages with ongoing health programs, especially 
behavior change intervention on STD/HIV/AIDS. 
--Establish linkages with existing support services for the 
reintegration of trafficking survivors. 
 
Safe Migration Promotion at Border Crossings: 
--Develop and disseminate safe migration information. 
--Provide safe migration promotion training to Maiti Nepal 
border guards. 
--Establish information centers near border crossing points 
for safe migration and other related issues. 
--Strengthen transit homes at the border points, broadening 
their coverage to include both women and girls who may become 
uncertain in the course of their journey, as well as local 
domestic violence victims. 
--Transit home staff capacity will be built to promote 
victim-centered, rights-based care, including promoting only 
voluntary return to families and incorporating protection 
measures into programming. 
--Improve coordination and networking with border security 
personnel and local organizations. 
 
Capacity Building: 
--The District Anti-Trafficking Committee (ATC) formed by the 
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare will be 
strengthened through training in safe migration and 
anti-trafficking strategies and involving them in 
community-based interventions. 
--Local law enforcement personnel (from ward to district 
levels) will be trained in relevant areas. 
--A strategic annual planning process will be initiated among 
ATCs, NGOs, police, and international donor agencies to 
ensure joint advocacy initiatives and integrated planning in 
Banke and Kailali Districts. 
--The administrative, management, and advocacy capacity of 
local organizations and stakeholders will be strengthened 
through regular coaching and oversight by SC/US. 
 
Sustainability 
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--Engagement and training of community-based organizations 
will likely lead to continued anti-trafficking awareness 
efforts at the local level beyond the life of the project. 
--Training for law enforcement personnel will result in 
improved efforts beyond the life of the project. 
--Invigoration and proper management of anti-trafficking 
committees will lead to long-lasting improvements in 
anti-trafficking and safe migration programming in these two 
districts. 
--The establishment of an annual district-based planning 
process with all stakeholders will result in improved 
programming for years to come. 
--Efficient resource management and resource sharing with 
local and district level organizations will help manage the 
program at low cost. 
 
Justification 
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SC/US has been working with Maiti Nepal in Kailali District 
since 2001, supporting anti-trafficking awareness campaigns 
and Maiti Nepal's Danghadhi transit home for intercepted 
trafficking victims.  With increasing concern about the 
potential negative impacts of the interception approach, and 
a desire to identify the most appropriate approaches for 
addressing this terrible scourge, SC/US conducted a study, 
"The Movement of Women: Migration, Trafficking and 
Prostitution in the Context of Nepal's Armed Conflict," 
released in June 2005. 
 
The study found that many migratory women and girls were 
aware of the risk of trafficking, indicating the importance 
and effectiveness of awareness campaigns.  Nonetheless, it 
also found that most women and girls sorely lacked necessary 
life skills (e.g. reading and writing, ability to use the 
phone, ability to purchase a bus ticket) that they would need 
to protect themselves if victimized by a trafficker en route 
to or upon arrival at their destination. 
 
Some specific recommendations from the study include 1) 
continuing anti-trafficking awareness programs in sending 
communities; 2) promoting safe migration, including life 
skills education, in sending communities and at the border; 
and 3) using existing Maiti Nepal border guards as safe 
migration educators. 
 
SC/US now seeks to implement these recommendations, in 
partnership with Maiti Nepal, through a comprehensive 
trafficking prevention program implemented in both 
communities of origin and border areas in Banke and Kailali 
Districts.  The program will also include a capacity-building 
component for local NGOs and local government bodies. 
 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
Indicators for program activities have target numbers for the 
various trainings, sessions, and meetings to be conducted. 
Of note, SC/US hopes to reach 1,000 potential at-risk people 
with outreach education.  Rather than include the long list 
of indicator target numbers in this cable, the specific 
indicator targets can be read in the original proposal being 
sent by pouch. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
 
--Through a Kathmandu-based Program Officer, SC/US will 
ensure overall program management, including establishing the 
strategic direction for the project, managing the 
sub-agreement with Maiti Nepal, and ensuring achievement of 
program targets.  This Program Officer will work together 
with Maiti Nepal to develop a refined operational plan for 
the program at the start of the project. 
--Maiti Nepal will prepare and submit monthly progress and 
financial reports to SC/US in Kathmandu.  SC/US will prepare 
and submit quarterly performance and financial reports. 
--The monitoring and evaluation of this anti-trafficking 
program is a complex undertaking since the program 
intervention takes places during different stages of the 
trafficking continuum.  Nonetheless, monitoring and 
evaluation of the program will be based on clearly defined 
objectives that are linked to specific activities and events. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Kathmandu-Based Personnel:         23,781 
Field-Based Personnel:             17,697 
Travel costs:                       6,150 
Equipment/Supplies:                 2,413 
Office Management Costs:           17,380 
Program Interventions:             19,980 
Sub-Agreement with Maiti Nepal 
  for Program Activities:           79,552 
Indirect Costs at 17.61 Percent:   29,458 
 
Total Program Cost:               196,740 
 
Cost Sharing:  Save the Children will cost share USD 21,082 
in staff time. 
 
Funding Mechanism:  If Save the Children cannot be funded 
directly, then funds should be passed through USAID or 
another acceptable international organization. 
 
PROJECT EIGHT 
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¶9.  Title:  A Docu-Drama on Anti-Trafficking in South Asia 
 
Recipient Organization:  The Media Alert and Relief Foundation 
 
Project Duration:  16 months (new project) 
 
Objectives and Activities 
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--Create awareness of trafficking problems to millions of 
people by producing a docu-drama film on anti-trafficking in 
South Asia that will be distributed throughout Nepal, India, 
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. 
--Screen the film on local, regional, national, and 
international TV stations. 
--Conduct community level screenings and conduct audience 
surveys. 
 
Sustainability and Justification 
-------------------------------- 
 
--The docu-drama film is a reusable product that will be 
relevant for many years and is an excellent multi-purpose 
tool for anti-trafficking efforts. 
--Libraries, international organizations and educational 
institutions will continue to distribute the film. 
--Proceeds from the sale of the film tapes, video CDs and 
special screenings will be used for further local and 
community level screenings within the region. 
--The Media Alert and Relief Foundation produced a similar 
film on trafficking over five years ago that had wide impact. 
 The film was called 'Chameli' (Jasmine) and was screened in 
major movie theaters in Nepal and translated into Hindi and 
Bengali for audiences in India and Bangladesh.  The 
synthesized version of the film was used as a training tool 
in the region to raise awareness about trafficking. 
 
Performance Indicators 
---------------------- 
 
--Comparison of activities of local NGOs and support groups 
before and after the program. 
--Comparison of number of displaced population before and 
after implementation of the program. 
--Number of community members participating in support group 
activities after the program. 
--The number of people who come to watch the film in theaters. 
--The immediate reactions of viewers. 
--The amount of media coverage given to the film. 
--Discussion of the program within communities and general 
interest of the masses toward the film. 
 
Evaluation Plan 
--------------- 
 
The Media Alert and Relief Foundation will work with the 
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) regional 
office in Nepal through a systematic development process of 
the film that will include phases of planning, pre-testing, 
production, post-production, dissemination and impact 
assessment.  The development plan has targets for each phase 
that will be reviewed between the Foundation and UNIFEM.  A 
final report will also be produced. 
 
Budget (in USD) 
--------------- 
 
Pre-Production Costs:              12,600 
Pre-Tests:                          4,500 
Actors' Workshop:                   8,000 
Production:                       116,000 
Post-Production:                    6,100 
Publicity:                          5,000 
Dissemination, Monitoring, 
  and Evaluation:                  28,000 
Office and Regional Partner 
  Expenses:                        19,000 
 
Total Cost of Program:            189,200 
 
Cost Sharing:  The Media Alert and Relief Foundation will 
contribute USD 8,000 toward film research as a cost-share. 
 
Proposed Funding Mechanism:  The Media Alert and Relief 
Foundation proposes that money be passed through UNIFEM. 
 
POINT OF CONTACT 
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¶10.  Post's point of contact for all projects is Jamie 
Dragon, Political/Economic Officer, dragonja@state.gov, or 
(977-1) 441-1179 ext. 4572. 
MORIARTY