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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 MEXICO 001996 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MX
SUBJECT: TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM MEXICO FOR 2007 ESF AND 
INCLE FUNDS 
 
REF: 2007 STATE 28159 
 
¶1. (U)  Embassy Mexico City established a committee to review 
14 project proposals from non-governmental organizations in 
Mexico requesting funding support from FY2007 INCLE and ESF 
appropriations.  The following sections of the Embassy were 
represented on the committee: Political, Public Affairs, 
Agency for International Development, and Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement.  Post selected five project proposals to 
submit to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in 
Persons (G/TIP) as requested in reftel.  Of the five 
projects, post selected the proposal by Casa Alianza as its 
first choice for funding, since the organization has the most 
comprehensive program to combat trafficking and is backed by 
a very strong record in addressing the needs of trafficking 
victims.  The full proposals of the five projects will be 
forwarded to the appropriate contacts in G/TIP by email. 
Following are summaries of the five proposals selected. 
 
¶2. (U)  Applicant: Fundacion Casa Alianza Mexico, IAP 
 
Funding amount: US$ 591,774 
 
Project title: Human Trafficking Victims 
 
Project duration: One year 
 
Proposal extract: Fundacion Casa Alianza Mexico (FCAM) 
provides services to boys and girls aged 12 to 18 who have 
been victims of some form of human trafficking, among other 
forms of abuse.  FCAM has an anti-violence and sexual 
exploitation program, which is designed to provide quality 
education, treatment, and services to children victims of 
abuse or those at high risk to become victims by (1) the work 
of FCAM's street outreach team, and (2) the residential 
program of the five FCAM care homes.  FCAM proposes the 
following programs for funding: 
 
¶A. Victims Services: To expand the program to help victims 
who are living on the streets and invite them to live in FCAM 
care homes for their protection and for medical, 
psychological and legal help; to promote the telephone 
hotline for victim support and guidance. 
 
¶B. Civil Society (information campaigns and training): To 
expand the anti-sexual exploitation campaign aimed at civil 
society and the private sector and develop the FCAM website 
with exclusive information dedicated to this subject. 
 
¶C. Government: To participate in conferences and networks to 
produce formal proposals to influence new laws or to modify 
existing regional and national laws; to provide legal 
assistance to support and protect victims during the 
rehabilitation process. 
 
¶3. (U)  Applicant: Center for Studies and Research in Social 
Development and Assistance (CEIDAS) 
 
Funding amount: US$ 300,000 
 
Project title: Trafficking Prevention and Prosecution Program 
 
Project duration: Two years 
 
Proposal extract: Since 2006, CEIDAS has developed a 
Trafficking Prevention Program with objectives to (1) promote 
the creation of public policies to prevent human trafficking 
and protect victims, and (2) to implement an awareness 
campaign on human trafficking at the national level.  CEIDAS 
proposes the following activities for funding: 
 
¶A. To publish a TIP State Prevention Model that serves as a 
guide to design preventive public policies in the ten states 
of Mexico with the highest incidence of human trafficking. 
 
¶B. To continue to raise the priority of TIP on the public 
agenda through promoting CEIDAS' TIP awareness materials in 
the mass media. 
 
¶C. To publish a TIP Prosecution Manual to be used as an 
instructive tool for lawyers and prosecutors who need to 
interpret existing legislation for prosecuting TIP cases or 
to create new legislation; to provide TIP prosecution 
training and assistance to lawyers who train other lawyers. 
 
¶D. To develop an extended TIP diagnosis in the ten states of 
Mexico with the highest incidence of human trafficking, in 
order to track TIP cases and create a database that will 
provide reliable statistics to measure the magnitude of 
trafficking. 
 
¶4. (U)  Applicant: Casa del Migrante 
 
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Funding amount: US$ 126,620 
 
Project title: Project for the Rescue of Victims of Human 
Trafficking 
 
Project duration: Two years 
 
Proposal extract: Casa del Migrante provides temporary 
shelter for migrants passing through Tapachula, Chiapas, in 
addition to food, medical care, moral and material support, 
and instruction in the protection of human rights.  Casa del 
Migrante has increasingly become involved with trafficking in 
persons, specifically in designating a separate area in its 
shelter for trafficking victims.  Casa del Migrante proposes 
the following activities for funding: 
 
¶A. To create a technical group. 
 
¶B. To establish a secure shelter for trafficking victims. 
 
¶C. To provide an emergency route for trafficking victims, 
which is a system that involves the creation of a victims' 
hotline, safe lodging, medical and psychological assistance, 
and possible repatriation and reunification with the victim's 
family or the provision of a humanitarian visa and the 
normalization of status in Mexico. 
 
¶5. (U)  Applicant: Consultancy, Training and Assistance in 
Health, A.C. (ACASAC) 
 
Funding amount: US$ 245,363 
 
Project title: Intervention Model for Human Trafficking in 
Southeastern Mexico 
 
Project duration: Two years 
 
Proposal extract: ACASAC is an organization based in San 
Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, and since 1995 has focused 
on women's health and rights by providing direct health care, 
prevention awareness and training; establishing a shelter for 
abused women and children; and creating a center that 
provides legal, psychological and social assistance.  ACASAC 
proposes the following activities for funding: 
 
¶A. To provide holistic attention (psychological, legal, 
medical care) to women and children victims of trafficking. 
 
¶B. To provide temporary and safe shelter to trafficking 
victims. 
 
¶C. To promote awareness about trafficking in persons and the 
services available to victims. 
 
¶D. To provide emergency attention to trafficking victims 
through a telephone hotline. 
 
 
¶6. (U)  Applicant: Catholic Relief Services 
 
Funding amount: US$ 256,641 
 
Project title: Enhancing and Institutionalizing 
Anti-Trafficking Capacity and Practice in Mexico 
 
Project duration: Two years 
 
Proposal extract: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) recently 
received funding from the State Department to fight 
trafficking and has already conducted a survey of 83 dioceses 
across Mexico to determine the current level of understanding 
and capacity to address trafficking in persons; held a 
regional workshop; drafted a training manual; designed media 
announcements on trafficking; and worked with the 
non-governmental organization Sin Fronteras to establish 
formal cooperative agreements for the referral, treatment and 
support of trafficking victims.  CRS proposes the following 
activities for funding: 
 
¶A. To expand and institutionalize the anti-trafficking 
capacity of the Catholic network of social service providers. 
 
¶B. To train regional anti-trafficking coordinators and expand 
anti-trafficking efforts of the Mexican church social service 
network in the northern and southern areas of Mexico. 
 
¶C. To strengthen church-civil society cooperation mechanisms 
around prevention and protection of victims of trafficking 
and sex tourism in at least ten dioceses in Mexico. 
 
 
 
MEXICO 00001996  003 OF 003 
 
 
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