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P 211423Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6675
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UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 001183 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
G/TIP FOR RYOUSEY,ALEMAR; AF/E FOR RMEYERS, INL/HSTC; 
PASS TO HHS FOR MAGGIE WYNN; 
PAS TO DOL FOR STEVEN GENSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL HSTC SOCI EAID PREF PGOV KWMN SMIG KCRM
TZ 
SUBJECT: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE FOR TANZANIA 
 
 
SUMMARY 
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¶1. (U)  The Government of Tanzania (GOT), International 
Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs are addressing 
trafficking in persons (TIP) on a number of fronts.  The 
Ministry of Health is working with IOM to increase awareness 
of TIP and IOM is finalizing the report of its 2006 research 
assessment.  IOM has partnered with an NGO to provide 
assistance to male victims of trafficking and has met with 
potential partners to provide assistance on Zanzibar. 
Training of health care workers is ongoing and training is 
planned for new prosecutors and members of Parliament. 
Mainland and Zanzibar officials are consulting regarding 
draft legislation on TIP, a process which has delayed the 
bill's introduction to Parliament but should ensure quick 
approval once introduced and comprehensive coverage when 
enacted.  END SUMMARY. 
 
MINISTRY OF HEALTH 
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¶2. (U)  The Ministry of Health's National Aids Control 
Program (NACP) has agreed to sub-award unallocated funds from 
the Human Trafficking program funded by the US Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS).  NACP has agreed to 
sub-award these funds to the International Organization for 
Migration (IOM) to conduct awareness-raising activities.  IOM 
is developing a proposal and budget to discuss with NACP on 
or about August 21. 
 
¶3. (U)  As part of the Human Trafficking DHHS program, the 
NACP has proposed conducting a situational analysis of TIP in 
eight regions (Iringa, Morogoro, Dodoma, Manyara, Arusha, 
Singida, Tanga and Dar es Salaam).  The proposal includes 
data collection, workshops, travel, data analysis and report 
writing at a budget of USD 134,170.  If the situational 
analysis is conducted with the budget proposed, approximately 
USD 300,000 of the DHHS funds remain unallocated.  If the 
situational analysis is not conducted, the unallocated funds 
are approximately USD 435,000. 
 
¶4. (U)  BACKGROUND:  The NACP's proposal of August 31, 2004, 
requested USD 500,000 for (a) increasing public awareness of 
TIP, (b) providing training for health care workers, (c) 
conducting an assessment of the effectiveness of law 
enforcement response to TIP, and (d) assessing the capacity 
of local government and civil society to care for victims. 
HHS funded the proposal in full. 
 
¶5. (U)  NACP conducted a brainstorming workshop with partners 
in 2005 (cost:  USD 1,589), created a training manual for 
health care workers in 2005-2006 (USD 3,690) and conducted a 
train-the-trainers training in May 2007 (USD 20,219).  The 
remaining funds must be obligated by September 30, 2007, and 
expended by December 31, 2007.  END BACKGROUND. 
 
¶6. (U)  COMMENT:  The proposed situational analysis is 
similar to the six-region research assessment conducted by 
IOM in 2006 with USD 61,358 from the Bureau for Population, 
Refugees and Migration (PRM).  Accordingly, the NACP's 
proposed budget of twice the amount of the previous study 
merits review.  END COMMENT. 
 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS TRAINING 
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¶7. (U)  NACP conducted a half-day session on TIP as part of a 
training for National Care and Treatment trainers and 
Regional and District AIDS Control Coordinators June 12-14 in 
Dar es Salaam.  The 41 participants from 21 regions are 
conducting this same training for health care workers in 
their regions and NACP expects the regional training to be 
completed by December 31, 2007. 
 
VICTIM ASSISTANCE 
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¶8. (U)  IOM has partnered with Child in the Sun (CIS), an NGO 
which provides shelter and assistance to street children and 
which will provide assistance to male TIP victims.  CIS 
operates three shelters where boys can remain for up to three 
years while they attend school and vocational training.  CIS 
organizes children into groups of six during rehabilitation 
of a few months during which time IOM sponsors the TIP 
victims.  Children then live as families at the larger, 
longer-term facility in Dar es Salaam, where CIS supports 
them. 
 
¶9. (U)  Tal Raviv, Program Development Officer at IOM, 
conducted a half-day training at CIS on July 26, involving 
implementing partner KIWOHEDE to discuss identifying and 
interviewing TIP victims and special vulnerabilities of 
trafficked children.  CIS and KIWOHEDE are cross-referring 
victims for assistance as KIWOHEDE assists girls and CIS 
assists boys. 
 
¶10. (U)  From April 1 through June 30, 2007, IOM's 
implementing partner KIWOHEDE received 23 female TIP victims, 
referred by police (17), street leaders (2), NGOs (2), social 
welfare worker (1), and television station (1). 
 
¶11. (U)  In July, Par Liljert, Country Director of IOM, and 
Tal Raviv, Program Development Officer at IOM, met with 
representatives of NGOs on Zanzibar which may be able to 
provide assistance to TIP victims.  Liljert and Raviv were 
encouraged by their meetings and hope an implementing 
partnership will be in place by early 2008. 
 
RESEARCH ASSESSMENT 
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¶12. (SBU)  On July 26, Par Liljert, Country Director of IOM, 
provided a draft of the long-anticipated IOM report of the 
research assessment and baseline information funded by PRM in 
¶2006.  Liljert recognized the delay in providing even a draft 
report and emphasized internal IOM problems caused the delay 
and not substantive issues regarding the data collection or 
analysis.  Liljert said IOM headquarters was pushing for 
completion of the national report and merging it into a 
regional report.  Given the delay in the report's completion 
(data was collected January through March 2006), Poloff urged 
IOM to produce the report upon its completion rather than 
further delaying its release by merging it into a regional 
report. 
 
PROSECUTOR TRAINING 
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¶13. (U)  The hiring of 165 public prosecutors has been 
delayed due to the GOT budget cycle, thereby delaying the 
training of these new hires.  Eliezer Feleshi, Director of 
Public Prosecutions, told Poloff August 16 the hiring process 
has been turned over to the Ministry of Justice's Director 
for Administration, a post in transition with the new 
Director expected August 24.  Feleshi emphasized the Ministry 
of Justice is very interested in the TIP training program and 
said enthusiastically: "We want it!"  Poloff emphasized the 
need to stay in communication regarding this opportunity as 
advance planning is essential. 
 
¶14. (U)  BACKGROUND:  On May 21, 2007, Eliezer Feleshi, 
Director of Public Prosecutions, asked Poloff for USG 
assistance in training 165 public prosecutors to be hired in 
August 2007.  Poloff replied the USG could provide such 
training through the President's Initiative to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking in Persons, but emphasized at least 30 
days' notice would be required.  The DPP requested one-week 
training sessions regarding TIP as part of a six-week 
introductory training course planned to take place in 
Morogoro, approximately one hour from Dar es Salaam.  END 
BACKGROUND. 
 
LEGISLATION 
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¶15. (U)  The GOT is awaiting input from Zajz!c:Qkg&h#Ae!(C?cg8Eb'QAregarding the draft TIP legislation, Angela Nyoni, Director 
of Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Public Safety and 
Security told PolAsst July 31.  The TIP legislation may be 
introduced at the next session of Parliament 
(October-November 2007) and, if so, could be voted on in the 
following session (January 2008). 
 
¶16. (SBU)  COMMENT:  The decision of the Union government to 
solicit the views of Zanzibar authorities regarding anti-TIP 
legislation has slowed its introduction into the Union 
Parliament, but is likely to ensure its quick approval once 
it is introduced and to make anti-TIP efforts more effective 
through consistent application of the law both on the 
Mainland and in Zanzibar.  However, until the legislation is 
passed, the anti-TIP unit of the Ministry of Public Safety 
and Security remains handicapped in prosecuting TIP cases. 
Post continues to remind high-level GOT and Zanzibar 
officials of the necessity of introducing anti-TIP 
legislation, put on a fast track by President Kikwete in 
January 2007, as soon as possible.  END COMMENT. 
 
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TRAINING 
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¶17.  (U)  Post has asked the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) to 
confirm it has USD 12,000 provided by the American Bar 
Association in late 2006 to train members of Parliament on 
draft legislation regarding TIP. 
 
¶18.  (SBU)  BACKGROUND:  In July, Geoffrey Sekira, Director 
of Continuous Legal Education at the TLS told PolAsst that 
because the ABA funds were insufficient to pay the sitting 
allowance for members of Parliament (approximately USD 80), 
TLS decided to use the funds to "pursue cases of TIP or acts 
similar to TIP cases in prisons."  Sekira did not provide 
details regarding these cases or confirm they had been 
concluded, and has not provided a financial report as post 
requested.  Yvonne Darkwa-Poku of ABA confirmed TLS did 
not/not have an option regarding use of these funds and that 
any use other than training members of Parliament was not 
authorized by ABA.  Darkwa-Poku said she received a letter of 
apology from TLS which agreed to use the funds to train 
members of Parliament when the draft legislation is 
introduced.  END BACKGROUND. 
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