Providing up to date information and knowledge to
identify trafficking threat are the outcome of program assisting basic
Christian communities to combat trafficking in Batam.
The meeting was
held in Punggur community on 9 September 2014 with 23 participant shared experiences of human trafficking
cases in their neighborhood. "I don't know that I was trafficked by my relative to Malaysia 15 years ago if I don't attend this meeting" said one participant. "In this area, we see a lot of people recruit job seekers from their villages and accommodate these people in small houses with very bad facilities and they could not go anywhere like a prisoner. I am sad but I don't understand that this is as a form of human trafficking" said Darsono. All participants were enthusiastic telling their experiences. They realized that they might not be able to stop it but they could stop their family members from trafficking vicious cycle.
The activity received positive responses from 4
Parishes in Batam. The activity is redesigned due to the responses of parishes. RGS provided modules on trafficking topic for basic Christian community
facilitators of 4 parishes. Together with Commission of Migrant Diocese Pangkal Pinang, RGS made a planning to train community facilitators of four parishes at Batam in
2015.
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