Programme to accelerate elimination of child trafficking in Kenya

A new programme by ANPPCAN Regional Office aimed to accelerate elimination of child trafficking in Kenya will be launched in Nairobi, Kenya on 4 September 2018.
The programme titled ‘Building the Foundation for Child Trafficking Free Zones in Urban and Rural Kenya’ is anchored on the learning from a pilot project implemented by ANPPCAN in 2016.
The three year programme will be implemented in Busia, Mandera, Marsabit and Nairobi counties.
To realize results of the programme, ANPPCAN will work with stakeholders from the community to the national level by building their capacity to identify, report, prevent and protect children that are being trafficked or at risk of trafficking.
Implementation of the project will be done through a consortium of three partners namely; Strategies for Northern Development (SND), the Movement against Child Trafficking (MACT) with the leadership of ANPPCAN Regional Office. The project is supported by Terre des Hommes Netherlands.
Even though communities in Busia, Mandera, Marsabit and Nairobi report widespread existence of child trafficking, there are few initiatives that are addressing the issue. Subsequently, thousands of the victims of child trafficking are to be found in various exploitative situations across the country.
The programme targets children, families and communities, the private sector, government, law enforcement agencies, and the civil society organisations with knowledge on child trafficking and the system of response in Kenya.
During the launch, ANPPCAN will introduce the project to stakeholders, including the strategies to be used, activities that will be implemented, the results to be realized from the programme activities and root for collaboration among all the feasible partners in addressing child trafficking in Kenya.
The launch will be attended by over 60 delegates from the civil society organisations, Government departments, international organisations and foreign missions in Kenya.