The Project Centre for Prevention of Trafficking in Children financed by the World Childhood Foundation, Sweden and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The most important tool in preventing trafficking in human beings is information. The thought that «this might not happen to me» is completely wrong, because the danger of trafficking is real and should be reagarded seriously.

Information and education campaigns, that represent activities of the preventive program, aim to inform target groups, such as teenagers, socially vulnerable persons, persons who decided to work abroad, persons who work in education institutions about the risks of trafficking in human beings, the recruiting methods used by traffickers, the profile of traffickers and methods of protection.

The education campaign for teenagers, who are the most vulnerable group, exposed to the risk of trafficking is organized in schools, lyceums, universities from theRepublic of Moldova, especially in rural localities. In order to implement this program, CPTW has trained more than 100 volunteers, from the majority of rayons of Moldova. Under the aegis of CPTW, the volunteers organize «peer to peer» seminars called «Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings ».

Results
In 5 years of activity, the CPTW volunteers have organized 2.292 educational-informative seminars that had 40.188 beneficiaries from all regions of the country. Over 65% of the total number of seminars has been conducted in rural localities.

 Feedback 
At the end of 2005, CPTW has received a thank you letter from the Minister of Education –Victor Tvircun- as well as a special approving from the Ministry to continue the educational – informative seminars within the education institutions.

„[...]The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports appreciates the contribution of the Association of Women in Legal Carriers in raising awareness of population on the issue of Human Trafficking.  

In this context, we accept the organization seminars and education actions regarding the prevention of trafficking in Human Beings in the institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports.

(excerpts from the Agreement Nr. 03/4-14-6971 from 05.12.2005)

In the same time, the CPTW branch offices have received a big number of letters from children and young people – beneficiaries of the informative seminars.

The information and raising awareness campaign regarding the risk of Human Trafficking is conducted through:

• seminars provided by CPTW volunteers;
• Radio/TV programs;
• ads to raise public awareness on the risk of trafficking;
• informative brochures;
• music caravans;
• essay, poetry, drawing contests;
• outdoor posters to raise public awareness on the issue of human trafficking