Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014

Sirle Blumberg

NGO Living for Tomorrow

sirle@lft.ee, www.lft.ee

Human trafficking prevention

and victim support hotline

+3726607320 service

26th of November 2015

EEA and Norway Grants good practice sharing seminar

tackling gender-based violence

NGO Living for Tomorrowfounded on 7th of August 1999

• To acknowledge and communicate the existence of gender issues,

associations and attitudes in social, cultural and health terms;

• To prevent HIV/AIDS and other STIs (Sexually Transmitted

Infections);

• To prevent human trafficking and provide victim assistance;

• To facilitate understanding between different ethnic groups and assist

their integration into Estonian society.

Since October 2004 LFT offers

Human Trafficking prevention and

victim assistance Hotline +372 6607320 service

Pre-defined Project no 6.3-18/5765

• Project: Human trafficking prevention and

victim support through anti-

trafficking hotline +3726607320

services

• Goal: Prevention of human trafficking for

purposes of labour exploitation and

victims’ assistance

• Budget: 189 553 €

Why this project/service

is needed?

1 365 consultations

Human trafficking prevention and victim support

through anti-trafficking hotline +372 6607 320 service

• Consultations are offered in Estonian, Russian and English (also

Ukrainian, Polish and Finish) language;

• Weekdays from 10am to 6pm (at any other time answering machine)

it’s also possible to send us an e-mail to info@lft.ee;

• Information available also in webpage www.lft.ee and FB

https://www.facebook.com/living.for.tomorrow

Identification of potential HT victims

Collect monthly statistical data on services provided by

the hotline

• Potential and actual victims labour trafficking and yearly analysis

and overview of assisted cases

Identified cases:

• 62 labour exploitation cases;

• 3 sexual exploitation cases;

• 6 sham marriage cases;

• 3 domestic violence cases;

• 6 fraud cases;

• 1 consummation case;

• 162 juridical consultations

Prevention, raising awareness

Preventive materials (printed and web-resources)

• We participated in 90 events, gave 48 interviews for newspapers, TV,

Radio, printed preventive materials, information in FB and our

website

Conduct awareness study among young people on

prevention of human trafficking

• Will be performed on 7th of December 2015

What was the challenges?

„Be thankful for each new challenge,

because it will build

your strength and character“

• Client

• Cooperation between and with different authorities

and organizations

• Implementing the project

Experiences and feedback

to share?

„We are still learning ,

we have more ideas, we want to

improve our work further“

Thank you!

Sirle Blumberg

Head of the NGO Living for Tomorrow, Estonia

sirle@lft.ee

www.lft.ee