Discussion about entry: An giang/Dong thap Alliance for the Prevention of Trafficking (ADAPT)

Since 2005, we have set, met, and achieved the following goals for ADAPT:

Scholarship program
-Goal: 400 scholarships/year.
-We are currently supporting 560 scholarships.

Vocational training & job placement
-Goal: 400 young women trained in 3 years. To date, we have provided 793 women with vocational skills training.
-Goal: 300 young women placed in companies. We have placed 293 in various employment opportunities.

Reintegration services
-Goal: 50 returnees
-We are supporting 16 young women.

While it is hard to concretely determine effectiveness (as we mainly work on prevention, it is hard to say whether the girls in our program would have been trafficked without our intervention) we use the above target indicators to track and further motivate our work progress. Other measures of effectiveness include looking at school drop out or retention rates. The drop out rate for girls in our scholarship program is much lower than that of the national average.

And while we do provide few micro-credit loans to young women and their families to fund small and sustainable start-up businesses, we are working to expand our vocational training and job placement component and be involved in direct job creation. We are developing plans to establish a Vocational Training Center and Restaurant for at-risk young women and returnees to gain further employable skills. The Vocational Training Center will offer training in such areas as the culinary/hospital industry--trainees can practice and hone their skills in the Restaurant--and in various handicraft trades--trainees will produce products that will directly be sold to businesses in HCMC or online.

We are seeking and mobilizing a diverse range of public and private partners, such as companies, to join us in this exciting endeavor.

Hi Dana,

Thanks for asking about our work and the impact we've worked hard to achieve so far. The following is a break down of the 1,300 young women we work with:

Scholarship program - We are currently supporting over 500 scholarship recipients through direct payment of school tuition, health insurance, uniforms, books, bicycles, and tutoring classes. Scholarships are committed to the girls for each year they remain in school until they graduate from high school.

Vocational Training and Job Placement - We have provided vocational skills training for roughly 790 young women in such fields as sewing, embroidery, child care services, and hair and beauty care. Of this number, approximately 300 have been placed in jobs while others have received micro-credit loans to start their own business ventures.

Reintegration - We are currently supporting 16 cases through individualized care and assistance services including health/medical check ups, counseling, educational and/or vocational training opportunities, and additional assistance for the young women's families as well (such as through micro-credit loans).

Each of the components above include education and awareness raising on safe migration issues and the risks of human trafficking. Through pairing education on trafficking issues with viable life alternatives and support, such as in the form of educational attainment opportunities and employment opportunities, we are equipping young women with confidence, agency, and choice as well as tools to become productive members in their communities.