XXX Grant Proposal for the Justice Equips Millions Program

XXX

PO Box 58147

Washington, DC 20037 June 20, 2011

Jane Maland Cady

The McKnight Foundation

710 South Second Street, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55401

Dear Mrs. Cady,

On behalf of XXX ( XXX), I am pleased to enclose a proposal for the Justice Equips Millions program (JEM). Recognized as the number one service organization in America by the U.S. News and World Report, XXX is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation, and oppression. XXX recognizes the McKnight’s Foundation’s commitment to the rehabilitation of sex-trafficking victims in South East Asia through a previous grant given to the Health Care Center for Children for a microfinance project serving vulnerable women. XXX’s shares the McKnight Foundation’s South East Asia Program mission of empowering women in South East Asia, which inspired the development of the Justice Equips Millions (JEM) program.

The JEM program will support rescued victims of sex trafficking in Cambodia by providing them an opportunity to earn an income through making bracelets. XXX will sell bracelets online and participating women will receive the profits. Participants will learn financial management skills and create business plans to start new

companies for a sustainable income after graduating from the program. Also, each participant will receive weekly counseling sessions for emotional and psychological rehabilitation. With the McKnight Foundation’s contribution of a $45,000 grant, XXX will be able to provide incomes for a program coordinator/counselor, financial advisor, bracelet skills trainer, and fifteen JEM program participants.

We hope the McKnight Foundation will support the JEM program in our efforts to rehabilitate former victims of sex-trafficking in Cambodia. Thank you for your consideration and feel free to contact me at 240-404-2946. I will contact you within the next week to confirm the receipt of the proposal.

Sincerely,

Gary Haugan

XXX

Grant Proposal for the

Justice Equips Millions

Program

Prepared for the McKnight Foundation

December 12, 2010

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary...4

2 Introduction ...5

3 Problem Statement...6

4 Justice Equips Millions Program...7

Goals and Objectives ...7

Methods...7

Evaluation ...9

Future Funding...9

5 Conclusion...10

Executive Summary

We hope the McKnight Foundation will support XXX’s efforts to

economically and psychologically rehabilitate former victims of sex trafficking in Cambodia by providing a grant of $45,000 for the JEM program. This grant will be used to provide salaries for a program coordinator/counselor, financial advisor, bracelet skills trainer and incomes for fifteen JEM program

participants.

Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world.1 _{XXX professionals respond to this staggering oppression by}

rescuing victims from abusers, taking legal action against the oppressor, and providing victim aftercare. Once rescued, it is critical for rescued sex-trafficking victims to establish economic stability, which will prevent them from relapsing to situations of oppression and abuse. Gaining financial independence and developing new skills will allow former victims to live independently and reintegrate back into society.

The JEM program coincides with the McKnight Foundation’s Southeast Asia program goal of increasing opportunities for self-determination to native and ethnic minority groups. As a part of XXX’s Victim Aftercare Department, the Justice Equips Millions (JEM) program addresses the economic and

psychological needs of rescued sex-trafficking victims in Cambodia. Program participants will be taught bracelet-making skills to earn an immediate income. They will also be given financial advising for creating new businesses in their local community to gain long-term economic independence. Finally, program participants will receive psychological and emotional support from a Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral therapist in order to alleviate post traumatic stress conditions including anxiety, stress, and depression.

u _{Polaris Project Action Center – Human Trafficking 101} http://www.actioncenter.polarisproject.org/learn/human-trafficking-101

Introduction

In 1997, Gary Haugan founded XXX ( XXX) after serving in Rwanda as the UN’s Investigator in Charge in the aftermath of the genocide. XXX is a human rights organization that works internationally to rescue victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression. XXX’s multi-national teams of law enforcement professionals conduct criminal investigations and collect evidence to rescue victims and bring perpetrators to justice.

XXX staff members work on individual cases to confront oppression against poor and vulnerable people. In every case, XXX seeks to provide victim relief, to prosecute oppressors, to ensure victim aftercare, and to strengthen local judicial systems. XXX’s casework model addresses oppression on an individual level, bringing cases before legal courts. As a result, the legitimacy of public justice systems is strengthened.

The success of XXX’s model was revealed in 2008 when teams in Chennai and Bangalore were able to free more than 200 men, women and children from slavery. Each of these freed victims received an official certificate from the government guaranteeing freedom and entitlement to financial compensation.2

Unfortunately, rescuing victims does not ensure their security from returning to situations of oppression. In response, XXX is expanding their victim aftercare approach by developing a program focused on creating financial independence and psychological rehabilitation for rescued victims of sex trafficking in

Cambodia. These rescued victims are often psychologically unstable and lack skills to enter the Cambodian workforce. The Justice Equips Millions (JEM) program provides an opportunity for rescued victims of sex trafficking to earn an income as a bracelet maker. The JEM trained counselor will provide

counseling for psychological recovery of program participants. In addition, a financial advisor will assist program participants in reinvesting their incomes towards opening local businesses. The purpose of the program is to prevent victims from returning to situations of oppression and to help them reintegrate back into society.

Problem Statement

Slavery is often thought of as social problem of the past. However this is a common misconception; there are approximately 27 million people bonded by modern day slavery. Sexual slavery is incredibly prevalent in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia. Cambodia is often considered a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking.3 _{It is estimated that Cambodia has}

approximately 100,000 sex-workers and one third of these victims are under the age of eighteen.4 _{Once removed from sexual slavery, victims are often incapable}

of financially providing for themselves. According to USAID, “the long-term recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration of trafficking victims

involve…economic opportunities, as well as extended psycho-social care.”5

Therefore rescued victims need to gain economic independence and psychological therapy to avoid returning into situations of oppression.

Invisible Children is “a movement seeking to end the conflict in Uganda and stop the abduction of children for use as child soldiers.”6 _{Invisible Children’s}

Mend program reveals the ways in which the organization both successfully and effectively addresses the need of financial sustainability for rescued victims of sex trafficking. In Northern Uganda, the Mend program provides vulnerable young women opportunities to work by producing high quality handbags. The goal of the Mend program is to provide investment training, family planning, health education, and counseling to women who escaped from forced

prostitution by rebel soldiers. Through participating in this program, these women gain a new economic standing and are no longer stigmatized by their community. Profits from the handbags return to the women of the Mend program as salaries.

Although this program fulfills the need of providing an immediate income for victims of trafficking, it lacks an economic sustainability beyond making

handbags. Therefore, the need of providing a long-term economic solution for victims of trafficking remains unmet in this program.

3 _{UNIAP Cambodia Overview}

4 _{BBC News Sex Trafficking in Cambodia: Stacey Dooley Investigates}

5_{USAID The Rehabilitation of Victim of Trafficking in Group Residential Facilities in Foreign Countries pg. 2}

Justice Equips Millions Program

The JEM program will address rescued sex-trafficking victim’s need of gaining long-term independence by providing them with an income, investment

training, and counseling. Once rescued from sex-trafficking, these women are not emotionally stable or adequately equipped to immediately enter the local workforce. The JEM program will equip them to earn an immediate salary by providing a job as a bracelet maker. JEM will then focus on teaching financial investment skills and providing Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to address long term rehabilitation. Program participants will learn financial skills to develop local businesses and earn a sustainable income after graduating from the program. The therapy will be used to address the needs of participants with post traumatic stress problems and foster emotional recovery from traumatic life experiences.7

Goals and Objectives

With a grant of $45,000 from the McKnight Foundation, JEM will seek to strengthen the livelihoods of vulnerable victims of sex trafficking. The JEM program will alleviate emotional conditions resulting from sexual violence. Through financial training, participants will be able to gain a sense of economic competence to enter the Cambodian workforce. The objectives for the JEM program are

1. 100% of program participants will be able to afford daily food necessitates and stable housing within the first six months of the program.

2. 100% of program participants will display a reduction of depression, anxiety, shame, and mistrust in TF-CBT reports after one year. 3. 50% of our program participants will have opened new businesses

within one year of graduating from JEM.

Methods

The duration of the JEM program will last for 15 months. Program preparation will begin in May of 2012. The official program launch will be in July 2012.

May 2012

• XXX Victim Aftercare staff will hire a JEM program coordinator with

a Masters in Social Work or equivalent qualifications and United States citizenship.

• The JEM program coordinator will be trained in TF-CBT.

• The JEM program coordinator will relocate to Cambodia.

June 2012

• Program Coordinator will hire a local Cambodian financial advisor with

an interest in empowering women rescued from sex-trafficking.

• The program coordinator will work closely XXX in Cambodia to

encourage rescued victims of sex trafficking between the ages 15-18 to apply for the JEM program.

July 2012

• The program coordinator and financial advisor will select 15 program

participants that exhibit self-determination and occupational ambitions.

• The program coordinator will prepare a workspace at the XXX

community center.

August 2012-July 2013

• The bracelet-making trainer will be hired from the community to teach

program participants intricate traditional Cambodian silk wrapped bead bracelets for the first month of the program.

• The financial advisor will teach economic development class twice a

week.

o Class units include tracking personal budgets, understanding investment concepts, performing simple math functions, evaluating financial scenarios, and creating business plans.

o Program participants will be given monthly unit assessments.

o The financial advisor will meet with individual girls once a month to develop individual economic business plans.

• Each program participant will meet with the TF-CBT certified program

coordinator for bi-weekly therapy sessions

o This model of psychotherapy will address conditions of post-traumatic stress and anxiety.

• Completed JEM bracelets will be mailed from Cambodia to XXX

headquarters in Washington D.C., checked for quality assurance, and sold on XXX’s website.

The JEM program will be evaluated based on the extent to which program participants have gained financial independence and psychological

rehabilitation after the full year of the program.

The financial recovery of program participants will be assessed through a survey. After the first six months of bracelet making, the program coordinator will distribute a questionnaire asking each participant whether their income is sufficient to provide food necessities and secure stable housing. The program coordinator will evaluate program participant’s understanding of financial skills by examining the improvement of economic development assessments scores. In addition, the financial advisor will conduct a follow-up meeting with each participant after one year to observe which program participants successfully started new businesses.

Psychological rehabilitation will be evaluated by the TF-CBT trained program coordinator through an initial clinical review with each program participant. The program coordinator will chart psychological growth over the course of one year. The program coordinator will evaluate psychological growth by examining the decrease of behaviors related to depression, anxiety, shame, and mistrust. Program participants will also write journal entries after each

counseling session to self- monitor their process of rehabilitation. Finally program participants will fill out a survey about their overall experience of the program and suggestions for improvement.

Future Funding

XXX anticipates the continuation of the JEM program after the one year pilot program starting in May 2012. If selected by the McKnight Foundation, the JEM program will seek a renewal of $45,000 for a second year of the program. During our second year we hope to build a JEM program alumni network that will act as mentors to future program participants.

Of the 27 million people bonded in modern day slavery, one million of these victims are children exploited by the global commercial sex trade.8 _These

discouraging figures often obscure the progress being made towards abolishing modern day slavery. With the McKnight Foundation’s support, XXX can continue rescuing girls like Glenna. Glenna was forced into a taxicab by a pimp and taken to a nearby hotel, where the pimp planned to sell her to a customer. The customer was actually an undercover police officer and XXX investigators rescued Glenna.9 _{With a $45,000 grant from the McKnight Foundation, girls}

like Glenna will gain the financial independence and psychological healing necessary to live independently and reintegrate back into society.

With XXX’s necessary partnership with the McKnight Foundation, the JEM program will empower highly motivated and self-determined young Cambodian women towards emotional and financial rehabilitation.

Proposal Budget for JEM Program

8 _{U.S. Department of State’s 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report} 9 _{Glenna’s Rescue Story http://www. XXX.org/articles/firstperson}

Support:

In-kind donation(8) $26,400

Amount remaining to be raised $44,395

Total Support $70,795

Costs:

Personnel Costs: Annual Salary Project %

Salaries:

Program Coordinator/TF-CBT Counselor $25,000 (1) 100% $30,000 Hourly Employees:

Bracelet Skills-Trainer 7% $50(2)

Financial Advisor 93% $1000 (3)

Program Participants 80% $9900 (4)

Total Personal Costs: $40,950

Non-Personnel Costs

Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training (5) $495

Program Coordinator Airfare (6) $1675

Cambodian Silk Fabric (7) $1275

In Kind Rent (8) $26,400

Total Direct Costs: $29,845

Total Budget: $70,795

Budget Narrative

(1) The Program Coordinator TF-CBT counselor salary for fifteen months.

(2) This represents $50/month for 30 hours per weeks for one month for a bracelet skills trainer. (3) This represents $70/month for 30 hours a week for fourteen months as offered by an

international non-profit organization job posting for a Cambodian financial assistant and $20 for conducting follow up evaluations.

(http://www.cambodiajobpage.com/job/administration_assistant/1630.html)

(4) This represents $55/month 30 hours per week for one year for 15 program participants, monthly average for Cambodian garment workers working 50 hours a week plus bonuses.

(http://www.ncbuy.com/reference/country/humanrights.html?code=cb&sec=6e) (5) Two-day TF-CBT training hosted (http://tfcbt.musc.edu/resources.php?p=8)

(6) The average cost of roundtrip airfare from Washington D.C. to Phnom Penh, Cambodia in the summer.

(7) Cost for 50 meters of Cambodian Silk Fabric at $12.50 per meter. (http://silkfromcambodia.com) (8) Monthly rent at 2,200/month for office space in Cambodia donated by Agape International Missions