Project Funding Opportunity

Note from the Blogpost: If you work for a NGO, civil society, media, on eliminating/ minimising exploitation of people in trafficking, sexual slavery, child labour, child servitude, debt bondage (Kamaiya, Haliya systems of Labour), forced labour, forced marriate, sale of wives or children etc. this opportunity offered from the OHCHR could be a good opportunity to fund your project. Please visit the website mentioned in the text below for more information.
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The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery allocates project grants (for a maximum of 15 000 USD), for programmes of humanitarian, legal and financial assistance to individuals whose human rights have been severely violated as a result of contemporary forms of slavery. Contemporary forms of slavery include trafficking, sexual slavery, child labour and child servitude, debt bondage, serfdom and forced labour, forced marriage and sale of wives ect.
Projects undertaken with previous Trust Fund grants include medical and psychological aid, food, shelter, and vocational training to victims of trafficking for sexual and economic exploitation; support to rehabilitation centres for sexually and physically abused street children and a project to identify and release bonded labourers in the carpet industry and stone quarries. Other projects have provided victims with the means to generate sustainable sources of income, such as sewing machines, hairdressing equipment, or farming tools.
The application form in english is at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/about/funds/slavery/docs/AppSHEN2010.doc.Application forms should be duly completed and submitted by 31 Mars 2009.
If you need more information on the Fund, you can consult the website of the OHCHR:http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/ListOfIssues.aspx.