Get to Zero and Be a Hero
“Zero Trafficking, Zero Drugs and Zero HIV”
Cambodia | Japan | Mongolia | Thailand | Nepal | Papua New Guinea
Iloilo Philippines – Study Site
A zero trafficking campaign for the promotion of meaningful engagement of victims, survivors
and those at risk of trafficking in persons (TIP) through the River of Life methodology toward
a victim-centered, rights-based and survivor-driven framework of action in combating human
trafficking in Asia and the Pacific region the Philippine experience.
Proposal Submitted to the
2014 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund
U. S. Department of State
Local Government of the Province of Iloilo
Kabataang Gabay sa Positibong Pamumuhay (KGPP) Inc.
Peers Enabling Each other’s Recovery Support (PEERS) Network
Asia-Pacific Network for a Victim-centered Approach on TIP
Buklod ng Kababihan and Lawig Bubai
JANUARY 2014 – MAY 2015
ROJECT PROFILE
Get to Zero and Be a Hero
As the MDG ends in 2015, the ASEAN integration begins and as countries build
bridges for trade and development, trafficking-in-persons (TIP) among transnational
crimes continue to be a growing threat in the region. The project aims to create a
pool of “Be a Hero” advocates in Asia-Pacific using a victim-centered and survivordriven River of Life methodology developed in Iloilo Philippines. The project also
seeks the inclusion of TIP in the post-MDG agenda.
CATEGORY
Outreach to Underserved Communities
LOCATION
Cambodia | Japan | Mongolia | Philippines | Thailand | Nepal | Papua New Guinea
PROJECT IMPACT
Goal:
The project aims to contribute to the global effort to contain trafficking-in-persons (TIP) through the
meaningful engagement of victims and survivors in the response to TIP in the Philippines and in Asia
Pacific. It seeks to promote and scale up the River of Life Tools developed in Iloilo Philippines in the
year 2010 as a survivor-driven methodology toward a victim-centered framework of action in
combating TIP in the region.
By 2015 the project intends to:
1.) Create the Asia-Pacific network and a pool of Be a Hero advocates championing human
rights and a victim-centered approach in the response to TIP.
2.) Conduct a study tour for the Asia-Pacific core group to the Philippines and initiate a weeklong mentoring, observations and dialogues on the River of Life method with the local host
(Philippine National Team)
3.) Scale up the River of Life Tools through the conduct roll-out workshops in respective
organizations and clientele groups in 6 Asian countries.
4.) Prepare a case study using the River of Life method in the response to TIP for inclusion to the
ASEAN and the post-MDG agenda.
Beneficiaries:
The project has two set of beneficiaries:
1.) Primary: 10 leaders from survivor groups of trafficking based in the Philippines (Davao, Iloilo,
Manila, Olongapo) with 600 members mobilized for a series of workshop and dialogues.
2.) Secondary: 10 core group member and 30 program managers and community facilitators
representing NGOs in the six Asian countries (Mongolia, Cambodia, Japan, Nepal, Thailand
and Philippines).
Desired Results:
With the aim in developing a pool of Be a Hero Advocates toward a victim-centered approach in the
response to TIP, the project shall have accomplished the following results by 2015:
1.) A functional Be a Hero Asia-Pacific network has been created and a dedicated core group
formed.
2.) 10 Asia-Pacific core group members and 30 managers and community facilitators trained on
how to facilitate and administer the River of Life Tools to their respective organizations and
clientele groups.
3.) 10 Philippine core group (local host) from survivor groups engaged and 600 survivors of TIP
in 4 Philippine cities (Iloilo, Cebu and Manila and Olongapo) mobilized for a roll-out
workshops and learning and sharing experience with Asian counterparts.
4.) Generate a case study on victim-centered approach in the response to TIP valuable to the
ASEAN and the post-MDG agenda.
Metrics:
A project M&E plan will be developed on the basis of: (a) execution performance, (b) monitoring of
achieved results, (c) output delivery, and (d) project impact zooming in on objectives, desired
outcomes and planned outputs, as expressed in the Project Logframe and work plans. The design
shall also reflect the contributions of the project results the National Strategic Action Plan against TIP
and the US Department of State program on TIP. At the participant level, a partnership agreement
and TORs of participating organizations, IVLP fellows and Fulbright fellow will be signed. A rubric will
be developed in order to assess periodically and measure the competency, confidence and
commitment of each "Be a Hero" advocate enrolled in the project. Results of the River of Life that
showcase behavior change progress of enrolled victims and survivors are measured quarterly and
annually and will be the basis for the creative briefs showcasing behavior change.
Promotion:
The team will prepare periodic progress report developed into creative briefs disseminated to
stakeholders in pdf format and uploaded at the IEA website of the US Department of State. Articles of
human interests will be published in national dailies with links, blurbs, blurblets, and blogs shared
across the social media (fb, twitter, linkedIn) and affiliated websites (Constellation, Asia Society,
International Youth Foundation, TakingITGlobal, GlobalGiving.org). The team leader is currently a
citizen journalist enrolled in the Key Correspondents program of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance
(http://www.keycorrespondents.org/) and will contribute in writing articles in terms of HIV, drugs and
human rights of TIP victims.
LOCAL PARTNERS
The project will be in collaboration with four (4) survivor groups of TIP (prostitution, trade of illicit
drugs, labour) in the Philippines who will be tasked to facilitate workshops, knowledge fairs and
consultative dialogue with the Asia-Pacific core group (6 NGOs).
A river of life workshop will be
facilitated with (1) Buklod ng Kababihan is a people’s organization of former prostituted women
servicing the military of the U.S. Subic Naval Base in Olongapo City, (2) Lawig Bubai ("Sail on,
women!") is a people’s organization of women and children who are victims and survivors of
prostitution in Davao City, (3) Peers Enabling Each other’s Recovery Support - PEERS Network
represented by its Tondo chapter, and (4) We Are One Cebu, a People’s Organization of recovering
drug users based in Cebu City. Local government units and their service providers in Iloilo, Cebu,
Manila, Davao, and Olongapo will be engaged.
Proposed Project Dates: January 13, 2014 - May 18, 2015
STEPS TO IMPLEMENT
The project has five phases that starts in January 2014 and end in the May 2015. The first two phases
has already begun and have gained significant results that build momentum for the larger AEIF
Project.
PHASE 1: Asia Pacific Networking (January - April 2014). Establish the Asia Pacific Network and
develop the Pool of Be a Hero Advocates based in Mongolia, Nepal, Thailand, Japan and Cambodia.
The selected countries is based on the networks established by the proponent earlier during the 2013
TechCamp Phnom Penh, the 2014 IVLP on community and human rights in the United States and the
1st CIFAL Jeju regional workshop on “Enhancing a Victim-Centered Approach: Identification,
Assistance, and Protection of Trafficking Victims in the Asia-Pacific Region” in South Korea.
Please see annex 1 for the composition of the project tam and the local host team.
PHASE 2: Fund Raising Campaign (May-August 2014). A fund-raising campaign will be initiated
and will commence at the Get to Zero and Be a Hero Marketplace Booth at the Global Village
Program of the 20th AIDS Conference in Melbourne Australia on July 18-25, 2014. The Be a Hero
Project has been selected and awarded with a marketplace booth worth 3000 USD and a full
scholarship for the proponent to promote the project at the conference. A GlobalGiving.org online fund
raising account will be created.
Please see annex 2 for the documents for the 20th International AIDS Conference in Mebourne.
PHASE 3: Study Tour and Workshops (September 2014). The 10-member Be a Hero core group
(Asia-Pacific) will embark in a 7-day study visit to the Philippines to learn with 10 local Be a Hero
counterparts on how the workshop is facilitated with victim groups. Workshops in Iloilo, Cebu, Manila
and Olongapo reaching 600 survivors and victims of TIP will be conducted and knowledge fair will be
initiated with the core group. They will observe how the River of Life results influence policy
development at the local government through observation of a dialogue between duty-bearers and
rights holders in the Province of Iloilo and will observe and conduct hands-on with survivor groups
during one workshop in Olongapo.
PHASE 4: Roll-out Workshops (January-March 2015). A mentored river of life workshops will be
conducted by each Be a Hero Advocates with their respective organizations in 6 Asian countries
mentored by the team leader.
PHASE 5: Project Review and Post-MDG Consultation (May 2015). Core group members meet to
review project results in 2015 and prepare a post-MDG agenda on TIP
ANNEX 1: THE PROJECT TEAM
The term “Facilitation” is coined to give emphasis on “community engagement” as the approach in
the over-all implementation of the project. It is aimed that the pilot project will develop a pool of
advocates for a victim-centered approach and facilitators for a survivor-driven TIP response using
the River of Life methodology.
The Asia-Pacific Facilitation Team (APFT)
There will be a formative six-member team for the Be a Hero project for the Asia-Pacific who will
serve as the core group who will be tasked to establish the Asia-Pacific Network Cambodia by 2015
comprising Mongolia, Nepal, Thailand, Japan and the Philippines. The team members has
demonstrated exemplary work in the field of trafficking in persons (TIP) and allied areas of policy,
advocacy, human rights, good governance, and health and program management and who are
alumni of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) and US-based fellowship such as the
Fulbright under the larger public diplomacy program of the US Department of State..
1.) Team Leader
John Piermont Montilla of Iloilo, is 2014 IVLP fellow and President of the Kabataang Gabay
sa Positibong Pamumuhay (KGPP) Inc. He is the proponent of the “Be a Hero” project that
aims to scale up his organization’s
Johnpierre shall be designated as project team leader who will directly responsible in
managing the project by ensuring the core team the necessary technical support, program
management, management and oversight are set in place for the project implementation in
all of its aspects. He shall coordinate with the project stakeholders including the US Embassy,
the government agencies involved in the project and the country facilitation team in the
host country, Philippines.
The team leader shall be responsible largely for the technical aspect of the project
particularly in the preparation of three tools that will be scaled-up in 6 Asian countries. He
will mobilize the expertise of the Asia-Pacific team to further develop the required tools
during project implementation. These tools are the MEPA process or the meaningful
engagement of people at risk framework, the River of Life methodology, and the victimcentered policy and program review tool valuable to assess policies and programs on TIP.
2.) Team Members
Hon. Governor Arthur Defensor of Iloilo. Hon. Defensor is an IVLP fellow in the year 1999
and currently Governor of the Province of Iloilo, Republic of the Philippines. His exemplary
performance in government service particularly on good governance will enrich the project‘s
policy development component in terms of participation of civil society in the promotion of
the protection of vulnerable groups in the Province of Iloilo through their meaningful
engagement in decision-making and representation at the local special bodies such as the
Provincial Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking.
Gantumur Zoljargalan of Mongolia. Gantanamur is a social work practitioner and Fulbright
Foreign Student Scholar in the year 2011 and currently project manager of the Human
Security Policy Studies Center based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. One of her key responsibility
in her work is the establishment of the Network of anti-human trafficking NGOs in Mongolia.
She will be tapped in the project on the areas of ethical consideration in crises intervention
on TIP cases and the enrichment of the toolkit that will be scaled up in the project. She will
also be tasked in rolling out the learning obtained during the study visits to her respective
organization and key network in Mongolia.
Oyunchimeg Purev of Mongolia. Oyunaa is an IVLP 2014 fellow under the community and
human rights program in Asia and the Pacific. She is a Commissioner of the Commission on
Human Rights of Mongolia based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Her key role in the project
covers expert advice on the aspect of Human Rights and International Law. She will help in
the review and enrichment of the tools that ensure human rights of victims of TIP are
protected and how to properly and timely victim identification in order to ensure
survivors’ access to protection services.
Nir Lama of Nepal. Nir is an IVLP 2012 fellow under the US Foreign Policy and Human rights
program of the US Department of State. He is currently Assistant Officer of the Informal
Sector Service Centre (INSEC) based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nir presented a case study on the
human trafficking situation in Sindhupalchok District of Nepal during the regional workshop
on trafficking in persons titled “Enhancing a Victim-Centered Approach” organized by the
CIFAL Jeju in Korea. As part of the team, he will help in the review of the tools for its
usefulness to the Nepal context.
Clayton Tuata of Papua New Guinea. Clayton is an IVLP 2014 fellow under the Human
Rights and the Community Program of the US Department of State. He is currently
Counselor, LeitanaWomen’s Organization based in Papua New Guinea. Clayton is a male
advocate in a women-led NGO and as part of the team, he will help in zooming into the role
of men in preventing gender-based violence in crises intervention among TIP victims as well
as building network and promote a victim centered approach in the response to TIP in Papua
New Guinea and the Pacific Islands.
The Country Facilitation Team (CFT) – Philippine Host Team
1.) Ama Bulawan is President of Buklod ng Kababihan, a people’s organization of former
prostituted women servicing the military of the U.S. Subic Naval Base in Olongapo City in
Central Luzon. Her task in the project is to lead the country facilitation team in the
implementation of the project and the mobilization of support groups of victims in
preparation for the study tour for the Asia-Pacific core group. She will be the team leader of
the Philippine Host Team
2.) Anna Capone Calix is President, Lawig Bubai or "Sail on, women!". The group is a people’s
organization of women and children who are victims and survivors of prostitution in Davao
City. Her task in the project is to mobilize members of Lawig Bubai for a River of Life
Workshop and share the experience during the knowledge fair and dialogue with the AsiaPacific core group.
3.) Mark Reynard Sakay, President, PEERS Network Philippines Tondo Chapter. The Network is a
national support network of male victims of trafficking of illicit drug trade, sexual
exploitation, organized crime. His task in the project is to mobilize the leaders from local
chapters based in Zamboanga, Cebu, Iloilo and Manila for a River of Life Workshop and share
the experience during the knowledge fair and dialogue with the Asia-Pacific core group.
ANNEX 2: 2014 AIDS CONFERENCE IN MELBOURNE DOCUMENTS