Anti-TIP training. Thailand. Awareness is power. TIP = Trafficking In Persons

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1 teacher notes Anti-TIP training Thailand Awareness is power TIP = Trafficking In Persons 2015 by Ralph Muenstermann: Permission is granted to photocopy or print any content, but not to use the content in other publications, including the internet, without prior written permission by the author. Resale prohibited.

2 teacher notes Anti-TIP training Thailand Awareness is power TIP = Trafficking In Persons 2015 by Ralph Muenstermann: Permission is granted to photocopy or print any content, but not to use the content in other publications, including the internet, without prior written permission by the author. Resale prohibited. teacher notes Your Dreams 1 Think about anything that money can buy... Draw or collage your dream on a square piece of paper. Then make a dream box (Note for trainer: Let participants think silently about their dreams before they start the activity. As the 4 corners of the folded square paper are not going to be visible once the box is folded, encourage everyone to work in the center of the square. Collect all folded boxes for a later activity. )

3 teacher notes Nong Aw 2 The story of a dreamer... (Note for trainer: follow the arrows on the cube to show each picture while you tell each numbered paragraph. Order the PRICELESS CUBE at 0) Of the 7 billion people on this earth, I want to pick one girl today. This is the story of Nong Aw, and she is from a small town in Isaan. 1) When Nong Aw was a little girl, she had the dream to marry a rich American man and have lots of dollars and a smart phone. She wanted to study economics to know everything about making money. 2) Her family taught her to trust the monks. Because her mother and father both worked in Bangkok, she grew up with her aunt. Now she is 18, and she is totally in love with her Thai boyfriend. He has a well-paying job with an international company. His British boss drives an expensive car. 3) Nong Aw is leaving her town in a nice car (bottom right). She is sad to leave but also excited about her future. Let me see if we can figure out why she is going I am going to give you 4 options and you tell me which one is true: 4) - Her boyfriend set her up with a well-paying waitressing job at a Thai restaurant in Phnom Penh. He said that he would follow her as soon as he can get his job transferred to Cambodia. He arranged transport and accommodation for her in Phnom Penh. - The monk offered her a scholarship for a famous University in Bangkok where she could study economics. He arranged for her travels and her accommodation. - Her boyfriend s boss offered her a position in the hospitality department of the company. He said she would have to attend a free training at the company s national headquarters in Chiang Mai. - Her aunt has connections to a rich family in Australia, where she could work as an au-pair for the summer and make a lot of money. She organized her a passport, a work visa and even paid for her air plane ticket. Which one is the true story? (Note for trainer: form groups and let them discuss and come to an answer; let 1 per group report back with reasons for their answer) teacher notes Nong Aw The story of a dreamer becomes the story of a victim... 5) When she arrives in her small room - exhausted from the journey - the owner of the building tells her she has to pay her room immediately in advance. Nong Aw gives him all the money she has. She does not realise that the water in the bottle on the table has been contaminated with drugs. After she drinks, she falls into a deep sleep and can hardly get out of bed the next day. Feeling horrible and dizzy, she goes between the bed and the bathroom, unable to leave her room for days. The woman who comes and checks on her just gives her rice, water and more drugs, which she calls medicine. After a week of no contact with the outside world, the owner comes back and explains that her accommodation and medicine bill is now so high that she will have to work for him to pay it off. She does not have money for a phone call home and feels that she has no choice but to agree. At first she helps in the kitchen, but her bill is rising with interest and the income is too little. To pay for her drug addiction she then agrees to sleep with men at night, which makes much better money. At first it is just occasional, but soon it is up to 20 men per day. Even though she looks now beautiful on the outside, on the inside she is dying. This is Human Trafficking! What do you think has happened? Who tricked her? Who sold her into prostitution? (go back to picture 4) (Answer: it could have been any of these: the boyfriend, the monk, the business owner or the aunt!) 6) (show the side with the broken heart) Nong Aw s story is very sad. Her heart and that of her family have been broken. We are going to learn now how you all could help her family: - comfort and honour her family (top left) - call this hotline if you suspect Human Trafficking (top right): 1191 (Anti-Trafficking Division of the Royal Thai Police); or: 1300 (One Stop Crisis Centre Hotline) - If Nong Aw somehow gets out of her slavery (bottom left), accept her back into the family. Don t be ashamed of her, offer her an open door, so she can heal from her many inner wounds (bottom right).

4 teacher notes First Face of Human Trafficking 3 Commercial Sex Industry average age of victims: 14 years (Source: US Dep. of State 2014 TIP report) teacher notes Second Face of Human Trafficking Forced Labour adults or children in factories, plantations, fishing boats, brick kilns and other places (Source: US Dep. of State 2014 TIP report) teacher notes Other Faces of Human Trafficking Other forms of exploitation: Forced Street Vending Forced Selling of Drugs Child Soldiers Forced Begging Organ Removal teacher notes Worldwide Problem Average price of a slave: in 1809 = 200 years ago: in 2009 = today: THB THB (adjusted to today's value) There are more slaves today than in any other time in history: 200 years ago: today: ca slaves ca slaves

5 teacher notes Worldwide Problem 4 (Note for trainer: The idea of this map is not to explain the statistics, but to show that Human Trafficking is a global problem. No nation in the world is free from it.) Legalized prostitution in Western Europe drives the demand for girls, most of them from Eastern Europe Slaves by regions Even though the numbers in South East Asia are high, the demand is driven by Western nations: e.g. through cheap imported goods and sex tourism (estimated 25% of customers of sex services from children are from the U.S.) Source: US Dep. of State 2012 TIP report total: 21,000,000 teacher notes Thailand is on Tier 3 (worst level) in the U.S. TIP report examples of many: 1) Six monks from a temple in Chiang Mai were arrested on Human Trafficking charges* 2) Three children from Myanmar were rescued from a massage parlor in Nokhonpathon Province* 3) One young woman from a province near Isaan was found in a brothel in Cape Town, South Africa, after she was recruited for an office job by a Chinese woman in Thailand *Source: Thai progress report on H.T. by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 2015 Thai Problem 1) Inside Thailand: from villages into cities 2) Across Border: from Myanmar Laos China Vietnam Cambodia Malaysia India 3) Across Border: Source: United Nations SIREN data sheet 2008 to other countries: Malaysia Japan Bahrain Australia USA, Canada South Africa Germany

6 teacher notes 4 Steps of Human Trafficking 5 Transported: by own will or by force Tricked: by deep hopes or dreams Trapped: by threats or by force Used teacher notes Myo The story of a victim... Can you see the 4 steps? (Note to trainer: Ask a participant to hold up the correct sign of each step while you read the story of Myo) Myo was excited. The long wait in line at the office in town had been worth it. Even though he never got to the clerk, he met 2 well-dressed gentlemen who told him of a job opportunity at a pineapple factory in Thailand. Trusting his recruiters, Myo believed he was leaving his home in Burma to make a better life in Thailand. (TRICKED) The men had given him a bus ticket, which they said he would have to pay them back later. He boarded the bus and crossed the border with no problems. (TRANSPORTED) When he arrived at the place he was told to go, he was sold to a fishing boat captain for THB He was held on the boat for 10 months against his will. On the rare occasion that the boat docked at port, the officers bribed local police to allow them to keep the fishermen on the boat rather than risking them escaping if they were allowed to set foot on shore. (TRAPPED) Myo was forced to work long hours, and beaten regularly. His masters often smashed his head and ear into a block of ice on the fishing boat. (USED) He was finally able to escape and sought refuge in a temple. He continues to struggle with deafness. (based on a true story; source: US State Department: TIP report 2014, page 34)

7 Open teacher notes your eyes Dream wild, but don't buy your dreams with your freedom! Millions are trafficked into slavery each year, don't become one of them! Awareness is power (Note for trainer: put the folded 'prison' shown here under one of the dream boxes you collected, then read the words above; explain how under each dream on the box lies the danger of becoming a slave; let the participant whose box you picked, lift up the lid and keep the box bottom as a reminder) cut along this line teacher notes Myo - open your eyes 6 Check the job! Ask questions! Does the company exist? Who are the recruiters? What is their reputation? Have correct papers! visa, work permit Report fraud to: 1694 HOTLINE Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour Report to police: 1191 HOTLINE Anti-Trafficking Division, Royal Thai Police (Note for trainer: before reading this page, let participants come up with their own suggestions of how Myo could have protected himself)

8 teacher notes Nong Aw - open your eyes 7 boyfriend as trafficker: Is the boyfriend 'real'? Call the restaurant! Call the landlord you will stay with! monk/priest as trafficker: Call the University! Call the landlord you will stay with! business man as trafficker: Do internet research on the company! Call the company and confirm the training! aunt as trafficker: Call the family in Australia! Nobody can get a visa for you! always: Tell your family where you go, leave your address and phone number! Take your time, never rush into things (recruiters always rush you)! (Note for trainer: before reading this page, show side 4 of the cube with the 4 options of being 'tricked'. Let participants work in groups to discuss how Nong Aw could have seen that she is being tricked and protected herself) teacher notes Quiz Is human trafficking another word for smuggling? No. Smuggling is a crime against a country s borders, whereas human trafficking is a crime against a person. Is human trafficking a crime that must involve some form of travel across a country's borders? No. The majority of trafficking happens within the country. Does physical violence have to be involved in human trafficking cases? No. while some victims experience beatings, rape, and other forms of physical violence, many victims are controlled by traffickers by threats. Are human trafficking victims only foreign nationals or immigrants? No. Do victims always come from a low-income or poor background? No. Poverty is one of many factors that make individuals vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking, but it can affect people from all backgrounds. Do victims of human trafficking see themselves as victims of a crime and usually ask for help? Often no. Victims of human trafficking often do not seek help, due to lack of trust, self-blame, or being trained by traffickers to distrust authorities. (Note for trainer: read out the questions and let participants vote for 'yes' or 'no') Is Sex Trafficking the only form of Human Trafficking? No. Elements of human trafficking can occur in the commercial sex industry as well as in situations of forced labour/services as well as organ removal. It can affect men and women, children and adults. Does human trafficking only occur in illegal underground industries? No. While human trafficking does occur in illegal and underground markets, it can also occur in legal and legitimate settings. For example, common locations of human trafficking include private homes, hotels, nail salons, restaurants, bars, strip clubs, and massage parlours.

9 teacher notes Watch out - Teach Others 8 The Hotline Numbers: 1300 One Stop Crisis Centre 1191 Anti-Trafficking Division, Police 1694 Dept. of Employment, Ministry of Labour 191 Emergency, Police (Note for trainer: include the phone number of a local Non-Government Organisation that you trust and that knows about Human Trafficking law, if possible.) Be a 'watchman on the wall': - know what happens in your community - you could have slaves in your street - report suspicious activity - don't investigate yourself, let police do that Tell the story of Nong Aw... - with or without the cube - remember: Awareness is power teacher notes Instructions and Resources Dear trainer, I am glad you are using this booklet to raise awareness about the dangers of Human Trafficking in Thailand. Use the teacher notes to spark your own story about Human Trafficking. This sign reminds you that there is an illustration to show in the flip-book. May I suggest you make photocopies of this booklet and hand them out to your audience after your presentation, so that they are empowered to train others. Please have the materials listed on the right ready for your presentation. Let's join the Thai government in having 'Zero Tolerance on Human Trafficking' Ralph Muenstermann, June 2015 Contact information: Ralph Muenstermann in South Africa: ralph.muenstermann@world-outreach.com World Outreach Sarah Schoenhals in Thailand: mark.sarah.schoenhals@gmail.com Eastern Mennonite Missions List of materials needed: - this booklet: teacher notes and flip-book available for download on - the Priceless Cube available at - a photocopy of the Dream Box bottom page (page 6; enlarge to fit onto an A4 page) to make a 'prison' underneath one Dream Box (please cut, fold and unfold it ahead of time) - white paper or thin cardboard for each participant for the Dream Box exercise: 21cm x 21cm or let participants cut it from an A4 page - crayons, markers, pencils, scissors for the Dream Box exercise (or magazines, scissors and glue if you prefer to have them do a collage) For further information: Key government agency: National Operation Centre on Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking (NOCHT) United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons, Bangkok (UN-ACT) With special thanks to: Justice ACTs International, for various illustrations on Human Trafficking ISBN (e-book) ISBN (print) first published in South Africa, first print 2015 by Ralph Muenstermann: Permission is granted to photocopy or print any content, but not to use the content in other publications, including the internet, without prior written permission by the author. Resale prohibited.

10 flip-book First Face of Human Trafficking Commercial Sex Industry

11 flip-book Second Face of Human Trafficking Forced Labour

12 flip-book Other Faces of Human Trafficking

13 flip-book Worldwide Problem in 1809: in 2009: THB THB 3 000

14 flip-book Slaves by regions 2012 Worldwide Problem

15 flip-book Thai Problem Thailand is on Tier 3 1) Inside Thailand 2) Across Border Bangkok, red light district 3) Across Border

16 flip-book TRICKED step 1

17 flip-book TRANSPORTED step 2

18 flip-book TRAPPED step 3

19 flip-book USED step 4

20 flip-book Myo Can you see the 4 steps?

21 flip-book Watch out - Teach Others The Hotline Numbers: 1300 One Stop Crisis Centre 1191 Anti-Trafficking Division, Police 1694 Dept. of Employment, Ministry of Labour 191 Emergency, Police