Defensa de Niñas y Niños-Internacional DNI Costa Rica Postal Address Apartado postal Guadalupe San José, Costa Rica

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1 ANNEX II Interim Narrative and Financial Report 1. Grant holder Name of Organization Defensa de Niñas y Niños-Internacional DNI Costa Rica Postal Address Apartado postal Guadalupe San José, Costa Rica Contact Person (name and title) Silvia Hernández R, Project Coordinator Telephone Telefax defensa@dnicostarica.org, vicepresidencia@dnicostarica.org Head of Organization (authorizing officer) Nora Bruna, Vicepresident 2. Project information Project Title Improving integral services and specialized assistance to victims of trafficking in Central America Location of Project Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras Starting Date March 2012 End Date March 2013 Project Objective To increase integral services and specialized assistance to victims of trafficking, especially children and adolescents in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica Page 1 of 16

2 3. Assessment of implementation of the project activities 3.1. Reporting period March March Activities carried out in the reporting period During the first year of the project, activities have addressed components one and two. In this sense, the project has guaranteed the detection and integral assistance to children victims of trafficking in two different ways: a) providing directly assistance to trafficking victims and other forms of violence in shelters of Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala; b) supporting the detection and the follow- up of trafficking cases in borders of the region and giving technical assistance to consular bodies of six countries of the region (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua). In the following pages of this report, we are going to explain the activities that have been carried out in this period, within the components of the project one and two: 1. Victims of trafficking are detected and receive protection and legal assistance in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. 2. Children and Adolescents Victims of trafficking are detected and reached in borders in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Overall Objective Specific Objectives Results To increase integral services and specialized assistance to victims of trafficking, especially children and adolescents in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica To improve the quality of the specialized services of detection, protection and assistance in care centers for victims of trafficking and vulnerable populations of being victims of trafficking in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica Model of attention to child victims of trafficking and other forms of violence is implemented in shelters of Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala a) Assessment of the services provided to trafficking victims in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica: As part of the first activities of the project, we elaborated a regional assessment of the services provided to trafficking victims in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. The purpose of this document was to identify the gaps and challenges in providing specialized and integral services to children victims of trafficking. The main topics the assessment include are: Activities Background International Law Regional Context o Trafficking route o Statistical data o National Law Attention services to victims of trafficking in Costa Rica, Page 2 of 16

3 Honduras and Guatemala Actors who provide attention to victims Integral attention to victims of trafficking: o Right to be protected and to have an adequate shelter o Right to receive medical and psychological attention Reintegration: o Right to vocational opportunities, education and training. Repatriation: o Regional and National Protocols of repatriation of victims of trafficking Gaps and challenges in addressing the attention to victims of trafficking in Central America The assessment gave us a description about the way that the attention to victims is carrying out and also what areas we need to improve to achieve our goals in providing effective detection and attention to victims of trafficking. The methodology carried out was rapid assessment, within the framework of International Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Palermo Protocol. The process included bibliographical review, interviews with experts and consults and workshops with stakeholders. It is important to mention that this activity was a useful key to introduce the project to stakeholders in the three countries. One of the special features of the region is that all countries have a similar evolution in the attention to trafficking victims, but also they have differences and best practices identified that could be replicated in other countries. Since the ratification of the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, States in Central America region have developed several actions to apply this Protocol into the national legislation, according to their international commitments. For example: GUATEMALA has implemented mechanisms and protocols on detection of trafficking victims; those are being developed by the consular body. This way we strengthen these mechanisms on detection and to promote in consular body primary attention to victims of trafficking. COSTA RICA has elaborated a model on attention to victims of trafficking that is a role model to other countries. But this model is general and do not have an attention on child victims, instead they have developed a model to all victims. This way it s necessary to bring an emphasis on what steps we need to follow on the specialized attention on child victims of trafficking. HONDURAS has a specialized shelter that provides attention to children that are trafficking victims; this shelter is a model for the other countries in the region. This experience give us Page 3 of 16

4 feedback regarding the gaps all countries have to face. b) Negotiations and signing of agreements with institutions for the development of the activities: In this sense, the project took into account actions at two levels: a) At national level: The project was presented formally to institutions in the three countries and promoted its presentation by developing meetings with counterparts, interviews with key actors regarding the attention to trafficking victims. For this purpose, during the last year Regional Coordination visited Guatemala and Honduras in order to negotiate the signing of agreements with institutions. The project also identified NGO s who has a recognize work in the children rights issue and sexual violence against children in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras. These NGO s were invited to participate as counterparts of the project. Brief description of the counterparts: DNI COSTA RICA: Since its founding, 18 years ago, Defensa de Niñas y Niños Internacional, DNI-Costa Rica has been developed activities to address and to fight against human trafficking with the purpose of sexual and labor exploitation of children, through political advocacy and projects in rural and urban areas of Costa Rica and Central America. At the national level, DNI CR has carried out initiatives targeting the prevention, protection and attention of victims of trafficking, through training activities to staff of governmental institutions, shelters, children and adolescents, community leaders, and victims of trafficking. DNI CR has also developed projects in rural areas, such as the project in the border community of Los Chiles next to Nicaragua; the proposal included actions as community-based strategies for prevention, detection, and attention of victims and vulnerable population, specifically migrant children and adolescents, who are in risk of becoming victims of trafficking. DNI CR has also implemented regional projects with the objective of to strengthen and building capacities in the levels of prevention and detection on human trafficking of children, directed to officials from the Departments of Migration in each country of Central America. Since 2010, the organization has opened a helpline program called Mano Amiga which received reports of trafficking situations and Page 4 of 16

5 provide integral and technical assistance to victims (basic information to victims, psychosocial and legal attention and follow up of the progress). ECPAT-GUATEMALA: ECPAT Guatemala is an NGO established in 2000, is part of the ECPAT International; International Organization that aims to contribute to the elimination of all forms of sexual violence against children. ECPAT Guatemala has consultative statutes at ECOSOC; its headquarters is located in Bangkok, Thailand. During its twelve years of hard work ECPAT Guatemala has reached its mission of promoting the fulfillment of children rights free from all forms of exploitation, violence and slavery. Such as: Sexual commercial exploitation. The use of children in pornography. Sexual tourism. Prevention, attention and justice to trafficking in persons. Compartir - HONDURAS: Compartir works to bring effectiveness in responses to street children and children at risk in Honduras since 1990; Compartir is part of the International Organization Partage based in France. Its Mission is to raise awareness to society and working closely with stakeholders through strategies of incidence and lobby to put in the public agenda the needs of all children victims of injustice, in order to provided them the fulfillment of their rights stated in the International Convention on the Rights of Children. We would like to mention that the organization Compartir Honduras presented their resignation to the project. In this sense, we had a new counterpart in Honduras: Casa Alianza (Convenant House). Casa Alianza is a non governmental organization working in Honduras since Is part of the international organization Covenant House, anually assist more than 20,000 children in the region who lives to the streets, protecting them from sexual, emotional, or physical abuse and exploitation and giving them the right to a home, food, guidance and an education. On the other hand it is important to mention the framework within the trafficking issue is developed in the region, every country has a national coalition on trafficking that involves many governmental and non Page 5 of 16

6 governmental institutions, working together with national plans and objectives in the areas of assistance, prevention and justice system. For this reason is a requirement that all counterparts have to be part of each national coalition; working closely to these spaces and institutions is essential to have success and also to make sure that the activities of the project will be included as a contribution of their plans. Achieving their commitment to be part on this project will be valuable to monitor and support to institutions on the progress in providing children and adolescents victims of trafficking integral assistance. At the regional level: As mentioned before, in Central America region the trafficking matter is addressed nationally by every national coalition, all the actions, training process, awareness campaigns, attention services to victims, etc form part of a national plan of work and strategy, this frame has allowed national institutions to maximize resources and to give join answers to the problematic. Recently, national coalitions have created a regional coalition, which is formed by national governments, governmental institutions and international NGO s with Observer Status. The project was introduced and had submitted its intentions to be part as an Observer to the Regional Secretariat of the Central America Regional Coalition. The process has been very slow and DNI Costa Rica has negotiate and looking for financial support to be able to attend and to participate in the regional coalition. It is expected that this year we have a positive answer to this submitted. c) Direct assistance to child victims of trafficking and other forms of violence is implemented in shelters of Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala. During the first year of the project DNI has analyzed the objective, goals and impact of the project, and has concluded that it is necessary promote changes in the approach that assistance to children victim of trafficking are provided. It is for this reason that the project turned is actions to make a reality these changes. During this period, DNI Costa Rica and its partners had been providing direct assistance to 48 child and adolescents victims and have been validating a model in four shelters of Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala. Country Name of the Shelter Location Costa Rica Vargas Araya San José Casa Blanca San José Guatemala Alianza Guatemala City Page 6 of 16

7 Honduras Querubines Tegucigalpa The validation process consisted in two main activities: a) Technical review and feedback by a) experts of other institutions in each country (we could mention some participants: IOM, national coalitions, shelters, etc); and b) experts of the three counterparts. b) Adolescents give feedback through carrying out the sessions of the model in shelters. The model elaborated provides integral assistance to victims of trafficking and other forms of violence in shelters following human rights approach, by giving: a) REDRESSING (Identification, Transitory accommodation, Medical assistance, Psychosocial assistance). b) EMPOWERMENT AND INTEGRATION (Mediation and counselling with the family, Legal assistance and counselling, Education and vocational integration, Group counselling). The objective of the model is the promotion of the recognize of trafficking victims and other forms of violence as subjects of rights, with dignity, rights and responsibilities, through the recognition of its individual attributes as Human, as person and as citizen. This way, this process was carried out, in the four shelters of the three countries. The contribution to institutions and shelters is to promote a parallel and alternative model that works since a human rights approach of victims working with their condition as adolescents, encouraging them to personal development, management of the autonomy, emancipation and social integration. With this experience, adolescents had a space to empowerment and reflection about their lives, in order to bring them a different perspective of live and the fulfillment of their rights to build positive projects of life and facilitate their reentry to their communities. The process carried out 10 sessions of two hours each per session, in which adolescents received the following themes: 1. Introduction Session 1. Introduction to the training process Session 2. Rights of children and adolescents / enjoyment and exercise of rights. 2. Personal Development Session 3. Self-esteem and resilience Page 7 of 16

8 Session 4. Identity / Recognition Session 5. Managing autonomy 2. Building a Project of life Session 6. Life skills. Session 7. Educational development 3. Social Development Session 8. Psychosocial development / relationships Session 9. Education for sexuality / gender violence 4. Social Integration Session 10. Close of the process Adolescents were motivated to participate in the groups. They have shown interest in the topics that the Model addressed. Gradually, they opened their minds to participate actively in the process. One of the positive results was development of empathy among girls and the professional team. Which includes professionals majoring Social Science and Education. It is known that population in shelters do not have many opportunities to work about positive project of life. This way, it is important to mention that this project has contributed in the process of providing spaces for collective reflection on human rights and empowerment, in which they will have the tools to be able to appropriate and strengthen their self-esteem. Results Activities For the second year of the project this model will be developed in other shelters increasing target population and giving more adolescentes tools to build positive lives. Improvement of the quality of the services provided to victims of trafficking and other forms of violence in Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala a) Elaboration of a virtual and formative proposal on mechanisms of detection of trafficking victims directed to the training of the consular body: The objective of this formative process was to strengthen the capacity of detection in consular bodies of countries of Central America and Dominican Republic. This objective was accomplished by carrying out two lines of action: I. Professional update of consular bodies regarding their capacities on detection and give primary attention to children and adolescents victims of trafficking. Page 8 of 16

9 II. Provide practical tools to consular bodies of the region, in the areas of detection and primary attention to victims of trafficking, especially of children and adolescents victims. The virtual formative proposal was developed using Webex technological platform, all participants was divided in 4 groups, this allow us to give them more personal attention and also to have more participation in small groups, promoting their active participation in the process. The proposal tackled the topics we are going to mention above: Module I. Introduction to the regional training on trafficking Module II. Human rights approach in the attention to children and adolescents victims of trafficking Human rights of children and adolescents International instruments to protect child rights Conceptual elements to the attention of child victims of trafficking General principles for the attention of child victims Module III. Central America context and the regional route of human trafficking in the region Social and economical conditions that promote the incidence of trafficking in children and adolescents in Central America Trafficking route in the region Data in the region Recommendations to countries Regulations in the region on the issue of human trafficking Features of trafficking: a) Victims b) Transport c) Destination d) Traffickers Module IV. Primary attention to children and adolescents victims of trafficking Detection and protection of child victims of trafficking Giving primary attention to child victims Process of repatriation of victims of trafficking Module V. Implementation and follow up of the regional protocols on detection and primary attention to child victims of trafficking Page 9 of 16

10 We could mention many results and gaps consuls have identify regarding the limitations they face in their works attending child victims of trafficking. This comments have been separated in four phases, which include the integral assistance, regarding the Palermo Protocol: a. Detection phase: i. Need to count with protocols to detect and to give primary attention to victims of trafficking. ii. iii. iv. Knowledge of specialized international, regional and national legislation on trafficking and children rights. Improve ways to conduct the interview with victims, to promote an adequate environment, build trust and provide protection. Lobbying with labor inspectors and government institutions for the detection of national victims in other countries. v. Provide information about the process of international adoptions. vi. Provide information regarding the difference between: Commercial sexual exploitation of children and current legislation about adult prostitution. vii. viii. ix. Develop actions to prevent trafficking for labor exploitation in farms and in domestic servitude. Awareness of forms, places and ways to report trafficking cases, in the countries of origin, transit and destination. Addressing the issue of juvenile justice and adolescent responsibility in cases where the suspect is a teenager. x. Promoting a culture of report of human trafficking. xi. xii. Addressing the relationship between victims of trafficking and juvenile justice, in cases where an adolescent has committed a crime as a form of exploitation of trafficking. Addressing the issue of the treatment of victims of trafficking from the perspective of masculinity. 1. Primary Attention Phase: a. To raise awareness to prevent revictimization of victims directed to staff of governmental institutions. Page 10 of 16

11 b. Protection of victims of trafficking. c. Repatriation process and follow up of children and adolescents victims of trafficking. d. Follow up of victims who have applied for refugee status. Need to have a Regional Directory of institutions in order to refer cases and victims of trafficking. 3. Access to justice: a. Elaboration of protocols to assist victims of trafficking who are in pretrial detention. b. Improving the access to justice and protection of victims of trafficking that have been exploited by organized crime. At this point, the project had brought technical assistance to consulates regarding cases of human trafficking. 59 consular bodies have been participating. This way we are reached five cases in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It is expected that through the developing of the second virtual training in 2013 we are going to reach more cases and get to more victims of trafficking. Child victims found were exploited in sexual and domestic servitude. b. Minimum standards for the attention to child and adolescents victims of trafficking: The purpose of the minimum standards for the attention to child and adolescents victims of trafficking is that institutions be able to guarantee higher quality assistance to victims, provided according to the framework of international instruments of human rights. In this sense, the minimum standards for the attention are a reference instrument which includes basic and minimum requires that institutions most guarantee in the assistance to child and adolescents victims of trafficking. During this period of the project, standards were applied in the four shelters of the three countries. As part of this process interviews with victims were carried out through the methodology histories of life. Which describes the target population. The standards have four main lines: a) Standard 1. Promoting personal development of victims of trafficking and other forms of violence. b) Standard 2. Empowering the management of autonomy in Page 11 of 16

12 victims of trafficking. c) Standard 3. Follow up of the emancipation process of victims of trafficking and other forms of violence. d) Standard 4. Promoting social integration of victims of trafficking and other forms of violence. The process of analysis the minimum standards included, as a part of gather information and feedback from key actors: Shelter s managers, teachers, interdisciplinary team, care staff and victims. Also, the process includes the development of interviews and focus groups with target population, and interviews with victims through the methodology histories of life. The results of this process will be presented in each country Results and impact achieved to date a) Common services agreed and established to provide direct assistance to child victims of trafficking and other forms of violence. b) Four shelters in Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala implemented an Integral assistance Model to victims of trafficking and other forms of violence in shelters following human rights approach. c) About 48 child and adolescents of shelters in the three countries count with a different perspective of live and the fulfillment of their rights to build positive projects of life and facilitate their reentry to their communities. d) Improvement of the quality of services provided to victims of trafficking and other forms of violence in Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala. e) Consular bodies of six countries of the region counts with the first specialized Consular Protocol on detection and giving primary assistance to children and adolescents victims of trafficking. f) Victims received a better assistance services in border areas through the work and mechanisms carried out by the consular bodies with the technical advisor by DNI Costa Rica. g) 59 consular and diplomatic staff of six countries improves their capacities on detection and giving effective primary attention to children and adolescents victims of trafficking in the region by implementing the protocols on detection and attention. h) 22 staff of shelters participated in the implementation of the minimum standards for the attention to child and adolescents victims of trafficking. Page 12 of 16

13 i) 58 adolescents victims participated in the implementation of the minimum standards for the attention to child and adolescents victims of trafficking. j) Shelters from Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica implemented minimum standards for the attention to child and adolescents victims of trafficking. k) 28 Child victims receive better integral attention due the implementation of minimum standards and follow up with the study of cases through the methodology histories of life Number of vulnerable people/victims of human trafficking assisted to date a) 59 consular and diplomatic staff. b) 48 adolescents at shelters participating in the process of the model of attention. c) 5 Staff of the shelters trained to implement the Model of attention in the countries. d) Experts in the countries given feedback and evaluation to the Model and Standards. e) 5 victims of trafficking detected by consular bodies and giving them primary attention. l) 22 staff of shelters participating in the implementation of the minimum standards for the attention to child and adolescents victims of trafficking. m) 58 adolescents victims participating in the implementation of the minimum standards for the attention to child and adolescents victims of trafficking. n) 28 Child victims participating in the histories of life Major obstacles encountered when implementing the project This year, there have been changes of the people responsible for the trafficking issue in governmental institutions; this aspect has led to begin the process of awareness and presentation of the project, causing delays in the negotiation times. Because of the limited resources of the project; DNI Costa Rica and counterparts have had to support itself with additional resources the project and its activities. Since the full proposal was presented for a period of three years and has been adapted to run annually, it has led the proposal to be analyzed and execute in different stages of implementation Page 13 of 16

14 each year. We could mention one point that could be a positive issue and at the same time a negative matter, which is that as previously mentioned, to develop any activity in the field of trafficking, it s necessary to have the approval and work together with the national coalition, this bring us an opportunity to give sustainability to the project and reach our goal on improve specialized integral services to trafficking victims. But on the other hand, this implies that we have to be proactive and give alternative solutions to promote that our project and goals being institutionalized within their work plans and objectives. At as, national coalitions have showed a positive interested on the project because is come in an excellent time for the context of Central America region. However the government times in three different countries often are kind of slow and this is a reality we have to manage in order to fulfill the project. Also, we were facing problems with the shelters, for example in Costa Rica the national institution have evaluated and reorganized the technical framework of all shelters coordinated by the National Institution of Children and Adolescents. And in Guatemala some shelters have put restrictions to work with victims, since they have protection measures. By the other hand, the organization Compartir Honduras presented their resignation to the project. In this sense, we have a new counterpart in Honduras: Casa Alianza (Convenant House). Casa Alianza is a non governmental organization working in Honduras since Is part of the international organization Covenant House, anually assist more than 20,000 children in the region who lives to the streets, protecting them from sexual, emotional, or physical abuse and exploitation and giving them the right to a home, food, guidance and an education Implications these obstacles might have on the implementation of the project 3.7. Partnerships and cooperation with other organizations formed while implementing the project Counterparts: 1. DNI Costa Rica 2. ECPAT Guatemala 3. Casa Alianza - Honduras National Coalition on trafficking and sexual exploitation Honduras. Technical Secretariat of trafficking Guatemala. Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Central America and Dominican Republic. Consulates of the States of Central America and Dominican Republic in Costa Rica, Page 14 of 16

15 Guatemala and Honduras Resource mobilization DNI Costa Rica has negotiate a small grant with the US Embassy and a proposal has been presented in order support activities if the project in Costa Rica. Additionally we are going to looking for more funds to present in Guatemala and Honduras. Also DNI Costa Rica, presented a proposal to consideration to the United States Department of State. 4. Financial Report Budget Line 1. Travel Costs 1.1.Travel in Project Planned Expenditure 2012 (USD) Amount spent until Year 1 (USD) Comments 1 DNI ha asignado 1000 $ para cubrir viajes de supervisión de los cuales se ha gastado $ TOTAL TRAVEL COSTS 2. Personnel Costs 2.1. Project Personnel 2.2. Administrative Support Personnel 2.3. Other Personnel Costs TOTAL PERSONNEL COSTS 3. Subcontracts and Grants 3.1. Subcontracts Compra de servicio para la evaluación de los servicios de trata en Guatemala, Honduras y Costa Rica. Y marco de trabajo para la detección, protección y atención a víctimas de tratra Grants to Partners Ejecución del proyecto en los países contrapartes. Honduras, Guatemala y Costa Rica para la atención de víctimas TOTAL SUBCONTRACTS AND GRANTS Training Costs 4.1. Study Tour 4.2. In-service Training 4.3. Group Training 4.4. Meetings Coordinaciones con equipos consulares y migración en los 3 países del proyecto para la mejora en los servicios de atención y detección de casos a víctimas. TOTAL TRAINING COSTS 5, Equipment (max. 10% of total budget) 5.1. Expendable Equipment Non-expendable Equipment Premises 4 1 Please explain in case there is a difference between planned and actual expenditures in Such as food, textiles, paper products, medical products, pharmaceutical products, contraceptives, other materials and goods 3 Such as office machinery, furniture, acquisition of communication equipment, acquisition of audio visual equipment, acquisition of computer hardware 4 Such as rent, custodial and cleaning services Page 15 of 16

16 TOTAL EQUIPMENT 6. Miscellaneous 6.1. Operation and maintenance of equipment General Operating Costs Pago de fotocopias, teléfono, internet, alquiler de equipo audivisual, skype, 6.3. Reporting Costs Sundries 8 TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS 3, TOTAL PROJECT COSTS 25, NOTA: La diferencia de dinero presentada entre diciembre y este informe ( $), se debe a pagos que se realizaron entre los meses de enero y febrero de este año. Name of the contact person for the Action: Nora Bruna, Vicepresident Signature: Nora Bruna Stamp: Location: San José, Costa Rica Date report sent: 02/28/13 5 Such as maintenance and licensing of hardware and software 6 Such as telephone charges, postage and pouch, stationery, publications, audio visual productions, printing, translation costs, insurance, bank charges, storage 7 Audit certification 8 Such as legal fees, security-related costs, personal security measures Page 16 of 16