Smart Activism

After my meeting with La Casa de Panchita, Kique and I returned to CHS to talk to Luis. Last week, Luis told me that it would be very possible to get access to the 210 cases that CHS has. We were meeting with Luis and his boss to fully explain what Not For Sale is doing and what would be done with the information. After we explained Not For Sale's methods, CHS was willing to provide us with the cases (after a few legal hoops to jump through of course) but over all the meeting was a success.

After this meeting I realized that this project needs to create a hand out that informs all of the organizations about what we are doing, a website, an email, and business cards. I feel like I am doing a lot of the grunt work right now, I am here laying a lot of the ground work and finding out what works and what doesn’t. Even though I feel like I’m not making too much progress, I know the volunteers that come after me, or when I return again, this project will go much smoother.

Below is the information that I have put together for the handout, it outlines the project to the organizations that we are working with.

Not For Sale
Not For Sale is one of the largest anti-human trafficking NGOs in the U.S. The mission of Not For Sale is to end slavery in our lifetime. The way we do this is by equipping and mobilizing Smart Activists, Not For Sale volunteers, to deploy innovative solutions to re-abolish slavery in their own backyards and across the globe. Together, we can end slavery in our lifetime.

What Not For Sale is Doing
Not For Sale is creating an independent report on the state of all types of human trafficking in Peru. We are interested in reporting solely on the social issue through the facts and the numbers in order to influence the Peruvian government to take notice of the problem, and to encourage an accurate rating of Peru in the TIP report.

The TIP Report
The TIP report (Trafficking in Persons Report) is an annual report released by U.S. Department of State that reports on the current situation of human trafficking in almost every country in the world. Each country is given a rating Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watch List, Tier 3) based on the countries status in the areas of prosecution, protection and prevention. A Tier 1 rating is the best. At this time, Peru is rated as a Tier 2. At Not For Sale, we want to use our report to influence the TIP report by highlight stories of the victims and the organizations on the ground working for change. An accurate rating in the TIP report is important because the report is a diplomatic tool for the U.S. Government to use to encourage continued dialogue and to help focus resources on prosecution, protection, and prevention programs and policies.

Human Trafficking Definition
A modern salve can come in many different forms. Below is the TIP report definition of a human trafficking victim:
The TVPA defines “severe forms of trafficking” as:
a. sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age; or
b. the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
A victim need not be physically transported from one location to another in order for the crime to fall within these definitions.

What We Need From You
For the investigation, Not For Sale needs the history of past cases of human trafficking or information about cases of human trafficking that are progress. Depending on the type of data, the information will be posted on a public website or a private website. When the independent report is being written, Not For Sale will refer to the data that has been collected from these sources.

Our Methods
Slavery Map- The cases that have already occurred will be posted on a public website www.slaverymap.org. These posts would include the chronology of the crime, information about the trafficker, if law enforcement was involved, and how the victim was emancipated. If there is any information that is unknown about any of these areas, cases can still be posted. These posts would not include specifics such as names or exact locations if the provider of the information feels that it would put the victim at a greater risk.
Internal Mapping System- Theses cases are those that currently in progress. For the safety of the individual in bondage and the organization providing the information, these cases are posted on a private website that can only be viewed by the trained volunteers of Not For Sale. Any information that can be obtained about these cases will be used because the site is private. The purpose of this site is to record the numbers of victims and to collect enough data about the individuals in bondage so that a solid case can be built and brought to authorities in order to begin an intervention.

How this helps Peru
In this investigation, Not For Sale partners with Peruvian organizations to raise global awareness about human trafficking. The current state of the social issue will be described by highlighting the concrete data, and the organizations that are working with the survivors. The greater goal of our efforts is the abolition of modern day slavery.