Migrant & Labour Rights

We facilitate migrant labour advisory, support safe migration, protect migrant labourers from trafficking and offer psycho-social support to victims of forced labor and slavery.  We advocate for the restoration of human dignity and a slavery-free world at local, national, regional and international levels.

I am proud to highlight that the initiatives undertaken in collaboration with esteemed partners, addressing the complex nexus of climate change, human trafficking, and displaced communities; exploring the role of transport sector actors in combatting Trafficking in persons and the intercept project have not been in vain. We have made significant strides in awareness, collaboration, and victim identification; and as we look ahead, the commitment to training, network formation, and tackling challenges underscores our dedication to the migrants’ rights objectives.

Ogoro Mukhwana, Program Coordinato

Projects

National Assistance Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking (NATFVT)

In 2023, we worked with migrant labour survivors through economic reintegration. empowerment and Kwale, Mombasa, and Kilifi Counties were the first beneficiaries of funds from NATFVT in Kenya, which saw 16 labour survivors trained in Business start-ups and given funds to establish businesses. They are now running successful businesses (fish, juice, gas, tuktuk) which are constantly monitored. 16 survivors benefited from the Trust Fund in 2023. This initiative which started in 2014 has now been registered as a CBO - Survival of Hope Initiative and has over 18 migrant labour survivors. It is based in Kilifi County where many victims of labour migration are found. The main activity of this CBO is awareness creation on matters of immigration, human trafficking, and child rights in the rural community and schools.

Milestones

  • Environment Clean-up and sensitization on trafficking at Barani Dispensary;
  • Beach clean-up and sensitization on keeping the environment clean, safe migration and GBV at Kanamai.
  • Tree planting together with the students at Msumarini Primary School, and sensitization on staying out of trouble, riots, Human trafficking and GBV.
  • Talked to the immediate community about human trafficking, safe migration, GBV, and where to report such cases.
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The Communication Strategy

Together with our supporters GIZ under the Better Migration Management Programme III funded by the European Union and the Federal Government of Germany, we launched a campaign to enlighten potential Victims of Trafficking (VoTs) in Kenya, on matters human trafficking, safe Organisations migration, (CSOs)Civil emergency Society phone numbers, government-run helplines, as well as access to the BMM-supported Digital Service Provider Directory (DSPD). To accomplish this, we closely engage with Public Service Vehicle (PSV) companies, more specifically conductors, ticket salespeople and the management of matatu and long-distance bus associations (‘saccos’), whom we train to spot and support travellers at risk of becoming victim.

Milestones

  • Mapped actors in the transport sector specifically 5 matatu saccos,10 bus saccos and 15 Truck companies.
  • Conducted two trainings for matatu drivers, bus drivers, ticketing persons and conductors.
  • Through the training, we enhanced awareness of human trafficking, ways of identifying victims of trafficking in persons and redress mechanisms.
  • We sensitized the actors on the Communication Strategy project and the role of the Transport Sector in mitigating Human Trafficking.
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The Counter Trafficking in Person – National Assistance Trust Fund (CTiP-NATF)

A good number of returnee Kenyan Migrant workers, exploited while working in the Middle East, have found a new lease of life under this project. Through benefiting from the fund and having some training, they have set up small businesses and can now ably support their families. Trace Kenya, a member of the Advisory Committee on Migration and CTiP, was nominated by The Government of Kenya through the CTiP Secretariat, to assist in identifying migrants in the Coastal Counties of Kenya.
“What I gained from this training is invaluable. I usually did business but didn't know how to keep records. Now, I know how to record sales and profits.”- Kithambi, Returnee
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We have supported more than 900 children and over 700 men and women who have been victims of child trafficking and forced labor
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