US embassy cable - 05DARESSALAAM903

UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 000903 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR AF/RSA ZUEHLKE 
FOR G/TIP SALLY NUEMANN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, KDEM, KWMN, PHUM, SMIG, TZ, KRCM 
SUBJECT:  TANZANIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROPOSAL: RETURN 250 
CHILDREN TO HOME VILLAGES 
 
REF:  A. STATE 8083 
      B. STATE 78536 
 
1. In response to reftel A, Embassy officers worked with a 
local trade union, the Domestic Conservation, Hotel Worker's 
Union [CHODAWU], to develop a 20,000 US dollars proposal to 
return 250 exploited children to their home villages in 
Tanzania or to Nairobi.  The children assisted by this 
project were found in forced/exploitative domestic labor in 
Arusha, Iringa, and Dar es Salaam.  Most of these children 
are Tanzanian, but a small number are Kenyan.  This program 
would build on CHODAWU's current work of withdrawing 
children from forced labor by assisting CHODAWU to develop 
the capacity to return these children to their home 
villages.  The grant would provide for construction of a 
transitional center for children awaiting "repatriation," 
counseling for children and families of returnees, physical 
return of children to their home village, and preliminary 
data collection on repatriated children.  Post intends to 
inform host government officials of this grant and build 
support for our anti-trafficking programs.  Post also 
intends to arrange a high level Embassy visit to open the 
transitional center, to build public awareness about the 
problem of trafficked children working in forced domestic 
labor. 
 
2. Post understands that only 18,000 US dollars have been 
allocated to this program.  Post believes that this program 
could still be accomplished with this amount of funding, if 
the target number of beneficiaries were reduced to about 200 
children.  Should additional funding come available, post 
requests an additional 2,000 US dollars to fully fund this 
proposal and assist with the return of 250 children to their 
homes. 
 
3. If a copy of the CHODAWU proposal is needed for the 
Senior Policy Operating Group review, please contact 
Jennifer Peterson, petersonjm@state.gov. 
 
OWEN