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Stage I: Stability & Safety

Allowing survivors and at-risk populations to meet their basic needs is essential in stabilizing individuals who have endured a traumatic past. Stage I involves providing adequate shelter, food, health care and legal services to create a safe environment capable of fostering opportunities for a stable future.

Stage II: Life Skills & Job Training

Once the livelihood of at-risk communities can be sustained, investing in goods and services that create opportunities for the world's poor is critical in inclusive social and economic growth. Not For Sale believes that equipping at-risk communities with basic skills will prepare individuals for sustainable long term opportunities. Stage II seeks to provide targeted populations with formal and non-formal education and vocational training.

Stage III: Dignified Work & Sustainable Future

To prevent and protect vulnerable communities from human trafficking, Not For Sale promotes economic opportunities that lead to long-term employment and viable incomes for at-risk communities. Stage III seeks to create jobs for survivors through the Not For Sale social enterprise models either by incubating business or collaborating with industry leaders who model best practices in supply chain responsibility.

Learn more about Not For Sale's Methodology and Approach

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Project Overview

In South Africa, Not For Sale primarily works with law enforcement to assist in the detection and support of human trafficking victims.

Using investigation and training techniques taught through the NFS Academy that promote smart and safe activism, Not For Sale has assisted law enforcement in over 64 cases of human trafficking – identifying victims, providing translations services, taking statements, and placing victims in shelters.

Not For Sale has been incorporated into the rapid response protocol for human trafficking, recognized by the both the Counter Trafficking Coalition of Cape Town, and the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa. Not For Sale is the only NGO that works with law enforcement in South Africa to assist in the identification and protection of human trafficking victims.

Crisis Center

Not For Sale South Africa is expanding its efforts and scope through the establishment of a new crisis center for survivors of human trafficking in Cape Town. Recognizing an essential local need, the new crisis center will provide specialized shelter and support for survivors before they are interviewed by law enforcement about their experiences. The survivors care and stability is the highest priority, and Not For Sale believes providing them with this form of immediate care could significantly boost the number of survivors willing to report their stories to law enforcement – and as a direct result, the number of convictions secured.

Background

Since 2007, South Africa has been working on a comprehensive Human Trafficking Bill. When it was announced that the 2010 Soccer World Cup would be held in South Africa, a spotlight was put on this issue.

Not For Sale South Africa began as a campaign to bring about awareness of human trafficking while the world’s eyes were on South Africa during the 2010 World Cup.

No team wants to receive the ultimate recognition of a sporting transgression – The red card.  Not For Sale South Africa has used the same red card to draw attention to the ultimate offense against humanity- human trafficking. Over 25,000 red cards were distributed during the campaign.

Read more about the NFS 2010 World Cup Red Card Campaign.

South Africa has an emerging market, poised for economic growth, with modern infrastructure and major urban centers. To its neighboring countries and developing countries across the world, South Africa represents a ray of hope. Men, women, and children are trafficked from Eastern Europe, China, Southeast Asia, or other African countries and forced to work as domestic servants or prostitution.

Similarly, within South Africa, economic issues from apartheid remain problematic. The unequal distribution of wealth has caused many children and women to be trafficked from rural areas into major cities, coerced, forced to work and sexually exploited.