Malawi has been recording an unprecedented increase in cases of Human Trafficking that has robbed the nation’s youthful and productive citizens. The vice has also left deep scars on both families and survivors. Rising unemployment among a majority of youth in the country has left them in this trap. The Human Traffickers use this type of desperation and sugar-coat job opportunities to rue more people. The tricksters promise them better work conditions which is contrary to what youth find when they cross the borders with or without proper documentation.
Due to the impact that Limbuli Drama Group, a Tiyambe Project TfD group, left in Mulanje, TA Njema recommended the group to assist in civic educating communities in the UNDP funded Anti-human trafficking project.
“As a drama group, we have the urgency to independently organize interventions on different issues apart from GBV. Through TfD, we are currently developing messages on human trafficking that is rampant in our area which borders Mozambique.” Expressed Emmanuel Idana, Limbuli Drama Group lead.
Idana said this in reaction to a five-day training that he attended on behalf of his team where the UNDP is partnering with The Malawi Police and Immigration offices to curb the vice. He further said that the training has helped him know how to identify perpetrators of the vice, some of the human rights and international labour laws, trade and offences.
The training was attended by 45 participants with each given a task to reach out to at least five people daily on voluntary basis. Limbuli Drama Group is the only team which has the ability to hold TfD interventions that can reach hundreds of people in a day.
The group intends to use TfD skills and expertise that they acquired during the Tiyambe project to sensitive and initiate behaviuor change among communities susceptible to human trafficking and illegal trade around Limbuli.
