LILONGWE – Likuni Girls Secondary School of Lilongwe Monday received 100 books on Trafficking in Persons (TIPs) donated by United States of America (USA) based sponsor Pam and Thom Smith.
The Book titled Human Trafficking in Malawi was presented to the School by the Author, Maxwell Matewere before 600 packed students in the school hall.
Matewere, who works as United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) National Project Officer, said young girls must be aware on the issues of TIP within their locality.
He pointed out that school girls should be made aware on how recruitment, transportation and what happens at the end.
“We can only achieve this if the girls have access to the book and read the documented cases that actual gone to court and confirmed that all the people were cases of TIP,” Matewere said.
He said some of the survivors were victim of drug trafficking, organ removal, forced labour, sexual exploitation and forced marriages.
UNDOC Project Officer the only way to combat TIP is to through prevention and has urged well wishers and sponsors to buy the book so that the money raised should be use for the production on of additional book that should distributed into other schools in the country.
Likuni Girls Secondary Teacher, Mary Njewa and a Form 4 student at the School, Grace Kuliyanjali said the books would help students to have first hand information regarding TIP.
Source: MANA
