Anti-Trafficking in Persons Project [through Center for Victims of Torture]

$600K USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	Center for Victims of Torture
Country	Sierra Leone
Start Date	Oct 17, 2007
End Date	Jan 10, 2009
Duration	451 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`82100-54`

Grant Description

CVT will work in Freetown and Koidu, to build: knowledge of effects of TIP and related human rights abuses on individuals and communities, and mental health and mental health services; specialized capacity within Sierra Leonean institutions to broaden knowledge of mental health and skills in treating TIP; mental health and trauma treatment skills through ongoing intensive training of Psychosocial Counselors (PSCs); and provision of direct mental health counseling services to survivors of trafficking.

CVT expects to provide intensive training to 16 psychosocial counselors and individual or group counseling to 540 victims.