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The Government of Tanzania in collaboration

with IOM Tanzania has established a training

centre to facilitate capacity building for migra-

tion management. The centre, known as the

Tanzania Regional Immigration Training Acad-

emy (TRITA), located in Moshi, Tanzania, was

officially opened on 12th December 2008 by

IOM Deputy Director General Mrs. Ndioro

Ndiaye and the Vice President of Tanzania, Dr.

Ali Mohammed Shein.

In her remarks Mrs. Ndiaye reiterated IOM’s

commitment in capacity building to facilitate

effective immigration and border management

systems in Africa. “Challenges of migration

management pertinent to this continent require

continuous and long-term solutions”, pointed

out Mrs. Ndiaye. She said that although the

resources to deal with these challenges are rela-

tively modest and the level of technical coop-

eration and technical assistance in migration

sector is quite limited, IOM is, nevertheless,

committed to doing its best to help build capaci-

ties toward the development of self-reliant and

effective migration and border management

systems in Africa.

The establishment of the regional training facility

is as a result of a request from the government of

Tanzania for support to build the capacity of the

immigration officials; a request that fitted into

IOM’s mandate on technical cooperation on migra-

tion.

Tanzanian Vice President Dr. Ali Mohammed

Shein thanked IOM for its contribution in the es-

tablishment of the academy and said the facility

would facilitate the enhancement if security and

stability of Tanzania and other countries in the

region.

The Regional Immigration Training Academy is

owned and managed by the Tanzanian government

but hosts an IOM expert on capacity building on

migration. The government of Tanzania and IOM

invested in financial and human resources to

realize the construction of the training facility.

TRITA is working to enhance the regional

exchange of knowledge and skills as well as the

harmonization of laws, policies and procedures

through multi-country training programmes being

offered to immigration officers from the five East

African countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,

Tanzania, and Uganda. The academy has the

support of the East African Community (EAC)

Secretariat to serve as the regional training facility

for immigration officers from the EAC region.

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IOM Nairobi has received commendations from the President of

Kenya, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, for its support to the government’s endeav-

our in creating employment abroad for Kenyan youth.

Speaking during the launch of the Youth Enterprise Development

Fund Board’s (YEDFB) strategic three year plan, the president said

that he was gratified to note that IOM and YEDFB had entered into a

memorandum of understanding that seeks to facilitate the export of

youth labour to various countries.

IOM and YEDFB, entered into a memorandum of understanding in

December 2008 where IOM will support the Board’s youth labour

export by providing various services including pre-departure orienta-

tion and health and fitness to travel assessments. Other services will

be facilitation of travel such as provision of discounted air-tickets and

airport transit assistance.

President Kibaki described the agreement as a welcome development that will further assist in the strengthening of the

youth Fund. “The Fund has, with its partners, trained over 110,000 youth in entrepreneurship besides facilitating them to

access markets for their products. Nine hundred young people have also been facilitated to obtain employment outside

Kenya”, he said.

In October 2008, IOM Nairobi, in collaboration with YEDFB, conducted pre-departure orientation for 60 Kenyan Youth

who were destined to work in Qatar and Kuwait.

The YEDFB is a semi-autonomous government agency (parastatal) whose parent ministry is the Ministry of Youth Affairs

and Sports. The Fund was established in October 2006 to develop strategies aimed at increasing economic opportunities

for Kenyan youth including facilitating youth employment in the international labour market.

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Ugandan pop idols Blu3 have been appointed Goodwill Envoys for the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Uganda, to send messages on safe migration and the dangers of human trafficking.

As part of the campaign BLU3 have written a song on the silent

cry of different individuals who have given up all hope of having

their freedom back.

The song that is written in a story format talks of the three phases

of trafficking: recruitment, transportation and exploitation and

has three verses representing each of these phases.

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For 28 years, Sara Aisha Abdul-Khim lived a life of bond-

age in Yemen. Today, however, she is free and back to her

homeland Uganda, thanks to IOM.

Sara, then known as Florence Kampi, was kidnapped dur-

ing her father’s funeral in Uganda and sold into slavery 28

years ago in Yemen at the age of five. “I forgive the people

who trafficked me into slavery,” she said. “I am happy to

be back home. I missed my mother. Allah is great. My

mother is still alive.” She exclaimed.

Sara , a victim of human trafficking, was has been saved

from slavery in Yemen. IOM Uganda facilitated the return

of Sara Aisha (formerly known as Florence Kimp) and her

four sons from Yemen to Uganda.

IOM, with support from the Ugandan Government, will

provide Sara and her four sons with reintegration

assistance. “Language is a big problem for her. We shall

help her re-integrate socially and economically”, said Alia

Herji, IOM counter trafficking programme officer in

Uganda.

The reintegration assistance will include English classes,

vocational training or small business set up training, as

well as appropriate schools for her four sons. The children

will also benefit from an English bridging course to help

them cope with the instructional language at school, while

they wait for the school year to commence in February.

With the help of the Ministries of Security and Internal

Affairs, and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

IOM Uganda is able to assist Sara start her life a new in

Uganda.

Within its project titled “Countering Human Trafficking

through Capacity Building, Awareness Raising, and Assis-

tance to Victims”, IOM has established a regular informa-

tion exchange and stakeholders network that serves as an

arena to discuss and update stakeholders on activities and

current efforts towards countering human trafficking as

well as identifying and addressing existing gaps. The pro-

ject, which is funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy,

aims to assist the Government of Kenya and concerned

stakeholders in their effort to counter trafficking in human

beings in Kenya through sustainable prevention, protection,

and prosecution activities.

MRF Nairobi’s Regional Project Development Officer, Ms.

Tal Raviv, in her opening remarks, highlighted IOM’s

achievements and challenges. The achievements include

the establishment of a shelter for victims of trafficking in

Nairobi and increased human trafficking awareness raising

activities.

She highlighted future priority needs and focus areas for

collaboration as lobbying for enactment of legislation for

which a draft is now finalized, increased capacity building

for judiciary and law enforcement reactivation and imple-

mentation of the National Plan of Action and increased

financial support for direct victim assistance.

The stakeholders meet quarterly. Their 9th meeting on 4th

December 2008 was attended by representatives from

government, international organisations, civil society and

embassies.

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MRF Nairobi held its end of year party for staff at the

Village Market, on December 5th. The party enabled staffs to

unwind after a rough start in 2008. Staff members had an

easy afternoon and enjoyed a day filled with games, music

and good food.

The Regional Representative for East and Central Africa,

Mr. Ashraf El Nour, joined the staff at the party and had

time to interact with the staff outside the working

environment. Mr. El Nour summed up the year by

highlighting the achievements that the mission

accomplished in 2008. “I am happy with IOM's rapid and

constructive response to post election crisis in coordination

and close cooperation with the Kenyan government and

other UN agencies at the beginning of the year. We

successfully developed and implemented emergency

programs in affected areas of displacements during and after

the post election crisis in Kenya. We are also continuing

implementation of programs under early recovery, covering

areas of return,” he pointed out.

Positioning IOM as a key partner of the government of

Kenya was also a valuable achievement. “In this regard a 7

million USD shelter project has been funded by generous

contribution from the Government of Japan, and agreement

to that effect will be signed in late January, with project

starting soon after.” He noted.

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Other achievements for 2008 included signing of a MoU

with the Youth Enterprise Development Fund Board

(YEDFB) to provide technical advice and services to

potential and identified youth labour migrants, and the

completion of the development of a 1035 Facility funding

proposal for Kenya.

IOM also successfully coordinated and standardized the

psychosocial response following the Kenya Crisis,

successful HIV hot- spot mapping in Somalia, coordinated

migrant vaccination programmes and completed several

capacity building projects.

In 2008, IOM continued capacity building in migration

management within the region and held several successful

conferences and training sessions.

Despite the many challenges IOM faced in Kenya during

the year, MRF Nairobi was able to maintain and continue

its ongoing projects including counter trafficking, assisting

voluntary returns, resettlement programs and cultural

orientation. A further achievement this year was the

launching of the MRF Nairobi regional website.

Key priorities for 2009 include the United Nations

Development Assistance Programmes (UNDAF) whereby

IOM’s key focus will be on Youth employment strategies,

labour migration, CBMM, and HIV/AIDS. IOM is expecting

more donors in 2009, with a donors meeting scheduled for

February 2009. The MRF intends to continue to offer its

services in emergency response while at the same time

strengthening and consolidating its presence in East and

Central Africa.

Mr. El Nour thanked the staff for a job well done and called

for continued team in 2009. “ 2008 was not an easy year in

every respect but the dedication depicted by the staff made

it worthwhile. “ said Mr. El Nour

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