As part of the project "Combating Human Trafficking and Promoting Safe Migration in Shymkent City and Turkestan Oblast" implemented by NGO "Sana Sezim", an information campaign was conducted in Lenger city and Karabulak and Aksukent villages of Turkestan Oblast.

Winrock International's USAID-funded Safe Migration in Central Asia Project produced a bilingual (Kazakh and Russian) video to raise awareness about human trafficking. The video reel contains one possible situation of human trafficking and highlights the urgency of the problem, providing information and contacts of organizations providing assistance to victims of human trafficking.

You can watch the social video at the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jqP8fOu3Uo&t=32s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oekfXPa5PcQ&t=1s

On August 23, 2022, in honor of the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Human Trafficking and its Abolition, NGO "Sana Sezim" held an information campaign in the city of Shymkent. During the campaign, information booklets and brochures were distributed to raise awareness among visitors and residents about human trafficking.

On 19 August 2022 within the framework of the project "Tajik migrants, their families, who found themselves in difficult life circumstances due to COVID-19, and the victims of human trafficking in Kazakhstan" with the support of USAID and Winrock International, NGO "Sana Sezim" conducted an information campaign in the city of Shymkent. The residents and guests were educated about the situation and assistance to Tajik migrants for successful integration in Kazakhstan.

From August 17 through August 19, 2022, assistance was provided in the form of food basket certificates to adult citizens of Afghanistan, asylum seekers and refugees from Afghanistan. The assistance covering Turkestan oblast and Shymkent city was provided from 9 am to 3 pm in the building of the Migration Service of Shymkent city (building of Al-Farabi district Police Department of Shymkent city), Zheltoksan, 3.

On July 30, 2022, in honor of the World Day to Combat Trafficking in Persons, employees of the Department of Organized Crime of the Turkestan Oblast Police Department and NGO "Sana Sezim" conducted a large-scale information campaign on human trafficking in public places in Turkestan.

On July 29, 2022, within the framework of the USAID-funded "Safe Migration in Central Asia" project, implemented by Winrock International, organized a training on "Building the Capacity of State Representatives to Provide Services to Victims of Human Trafficking".

During the training, representatives from the education, health and labor inspection sectors enhanced their knowledge in the field of human trafficking. Trainers of the PA LCWI "Sana Sezim" shared their knowledge on gender-sensitive human trafficking, types of exploitation, and international and national laws on human trafficking. Participants consolidated their knowledge during practical exercises and Q&A sessions.

On July 28, 2022, on the eve of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, which is annually celebrated on July 30, at the initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan the conference "Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Persons" was held.

The conference was attended by Elvira Azimova, Kazakhstan's commissioner for human rights, members of NGOs, international organizations and government agencies. On behalf of the PA LCWI "Sana Sezim" the director of the organization Shakhnoza Khassanova made a speech about the importance of a comprehensive partnership in the fight against human trafficking.

On July 13, 2022 representatives of the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Almaty were welcomed in the office of the PA LCWI "Sana Sezim". During the reception the issues of migrants from Uzbekistan, documentation and trafficking in persons were discussed.

On July 8, 2022 Peter Young, the Acting Mission Director of the US Agency for International Development (#USAID) visited the Legal Centre for Women’s Initiatives Sana Sezim NGO in Shymkent together with Winrock International (@Winrock) Chief of Party of the USAID Safe Migration in Central Asia (SMICA) Ellie Valentine.