For those interested, here is the abstract of my project to get an idea of what exactly I will be attempting to accomplish... Abstract:
This research project will examine the international trafficking of children from the village of Kuwdé in northern Togo to Nigeria and its health implications, and will be used to organize a community-based prevention program. Trafficking of children from the northern villages is a growing health and human rights concern, as it is grounded in exploitation, poverty, and the loss of income from disease. Although NGOs and human rights organizations have already worked with community leaders, parents, and teachers to fight trafficking, the children themselves have not been targeted by these efforts. Through interviews and participant observation, the research project will approach this pressing issue by exploring what factors allow for the presence of trafficking and the participation by the children, and how the children view their health in relationship to trafficking. The research will then be presented to the community, and used in a collaboration to create trafficking prevention workshops for vulnerable children.
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