“La Strada” – 15 years in 15 numbers

The rout that the International Center “La Strada” had followed – as staff and as organization – is not measured in meters or kilometers, but in years, and already in decades. There are 15 years of work from the official registration of the organization on August 23, 2001.

On this occasion, a set of data more or less relevant to the activity of the organization was systemized.

1. We created and managed the Anti-Trafficking Hotline 0 800 77777, that received a total of 87.967 calls. This is like every citizen of Drochia district, for example, young and old, from all 40 localities, would have called the Hotline at least once to ask for help and would have received counselling and support;
2. We launched the Trust Line for women 0 8008 8008, which offers counselling and support 24/24, and is the only National Phone Counselling Service. Over 11.000 callers were counselled;
3. We raised 10 generations of volunteers: approximately 200 young boys and girls actively participated in informing their peers about safe migration, harmonious family relations and safe online browsing. In those 15 years of work we reached basically every second school in the country;
4. We opened the Interrogation room for children victims or witnesses of crimes, which also became a “training lab” for judges, prosecutors and Master students in our common efforts to ensure a child-friendly justice;
5. We launched and keep managing the first informational portal in Moldova, which promotes a safe Internet for children www.siguronline.md;
6. 10 draft laws and 5 strategies and national plans that we contributed to and which we promoted in three activity domains of “La Strada”: preventing trafficking in persons; preventing domestic violence; preventing sexual exploitation of children for commercial purposes;
7. 23 research studies conducted in 15 years of activity served as a base for several legislative acts, national and regional cooperation mechanisms, assistance and support programs for victims and groups at rick;
8. Over 10 national public awareness campaigns that for the first time brought to the attention of our society unknown or ignored aspects of human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual exploitation of children agenda;
9. Over 1500 specialists trained: social workers, psychologists, teachers, prosecutors, judges, priests, police officers etc.;
10. Over 450 women and children victims of domestic violence and sexual exploitation were assisted by attorneys and psychologists from “La Strada”;
11. Over 50.000 teenagers informed about safe migration, harmonious family relationships and safe Internet browsing;
12. Three professional training modules developed and implemented: Judicial Psychology (Master Course at the State University of Moldova); Interrogation of children victims and witnesses of crimes (Course at the National Institute of Justice); Harmonious family relationships (optional course for high-school).
13. We edited over 30 publications – research reports, legal analysis, guidelines and methodological supports;
14. We worked with nine governments;
15. We celebrated ten weddings and welcomed 15 new-born babies.

 

This information can be found in the book “The rout of La Strada in 15 years”.