When Mamadou Diallo was about 13 years outdated within the Republic of Guinea, his household wished him to get an schooling for a greater future and escape a lifetime of poverty. Initially from the village of Kogon in Wendou Mbour, greater than 200 km from Conakry, his dad and mom despatched him to Senegal with different kids from his village.
“After we arrived, we had been turned away from our objectives by our guardian, who despatched us to beg within the streets of the capital, Dakar, and I needed to reside on the streets for greater than 5 months,” says Mr. Diallo.
In keeping with Aminata Kebe, Human Rights Officer and PAPEV Challenge Coordinator on the OHCHR West Africa Regional Workplace, “This was a tough time because it occurred throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which has considerably elevated the vulnerability of road kids. This had prompted the Authorities of Senegal, by way of the Ministry of Ladies, Household and Baby Safety, to take pressing measures to guard kids from the risks of the pandemic.”
In keeping with UNICEF, almost one-third of human trafficking victims worldwide are kids.
Diallo’s nightmare ended when he was rescued from the streets of Dakar and reunited together with his household within the Republic of Guinea because of OHCHR’s help as a part of the PAPEV undertaking. Certainly, by way of the undertaking, OHCHR permits youngster victims of trafficking to be reunited with their households and affords them an opportunity for social reintegration.
Due to monetary help from the PAPEV undertaking, his household was present in Guinea and contacted by way of the worldwide Mechanism for the Safety of Kids in Unaccompanied Mobility (RAO). The RAO is a community for the safety of kids and younger folks in weak conditions within the ECOWAS area and Mauritania. It’s a world coordination and cooperation mechanism operated by social actors in partnership with judicial and administrative actors from totally different nations to information, care and shield weak kids touring to the West.
“After we instructed his dad and mom concerning the depressing circumstances during which their youngster was stored, they welcomed the concept of his return,” mentioned Raymond Diarra Feindouno, coordinator of the PAPEV undertaking in Guinea.