During the donation of essential items to the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services today 23rd August 2024, Elias Phiri, Head of Human Resources for the Zambia Association for Sisterhood (ZAS), spoke on behalf of TAKUZA’s board chairperson, Sr. Elizabeth Muleya. Mr. Phiri emphasized TAKUZA’s mission to support those affected by human trafficking […]
What happens when passionate youth meet experienced changemakers? You get conversations that inspire action. As part of our ongoing efforts to raise awareness about human trafficking, especially among young people, the Talitha Kum Zambia (TAKUZA) Youth Ambassadors recently had the exciting opportunity to sit down with the Country Director of Kids Alive Zambia, Mr. Bestone Banda for
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It was a rainy Thursday morning; the kind that makes you want to stay indoors. But for Zambia’s stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking, this was no ordinary day. They had gathered with a shared purpose—to take a bold step forward in Zambia’s fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). THE OCASSION? The official
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St. Josephine Bakhita’s life stands as a powerful symbol of hope, resilience and faith. Born in Sudan in the late 19th century, she endured the horrors of human trafficking before finding freedom and dedicating her life to God as a Canossian Sister. Her journey from slavery to sainthood reminds us of the enduring call to
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By Owen Chibambo (Collaborator, TAKUZA) Our team embarked on a mission that lies at the very heart of our work—restoring dignity, hope and human connection to those often forgotten in our society. We visited Mwembeshi Correctional Remand Facility in Mumbwa, Central Province where dozens of inmates, many of them migrants, are held for immigration related
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TURNING KNOWLEDGE INTO JUSTICE: A MAGISTRATE’S JOUNRNEY FROM TRAINING TO THE COURTROOM In the fight against human trafficking, knowledge isn’t just power—it’s justice in action. But rarely do we get to see the impact of training unfold so quickly and so clearly. That’s exactly what happened in Chililabombwe, where a Magistrate, straight from TAKUZA’s Capacity
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On 14th October, 2022, TAKUZA conducted a training for Community Animators that included Church and Traditional Leaders, the Youth and Government workers. The aim of the training was to empower participants with knowledge of human trafficking so that they are able to identify cases of human trafficking and those of human smuggling and raise awareness
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As TAKUZA is a Network Organization, it is its responsibility to train its members who are mostly sisters from various Women Congregations. From 3-7 May, TAKUZA trained 34 Sisters in Lusaka in Human Trafficking while 35 sisters were trained in the same in Solwezi on 17th October. The objective of the training was capacity-building of
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When TAKUZA conducted a baseline survey in Mbala to determine the level of knowledge of human trafficking, it was clear that stakeholders that included the Police Service, Social Workers under the Department of Social Welfare, Immigration and Civil Society Organizations and the Judiciary needed capacity-building in the area of human trafficking. Therefore, TAKUZA from 23rd
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Sesheke, as a town that borders Zambia and Namibia, is vulnerable to human trafficking. The local people are often trafficked into Namibia where they are exploited in domestic servitude as cattle herders. They are forced to work for small amounts of money which are not paid to them monthly, but promised to be paid at
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