On March 31^st,  2016 was completed first information campaign on prevention of trafficking of babies and Roma girls for sexual exploitation under the project "Integrated approach of Ruse Municipality to integrate the Roma and other vulnerable groups in the territory of municipalities in the Ruse Region", financed by the Bulgarian-Swiss program to support the social inclusion of Roma and other vulnerable groups.

The campaign was conducted by experts from the BRTMI Association under the motto "Don’t sell yourself" with a focus on students and representatives of the Roma community in "Selemetya" neighborhood in Ruse and municipalities Borovo and Ivanovo.

369 students from "Aleko Konstantinov" and “Vasil Levski" schools in Ruse, Primary school "Sv. Kliment Ohridski", Borovo and Primary school "Nikola.Y.Vaptsarov", Ivanovo completed a survey containing 10 important questions about human trafficking - modern slavery. Three informational meetings with actively participation of 198 students from the schools "Vasil Levski" and "Aleko Konstantinov" in Ruse were held.

12 meetings with representatives of Roma communities were organized in the "Selemetya" neighborhood in  Ruse, Borovo, Gorno Ablanovo, Obretenik and Ivanovo. 42 out of 100 participants in the meetings completed survey and expressed their views on human trafficking. During the meetings were distributed brochures and materials.

You can see photos from the campaign here>>>