Information campaign on prevention of trafficking babies and Roma girls for sexual exploitation "Don’t Sell Yourself" conducted by experts from BRTMI Association, in the community and among students is going on.
369 surveys were filled out by students from school "Aleko Konstantinov", High School “Vasil Levski”, Ruse and the schools "St. Kliment Ohridski", Borovo and "Nikola Y. Vaptsarov" Ivanovo. The survey contains 10 important questions about human trafficking - modern slavery and aims to encourage students to answer as freely express their views on the questions.
Meetings with representatives of Roma communities in the district "Selemetya" in Ruse and Borovo and Ivanovo were held. Part of the participants in the meetings completed survey and expressed their views on human trafficking. They were shared personal stories. The purpose of the meetings was to raise awareness and sensitivity of people living in Roma communities to the problem of human trafficking, as to provoke discussions with the active participation of citizens.
The campaigns are part of the activities of the project "Integrated approach of Ruse Municipality to integrate the Roma and other vulnerable groups in the territory of municipalities in the region of Ruse", financed by the Bulgarian-Swiss program to support the social inclusion of Roma and other vulnerable groups.