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Be wary of foreign job offers-UNICEF

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THE United Nations (UN) Programme on Human Trafficking has cautioned Zambians to be wary of fraudulent job or education offers in foreign countries because they would end up being victims of human trafficking.

UN Programme on Human Trafficking training coordinator and secretariat focal point, Chana Chelemu Jere said job or education offers in foreign countries were being used to lure people to foreign countries to engage in prostitution and other undesirable activities.

She was speaking at Jasmine Guest House in Kitwe during a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) media capacity building workshop on human trafficking, gender-based violence and forced labour, which was also attended by officers from the judiciary and Ministry of Home Affairs.

Ms Jere said Zambians should not be excited about job or education offers in foreign countries, but should instead seriously verify such offers before accepting them to avoid being trafficked to other countries to perform undesirable activities.

“Job or education offers from foreign countries may look lucrative and nice, but it is important to verify them because it is from such offers where human beings have been trafficked to other countries to do prostitution and other undesirable activities,” she said.

And UN Joint Programme on Human Trafficking coordinator, Daniel Banda said cases of human trafficking, child labour and gender-based violence affect the development of the victims.

Mr Banda said UNICEF, International Labour Organisation and other stakeholders, with sponsorship from the European Union, decided to hold workshops with the media so that they could help in information dissemination and sensitisation of the people on the dangers of human trafficking, gender-based violence and forced labour.

He said the media played a vital role in sensitising and educating the people on various issues and was hopeful that journalists would play an important role in fighting human trafficking.

[Times of Zambia]

10 COMMENTS

  1. This is true,a lady who claimed to be Anita from an org called Craig list foundation C.L.F in Florida USA.Sent me an email telling me to apply to an on-going Worker’s recruitment/resettlement program that was taking place in America & Canada.Now let me ask any Zambian there in US if such an org C.L.F really exist? Ba senior citizen please help.

  2. Maybe try to google it, search if there is any physical adress and thereafter seek more info on it. You are right! It is always to analyse these invitations so that you are sure of what you ‘re doing

  3. #1 Ba senior citizen is not concerned about such issues, he woul rather defend his RB than waste time on such matters of national interest. Limbi ifi nalemba balamwasuka. aleni ba senior citizen, ati shani.

  4. Beware of jobs that sound to good to be true.try to find out from embassies too. Alot of west african girls are smuggled from west africa to spain, france etc and beacuse the police is now aware of the pimps,they are watched my immigration/ anti human trafficing groups, they have spread the network to news places such as Norway,Denmark ,Finland where this trend is new, these countries will take really long to find these girls especially if the girls are taken to small towns..

  5. Supergirl, but for those smuggled to spain, i bet its better than working at northmead alpha, earning only 20 pin per round…….

  6. #5 .. If that is the business one is already into; I suppose, you may be correct in some way. But imagine the story about the two young high school age Zambian girls tricked by the Zairean that he could have them in a school in europe. Only for the girls to be rapped on arrival and then kept hostage. I wish some blogger would just be quite when they have nothing useful to say.

  7. i was offered a job with intern company. i went there chi boss chali chi madamu, ati if i want the job i have to work for it. ahh nalitomba live bane. up2 now i meet her up for nooky once in while. chisuma chi sugar mummy.

  8. numbala 8 what is the problem? eh? i am giving my experience. it happened wot do u want me to do eh? awe kulya fye mwana. i didnt even get the job but i just eat it. better than wiping amatako, i am getting paid to satisfy her:d

  9. we have a girl by the name trecy betty she contacted me ltell me that she want us to be
    a then she told me to apply for Craig list i thank God for helping me when the Christmas was about to come she told me that she has send some gift she told me that she has given apastor by the name Christ actually they played with me those are bad
    they wanted to snatch some money from me :)>-:

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