The pilot project called ‘Vivhaan’ which means ‘the dawn of a new day’ or ‘new beginning’ in Hindi, runs between November 2011 and May 2012. The consortium led by Nimbus and Stop The Traffik is trying to address two major issues, firstly, the provision of information to women and girls in impoverished communities, to raise awareness of human trafficking and empower them to make informed decisions about their future; secondly, to bring a greater level of co-ordination to stakeholders, across India and Bangladesh, engaged in fight human trafficking, by gathering information and intelligence of trafficking activities.
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