Our User-Powered Library Reaches 1000 Resources

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Our Library recently passed (June 2014) 1000 user-added resources.

Chab Dai first started dreaming up this counter-human trafficking resource platform back in 2012 and it's been amazing to see it go so quickly and come to full fruition. (It's been open just 6 months now.) Below is the current breakdown by resource type. 

Engagement

We built it in a way that empowers everyone to contribute — and we think it's making all the difference.

As a registered user, you are able to add resources to the system and up-vote other items that you like and have reviewed. 

The Library democratically displays materials based on the number of up-votes they've received in conjunction with the number of comments. If you search a subject — say "victim rehabilitation" — you're given results in the order that the community has determined through its collective voice. 

For each resource, you're able to push comments up and down as well (through "upvotes"/"downvotes"). Take a look to the right at the amazing discussion generated by one of the resources in the Library (Episode 01 of Freedom Dialogue: the micro-podcast series we recently started). 

If you've written, created or partnered with someone on a resource, you are also able to add it your personal profile as well as your organization's profile.

Try it out by registering here. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, it only takes one click.

Moving Forward

It's been amazing to see this tool continue to grow and increase its engagement

Be sure to check back anytime you're in need of the latest information on a particular subject.  One of our 919 users are sure to have added something on the subject.

If you're looking for something recently published to read, you might want to take a look through the U.S. 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report which was published just a few weeks ago (June 2014).

In July, we are finishing up the development of a few additional filters. Current filters are: Subject, Type, and Geographic Focus. This month we're adding:

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If you have suggestions for improvements to the Library, we would love to hear them! Thanks for reading!


Taylor Poe
Freedom Collaborative Manager
Chab Dai Int'l

Why Research is Important to Counter-Trafficking

by Julia Smith-Brake

I love research. I love literature reviews and methodology and bibliographies. I love engaging is discussion about research and seeing programs change or begin based on good research. It may seem obvious that the counter-trafficking sector (like any other social justice or development sector) needs professional, scientific research, but we often forego this “step” in an attempt to address problems quickly. Not necessarily well, but quickly.

So why can’t we see research as a response to human trafficking? Maybe because of the unfortunate divide between academics and practitioners, a gap that often means research does not reach the field, and practitioners feel research does not represent the reality on the field. Maybe because it is difficult for practitioners to know which research is good and which is irrelevant, and practitioners lack the time and motivation to distinguish and access relevant research.

Chab Dai is in a good position to not only do research, but also to provide some of this access to practitioners in the field. Practitioner research is a good way to go about exploring and providing relevant information to other organizations because it is based in an assumption that action will stem out of the research. Research is imperative to the counter-trafficking movement, especially at this juncture, because we need to reflect well on what has led the movement to this point and how we can learn from past successes and failures, what responses have worked and which ones haven’t, and how lessons from other sectors can inform our way forward. 
If we begin to see research as a response to trafficking, in the continuum of responses including prevention, intervention and others, we may be able to integrate it more holistically into our work. If we are continually going back to research and allowing it to inform and challenge our preconceptions and frameworks, won’t our programs be more relevant and better suited to the needs of those we serve?

Cambodia Project Highlights :: Download our *NEW* 2010-11 Annual Report

Want to see what Chab Dai has been doing in Cambodia this past year? Curious about our projects' impact to effectvely end humqn trafficking & abuse? Read all this & more -including photos & an inspiring Story of Hope- download the report here.

Building National Leaders

Chab Dai believes in building leaders. This year we are focusing on supporting and empowering directors & managers through forums, trainings, discussion groups, and reading lists. Books are always being passed & traded across our desks!

Our team is currently studying 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey, and say they appreciate the wisdom of John Maxwell too. In Siem Reap we facilitate a monthly directors and managers peer group with our member staff; this week we talked about good communication skills.

We acknowledge that great leadership and management skills enable staff to implement great projects and therefore better serve & protect children.

As a team we have created a mini-reading list of leadership books we like:

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
• Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
• First Things First , Stephen Covey
• Good to Great, Jim Collins
• 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, John Maxwell
• 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, John Maxwell
• Servant Leadership , Robert Greenleaf

(Photo above of our Directors & Senior Management Team in Cambodia.)

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RESEARCH: Butterfly Longitudinal Research Project

Chab Dai believes that research is the first step of the response process when dealing with issues as significant and grandiose as trafficking & sexual abuse. As a coalition we strive to understand and provide information that will improve our member’s prevention and aftercare project strategies.

In 2010, Chab Dai and partners in Cambodia launched The Butterfly Longitudinal Research Project: Study on Reintegration. Over a period of 10 years, this study aims to better understand the experiences of survivors of abuse who have been reintegrated back into society after rehabilitation. Researchers will follow victims as they become survivors starting from the time they are in the aftercare program. The purpose will be to ‘hear’ from the survivors themselves, about their lives, understandings and experiences so their voices can contribute towards a greater understanding of the complexities of reintegration.

The First Year Progress Report features findings from the Phase 1 of the research completed in 2010. Researchers focused on collecting data from aftercare programs about how they reintegrated girls back into their communities. They also facilitated peer group discussions with girls currently in aftercare programs about:

• What the ideal aftercare shelter would look like;
• What their hopes and fears are about leaving the aftercare program;
• And what they think a girl needs to take with her in her heart, her mind, and in her suitcase when she is reintegrated.

Download Butterfly Longitudinal Research End of Year Progress Report 2010.

Chab Dai presented these preliminary research findings at our Shelter Forum this week and plan to begin data collection by the middle of this year. If you would like more information about funding or partnering, please contact our Research Coordinator at cambodia@chabdai.org

:: Launch :: Media & Communications Policy ::

As you well know already, Chab Dai is committed to promoting best practices & the highest standard of programming to care for child & adult survivors, victims, and those at-risk of exploitation, or human trafficking. We believe that this same principle also applies to HOW we promote, educate, and raise funds for these programs.

We want to promote DIGNITY & HOPE, as well as ensure truth in our communications, nor compromising confidentiality or safety either. So about a year ago we started on a journey, searching high and low [in printed resources & the Bible] for best practices and examples.

And we shared these findings with our members, consulting them to glean from their experiences about how we could actually apply what we had read [book knowledge always sounds too good!]. We met over coffees, in forums with shelter directors around a large table, via email dialogues, and at our last member meeting with over 100 national and expat staff.

So we are proud to say that THIS is what WE have come up with.

We hope you will read it.

Share it.

And apply it.

Are children sex slaves? 

Are they child prostitutes?

No, and no.

Is using a picture of a crying child sitting alone in a vulnerable situation dignifying OR safe?

We don’t think so.

Even if you are not a professional photographer, working with a non-profit, or a writer, YOU DO have a responsibility.

Do you have:

Facebook?

Twitter?

YouTube?

See, you do have a voice. Use it to promote SAFETY, TRUTH, & DIGNITY!

Sharing Resources

On Tuesday Chab Dai hosted a team of university students who used our Resource Library to do a research activity about issues of injustice. With over 1,600 English resources that span more than 60 categories surrounding human trafficking & abuse it serves as a suitable learning space for students, practitioners, & project managers.

Note: Chab Dai also has a Khmer & Vietnamese library section. Library cards are free of charge for members & partner staff. Come check it out or email resources@chabdai.org for more information.