Supporting victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation through improving the services provided by the rehabilitation centre Atoll and shelter Vega Project Promoter: NGO Eluliin Duration: Project manager: Eda Molder 26 May 2016 Tallinn, Estonia

Activities of the project Activity 1 Study on the possibility of drafting reliable and valid formulas to evaluate the moral damage caused to the victims of human trafficking and assess the size of compensation to victims Activity 2 Research of victims needs in connection with rehabilitation services and clarifying motivation factors that help to leave the trafficking environment Activity 3 Creating self-help group of former victims of trafficking, providing training for group leaders Activity 4 Providing support programme for victims of trafficking and women involved in prostitution (women with children – the child-mother group) Activity 5 Providing trainings and roundtable meetings for professionals such as lawyers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and youth workers Activity 6 Improvement of the conditions of the shelter and of the rehabilitation centre for victims of trafficking

Results and achievements: Study on the possibility of drafting reliable and valid formulas to evaluate the moral damage caused to the victims of human trafficking and assess the size of compensation to victims (ACTIVITY 1) Took place in tight collaboration with Norway experts on Law protection of THB victims SPECIAL THANKS TO: Ms/Mrs Gunhild Vehusheia; Ms/Mrs Gro Wildhagen Ms/Mrs Carole Hunn Study pointed out about 20 of the possibilities to improve situation of THB victims at national level, including improvement of national legislative base Results of the study and recomendations have been presented on one of the meeting of National Anti-trafficking Roundtable

Ms/Mrs Gunhild Vehusheia Ms/Mrs Gro Wildhageni Ms/Mrs Carole Hunn during one of the study visit of Estonian delegation (Johansen Law Agency Oslo, Norway)

Results and achievements: Research of victims needs in connection with rehabilitation services and clarifying motivation factors that help to leave the trafficking environment (ACTIVITY 2) Took place in tight collaboration with Norway experts: SPECIAL THANKS TO: Mrs May-Len Skillbrei (PhD) Oslo University, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law - Research pointed out in details the process of involvement of victims into sphere of trafficking; observe the factors of motivation and strategies used person to quit this sphere, described the difficulties to quit and psychosocial consequences for peson of being involved in sphere of trafficking, including expected and nessesary rehabilitation services. - Results of the study and recomendations have been presented on one of the meeting of National Anti-trafficking Roundtable - Based on research data have been created a pilot project of employment for females involved in prostitution and THB victims. Pilot project is implemented in collaboration with Unemployment Insurance Fund (Eesti Töötukassa)

Activity 2 Norway expert: Mrs. May-Len Skilbrey during one of the study visit of Estonian delegation (Oslo University, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, Oslo, Norway)

Presentation the results of research of THB victims rehabilitation needs by the Roman Krolov on one of the meeting of National Anti-trafficking Roundtable (Ministry of Justice, Tallinn Estonia)

Results and achievements: Creating self-help group of former victims of trafficking, providing training for group leaders (ACTIVITY 3) Have been offered a practical psycho-emotional individual peer-to-peer and group assistance to more than 20 of former victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation Implemented creation of stable and motivated core of self-help group (8 person) Worked out unique methodology of peer-to-peer counselling and self- help group assistane in cases of human trafficking Done 48 ac.hours study cource for leaders of self-help groups, support persons and peer-to-peer councellers. Cource succesfully finished 9 person. Done work

Results and achievements: Providing support programme for victims of trafficking and women involved in prostitution (women with children – the child-mother group) (ACTIVITY 4) Group goal is to increase of parental skills of mothers – victims of trafficking and protect children of involvement into criminal environment Done in collaboration with Estonian expert: SPECIAL THANKS TO: Mrs Sirje Rass clinical and neuropsychologist, psychoanalytical child- and youth psychotherapist - Worked out and described a methodology of implementaton such kind of group activity - During the period of project`s implementation have been carried out more than 100 of group meetings, including: lectures to mothers; handycraft groups for mothers and children, cooking-together groups, visiting of cultural, sport and free time events together - Now activity is stopped because of absence of financing

Examples of handycraft products, done during the mother-and child group meetings

Results and achievements: Providing trainings and roundtable meetings for professionals such as lawyers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and youth workers (ACTIVITY 5) 36 study days and roundtables are carried out: 13 are in collabotation with experts from Norway IN ADDITION TO MENTIONED ABOVE SPECIAL THANKS TO: Mr Jan Austad Ministry of Justice and Public Security Oslo Ms/Mrs Sonja Mandt The Storting, Norwegian Parliament Oslo Ms/Mrs Ellen Ystgaard Tjemsland, Ms/Mrs Torill Berge Andersen Mr Ivar André Holm The Compensation Board for Victims of Violent Crime in Norway Ms/Mrs Annete Brunovskis Fafo, Institute for Applied International Studies, Oslo

Estonian delegation during the study visit to Ministry of Justice and Public Security ( Oslo, Norway)

Estonian delegation during the study visit to The Storting, Norwegian Parliament ( Oslo, Norway)

Estonian delegation during the study visit to Compensation Board for Victims of Violent Crime ( Oslo, Norway)

Estonian delegation during the study visit to Compensation Board for Victims of Violent Crime ( Oslo, Norway)

Features of psychological assistance to victims of human trafficking and persons involved in prostitution. Study day and roundtable ( , Jõhvi Estonia)

Results and achievements: Improvement of the conditions of the shelter and of the rehabilitation centre for victims of trafficking (ACTIVITY 6) Improved of working and living environment of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre Atoll and Shelter for Victims of Human Trafficking in Estonia VEGA

Magnetic wall in Psychosocial rehabilitation centre Atoll, NGO Eluliin Tallinn Estonia. Done within the frames of Activity 6 of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism Programme project.

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