Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06CARACAS880
2006-03-31 14:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Caracas
Cable title:
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ESF FUNDING TO LOCAL NGO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 000880
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
DEPT PASS TO AID/OTI RPORTER
FRC FT LAUDERDALE FOR CLAMBERT
COPENHANGEN FOR DLAWTON
DEPT PASS TO G/TIP AETERNO AND MPUCCETTI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2016
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SNAR VE
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ESF FUNDING TO LOCAL NGO
REF: A. A/ STATE 48527
B. B. STATE 43530
Classified By: Classified By: Robert Downes, Political Counselor, for R
eadon 1.4(d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 000880
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
DEPT PASS TO AID/OTI RPORTER
FRC FT LAUDERDALE FOR CLAMBERT
COPENHANGEN FOR DLAWTON
DEPT PASS TO G/TIP AETERNO AND MPUCCETTI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2016
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SNAR VE
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ESF FUNDING TO LOCAL NGO
REF: A. A/ STATE 48527
B. B. STATE 43530
Classified By: Classified By: Robert Downes, Political Counselor, for R
eadon 1.4(d).
1. (U) In accordance with the Economic Support Fund (ESF)
grant approved by the Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons, the Ambassador delivered on March 29
a check in the amount of USD 129,375 to Venezuelan NGO
Women's Association for Well-Being and Reciprocal Assistance
(AMBAR). (Note: AMBAR was presented with a novelty check for
the ceremony; actual funding will be dispersed in two
payments: the first on March 31, and the second in six months
after the completion of financial and progress reports.)
AMBAR will utilize the ESF grant to implement an
anti-trafficking project entitled "A House and a Home", a
facility expected to provide psychological, medical, legal,
and educational and professional training services to victims
of trafficking. AMBAR President Nury Pernia with assistance
from Lilian Aya Ramirez, Director of the Ministry of Interior
and Justice's (MIJ) Crime Prevention Unit, secured a 20-year
lease for an MIJ building located in the 23 de Enero area of
Caracas to house the new facility. Aya Ramirez recently
asked AMBAR President Nury Pernia to assist in BRV efforts to
document the extent of trafficking in Venezuela, particularly
in areas like 23 de Enero where trafficking of children and
adolescents is believed to be a significant problem.
2. (U) During a brief press conference with local press, the
Ambassador said that "every country, society, government and
religion in the world" condemns human trafficking. He
emphasized the importance of providing government assistance
to organizations that offer support to trafficking victims,
particularly vulnerable members of society such as women,
children and adolescents. When asked if he believed
Venezuela's TIP problem improved during 2005, the Ambassador
said he remained hopeful that the problem improved globally
during the past year. All countries, he continued, have an
obligation to eliminate human trafficking, including the
United States and Venezuela.
3. (C) Comment: While the project is sure to help victims of
trafficking, we also note it is a winner for showing USG
support for civil society and cooperating with the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela (BRV) on an area of common interest.
Despite increasing BRV harassment of beneficiaries of USG
assistance, we are optimistic that the BRV will not train its
sites on the NGO as it is one of the few organizations in
Venezuela with the institutional capacity to investigate
human trafficking, something that the BRV purports to combat.
Moreover, the BRV may actually increase cooperation with
AMBAR is it seeks to demonstrate its full compliance with the
minimum standards outlined in the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act (TVPA).
BROWNFIELD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
DEPT PASS TO AID/OTI RPORTER
FRC FT LAUDERDALE FOR CLAMBERT
COPENHANGEN FOR DLAWTON
DEPT PASS TO G/TIP AETERNO AND MPUCCETTI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/30/2016
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SNAR VE
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ESF FUNDING TO LOCAL NGO
REF: A. A/ STATE 48527
B. B. STATE 43530
Classified By: Classified By: Robert Downes, Political Counselor, for R
eadon 1.4(d).
1. (U) In accordance with the Economic Support Fund (ESF)
grant approved by the Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons, the Ambassador delivered on March 29
a check in the amount of USD 129,375 to Venezuelan NGO
Women's Association for Well-Being and Reciprocal Assistance
(AMBAR). (Note: AMBAR was presented with a novelty check for
the ceremony; actual funding will be dispersed in two
payments: the first on March 31, and the second in six months
after the completion of financial and progress reports.)
AMBAR will utilize the ESF grant to implement an
anti-trafficking project entitled "A House and a Home", a
facility expected to provide psychological, medical, legal,
and educational and professional training services to victims
of trafficking. AMBAR President Nury Pernia with assistance
from Lilian Aya Ramirez, Director of the Ministry of Interior
and Justice's (MIJ) Crime Prevention Unit, secured a 20-year
lease for an MIJ building located in the 23 de Enero area of
Caracas to house the new facility. Aya Ramirez recently
asked AMBAR President Nury Pernia to assist in BRV efforts to
document the extent of trafficking in Venezuela, particularly
in areas like 23 de Enero where trafficking of children and
adolescents is believed to be a significant problem.
2. (U) During a brief press conference with local press, the
Ambassador said that "every country, society, government and
religion in the world" condemns human trafficking. He
emphasized the importance of providing government assistance
to organizations that offer support to trafficking victims,
particularly vulnerable members of society such as women,
children and adolescents. When asked if he believed
Venezuela's TIP problem improved during 2005, the Ambassador
said he remained hopeful that the problem improved globally
during the past year. All countries, he continued, have an
obligation to eliminate human trafficking, including the
United States and Venezuela.
3. (C) Comment: While the project is sure to help victims of
trafficking, we also note it is a winner for showing USG
support for civil society and cooperating with the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela (BRV) on an area of common interest.
Despite increasing BRV harassment of beneficiaries of USG
assistance, we are optimistic that the BRV will not train its
sites on the NGO as it is one of the few organizations in
Venezuela with the institutional capacity to investigate
human trafficking, something that the BRV purports to combat.
Moreover, the BRV may actually increase cooperation with
AMBAR is it seeks to demonstrate its full compliance with the
minimum standards outlined in the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act (TVPA).
BROWNFIELD