Launching of the Counter Trafficking Project 'IMPACT' and National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Website to combat Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka
July 29, 2022With funding support from the United States Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Migration entity, implemented a three-year project to combat trafficking in persons in Sri Lanka. The project entitled “Strengthening Government and CSO Capacity to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Create Greater Impact” (IMPACT) aims to strengthen national and local/ community level capacities and scale up community driven responses to effectively combat and respond to trafficking in persons (TIP), and contribute to the effective implementation of the National Strategic Action Plan (NSAP 2021-2025) to Monitor and Combat human trafficking. The “IMPACT” project will be implemented in close collaboration with the National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (NAHTTF) spearheaded by the Ministry of Defence.
As Chairman of the National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, the Ministry of Defence designed a new Website (https://nahttf.gov.lk/), in order to more effectively achieve the objectives of the National Strategic Action Plan (2021 – 2025) to monitor and combat Human Trafficking, and more proactively collaborate with the non-governmental and civil society organizations.
Counter Trafficking Project “IMPACT” and National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Website Officially launched at an event held in Colombo on 29 July 2022 and attended by multiple stakeholders and dignitaries, including Ambassador Julie Chung-the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Major General J R Kulatunga-Chief of National Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, Sarat Dash-Chief of Mission to IOM Sri Lanka and the Maldives and other such personnel.
