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OCDF works for prevention of pedophilia, any form of Child exploitation human trafficking and their exploitation and discrimination within the West African region. OCDF facilitates advocacy, creates awareness and social
mobilization, provides technical support, initiates research and programme support activities at the grassroots, sub-national, national and regional levels to resist inhuman and heinous offences like human trafficking, child
slavery and sexual exploitative of women and children. It also works for capacity building among government organizations, NGOs, and CBOs, establish contacts and facilitates networking and linkage among individuals
as well as organizations concerned in the issues of human trafficking child slavery and sexual exploitation of women and children. OCDF works in conjunction with some local NGOs and CBOs at grassroots level willing to
work in the same issue through dialogue, exchange meetings, border campaign, training/workshops, rallies and rehabilitation of victims and prosecution of offenders. Moreover, through seminars and workshops
OCDF is working to sensitize and mobilize the policy makers of the countries in the Region. OCDF is developing a range of network within the region with the Minitries of Justice, Ministries of Labour, local community
leaders, NGOs and local CBOs.
OCDF's activities are geared toward the prevention of trafficking in persons,
particularly women and Children,pedophilia,sexual exploitation of women and Children etc. They include:
- Carrying out information campaigns.
- Providing counselling services.
- Conducting research on Children exploitation and trafficking.
- Providing safe and dignified return and reintegration assistance to victims of pedophilia ,exploitation or trafficking.
- Helping governments to improve their legal systems and technical capacities to counter trafficking.
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