Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 3, 2006 Department of State and the International Finance Corporation Fund Program Creating Employment for Trafficking SurvivorsThe U.S. Department of State and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) — the world's largest multilateral source of finance for private sector projects in developing countries — are teaming up to create jobs and employ human trafficking survivors in developing countries. It replicates the success of IFC’s partnership with Hagar, an NGO based in Cambodia, that provides counseling, job training, and employment opportunities to trafficking survivors and at-risk women. The Hagar business model joins social programs with commercially viable business activities. Hagar is currently a GBI client as well as a GTIP grantee. For more information on this program contact Brad Keena at (202) 312-9648.
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