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The Return Project – Philippines Launches Seefar Academy App, Aims to Provide Upskilling Opportunities to Returned Overseas Filipino Workers

The Return Project, an initiative spearheaded by Seefar and funded by the Macquarie Group Foundation officially soft-launched the Seefar Academy app last August 14 and made it available for mobile Android devices. Targeting returned Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the app aims to boost self-confidence among its users and provide upskilling opportunities by giving free access …

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Several Seefar behaviour change campaigns show success

Seefar has implemented several migrant behaviour change campaigns with much success. These programs have been or are currently being implemented in Turkey, Serbia, Afghanistan, and Mali. Mali In Mali, from February to December 2020, Seefar raised awareness of the dangers of irregular migration among potential migrants. This was to protect them from harm and exploitation …

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Livelihoods Initiative for Transformation (LIFT) in India

In 2020, Seefar launched the Livelihoods Initiative for Transformation (LIFT) programme in India, with funding from the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). LIFT India supported female victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) in Kolkata, West Bengal and Mumbai, Maharashtra – two of the most prominent hubs …

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How ethical recruitment can impact workers and their families, whilst reducing the incidence of forced labor

The Ethical Recruitment Agency, a subsidiary project of Seefar, has published a new report on the impacts that ethical recruitment has on both workers and their families, whilst analysing how it can reduce incidences of forced labor. With the support of the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, …

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Building an app to support returned migrant workers

Summary The Philippines is one of the most important source countries for labour migrants around the world. The government of the Philippines has sought to actively promote migration among its population, even among those with high education levels, as this generates significant income in the form of remittances for the country. However, important numbers of …

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Request for Proposals – A mobile and web app for returned Overseas Filipino Workers

Seefar is a social enterprise with a mission to work with vulnerable people to build a better future. We specialise in justice, migration and social inclusion. Our expertise is in strategic communications, counselling, consulting, monitoring and evaluation, and research. We work in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Seefar has just launched a new …

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Communications – especially one-on-one consultations – can change migration plans

A carefully designed experiment on communication channels shows that the choice of communication channel matters: An experiment done by Seefar demonstrates that communicating information about the risks of irregular migration through a one-on-one approach is more impactful than communication through videos and articles. Rapid changes in migration toward Europe have brought irregular migration onto the …

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Increased access to development and social protection programming can change or cancel migration decision-making

Europe, Human trafficking and modern slavery, Migration, South and Central Asia, Sub Saharan Africa

How, if at all, does access to development initiatives including social protection programmes influence migration? We collected qualitative and quantitative data from five migrant groups (potential migrants, transit migrants, asylum seekers, returnees and family members), with more than 3,000 respondents participating in the research. The two resulting reports on Afghanistan and Nigeria deliver policy-relevant and …

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A Roadmap to Replicability: How to create, sustain, and scale an ethical recruitment agency

Human trafficking and modern slavery, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Program design, Research and surveys, South and Central Asia

When Seefar launched its ethical recruitment pilot project in 2020, there was little guidance available on how to run a successful ethical recruitment agency. Our subsidiary, The Ethical Recruitment Agency (TERA) India, started with a desire to change the conditions for vulnerable migrant workers – but little knowledge of what the journey would look like. …

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