LIGHT signs MoU with IOM on trafficking

Hyderabad, Aug 3 (UNI) Lanco Institute of General Humanitarian Trust (LIGHT), a registered humanitarian and development trust formed by LANCO, today signed an MoU with International Organisation for Migration (IOM), for the provision of assistance to survivors of trafficking and other vulnerable people below poverty line.

LIGHT Chairman L Rajagopal and IOM Director General Brunson McKinley had signed the MoU.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rajagopal said the agreement marks the beginning of a series of initiatives in the area of rehabilitation and empowerment of Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking (VOCSET) and other vulnerable groups like Mathammas, Joginis, Dalits through provision for their employment.

The activities will start in Vijayawada as the initial partnership period with effect from today, till December 31, 2008.

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