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Youth prevention in the Federation Wallonia-Brussels
Youth prevention in the Federation Wallonia-Brussels

The Samilia Foundation is currently carrying out an awareness-raising project on sexual exploitation among young people in schools, supported by the Equal Opportunities Directorate of the Ministry of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. This project aims primarily to inform and raise awareness, but also to prevent a relatively young audience from becoming involved in human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and the loverboy phenomenon. Young people represent a particularly vulnerable target group on these issues. In practical terms, our interventions take place over two consecutive class hours, which can be organized by the class teacher or any teacher interested in addressing this topic.

Football against Trafficking - Afrique de l’Ouest
Football against Trafficking – Afrique de l’Ouest

Project to prevent human trafficking in Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal and DRC / 2014

From Africa and elsewhere, talented young athletes, victims of unscrupulous intermediaries or outright human traffickers, end up in Europe, particularly Belgium, after often chaotic journeys. While these practices don’t involve major football clubs, most of which have their own academies in Africa, nor reputable agents, some of whom do remarkable work, West Africa is a veritable hunting ground for traffickers. Becoming a football star in Europe is the ultimate dream of millions of young Africans, who, along with their families, are ready to make any sacrifice to follow in the footsteps of their idols like Didier Drogba, Cheikh Tioté, and Samuel Eto’o.
Thanks to its EXPERTISE, the SAMILIA FOUNDATION, concerned by the vulnerable situation of these young players, has been working for several years to denounce these practices, support those who are victims and act on legislative measures.
In some African countries, it’s easier to succeed as a professional football player than through education. That’s why thousands of young people drop out of school and train, hoping to become the next Drogba. To reach this promised land, these young people and their families are ready to do anything, including paying astronomical sums to agents to smuggle them to Europe.
Preventing Trafficking - Bucarest
Preventing Trafficking – Bucarest

Project to prevent human trafficking in Romania / 2009 – 2020

Romania is doubly affected by human trafficking: it is the country of origin of the victims, and also a transit country.

“STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING” Project to prevent human trafficking in Romania

Since 2009, Samilia has been leading a coordinated human trafficking prevention project in Bucharest, which she implements in collaboration with local Romanian actors and partners, targeting a vulnerable population, including young women in precarious situations and their children. At the request of the Bucharest Directorate of Education, the prevention program was then gradually extended in 2016 to students in technical and vocational high schools in Ploesti and subsequently in Bucharest.

Preventing Sex Trafficking – Dakar
Preventing Sex Trafficking – Dakar

The project, led in Dakar in 2014 by two volunteer nurses, Tyana Lenoble and Valentine de Bergeyck, aimed to prevent the sexual exploitation of young Senegalese girls in partnership with the AJE association. Faced with poverty, lack of education, and the taboo surrounding prostitution, they worked with a group of about fifteen particularly vulnerable young women. Their mission was to raise awareness of the physical, psychological, and social risks associated with prostitution, while promoting education as the primary protective factor. Through workshops, testimonials, and the creation of a climate of trust, they identified the factors contributing to vulnerability and supported the young women in designing a prevention brochure. Trained as ambassadors, these young women now continue raising awareness among their peers, ensuring the project’s continuity.