Sponsor a Human Trafficking Awareness training at an Airport near you!

One way to support Airline Ambassadors and help your community is to help raise funding to sponsor an anti-trafficking training in your city. This event will raise awareness around the issue of Human Trafficking in the airline/travel industry and bring together local partners in combatting this horrific crime which is happening every day through airport hubs which are natural distribution points for traffickers and their victims.

Airports are centers of infrastructure in each major city and airport trainings can provide the basis for bringing together government, corporate and NGO leaders around this issue with a shared protocol to recognize and report human trafficking incidents. Formal anti-trafficking training is essential to ensure that the public and law enforcement have a shared base understanding of the impact of this crime and its impact on victims, such as trauma and dependency.

Anti-Trafficking Training: Recognize It, Report It

Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) is the only charity with roots in the airline industry and since 2009 has helped position the travel industry at the forefront of combating human trafficking.

Airline Ambassadors has developed an effective 90 minute copyrighted program to address the high rate of trafficking in the travel industry.  Key elements of the training include:

• Background and overview of human trafficking
• How to recognize human trafficking indicators
• Protocol for reporting “tips” to law enforcement
• Resources for support

Trainers, including survivors of human trafficking, and airline personnel present real world examples of human trafficking on airlines.  AAI has found that training session participants often have additional questions and concerns, these materials make AAI available to the attendees for any questions they may have in the future.  AAI also provides the following to training participants:

• A wallet card highlighting the indications of a human trafficking and the # to report the incident
  (so far distributed to over 12,000 flight crew and other participants).
• Educational brochure and two hand outs as reference materials
• Pre and post survey assessments to gauge their experience, understanding of the issue
• A certification card or certificate after successfully completing the course.

Agency authorities, travel industry employees, and government officials have commented that AAI’s trainings were enlightening, effective, and needed.  As a result, thousands of airline and travel personnel, hotel employees, tourism companies, and travelers have correctly identified and reported human trafficking. AAI also provided the first training for international flight crew and transportation in Europe in Kiev Ukraine 2013 as well as in London, UK and at Interpol Headquarters in Lyon France.

Partnership Opportunity  $3,000 (per airport or location)

AAI proposes a unique sponsorship opportunity for individuals, clubs, companies, schools or churches to raise awareness and educate the transportation, hospitality and the public on action steps to stop human trafficking.

• AAI will present at the relevant locations its anti-trafficking Recognize It, Report Ittraining

o   Training is 90 minutes, including remarks and AAI’s 60-minute training presentation, Q&A, speaker discussion

• Opportunity for local government officials to introduce the program and provide closing remarks
• Sponsor logo on posters and signage and press releases promoting training.
•  Social media posts recognizing sponsor as a partner and electronic materials etc.
• Hyperlink of AAI website and opportunity to use AAI logo on sponsor’s website
• Spotlight article in AAI newsletter and logo and recognition in AAI Annual Report.

Training is a proven anti-trafficking training program that will enable flight crew to provide vital intelligence in the fight to end human trafficking. With over 80% of human trafficking victims being transported transnationally, travelers and travel personnel are on the front lines of this issue. Through sponsoring the AAI’s anti-trafficking training program “Recognize It, Report It”, you will be directly contributing to the efforts to combat this horrific crime against humanity.  Email angels@airlineamb.org for more information.