Human Trafficking
From 15 to 17 October 2026, Fermo will host “Workers – Stories of Everyday Exploitation”, a travelling, interactive installation produced by Lule Onlus and the FavolaFolle theatre company as part of the anti–human trafficking project “Mettiamo le Ali – Dall’emersione all’integrazione” (Let’s Spread Our Wings – From Emergence to Integration), funded by the Dipartimento per le Pari Opportunità, designed to raise public awareness of severe labour exploitation.
On 16 July 2026, from 14:30 to 19:00, in the Sala Grande of the Abruzzo Regional Council (6th floor, Via Conte di Ruvo 74, Pescara), we will hold a local workshop dedicated to co‑creating the new communication campaign to promote inclusive housing, as part of the programmatic actions of the S.O.L.E.I.L. Abruzzo Project.
In this video, Saverio Tommasi, a journalist for the Fanpage newspaper, describes human trafficking and the work On the Road does every day in a sensitive and attentive way.
The trafficking experience often inflicts complex layers of trauma on survivors. The abuse these people endured may have affected their sense of self and those surrounding them, often resulting in pervasive mistrust of others and interrupting their ability to have healthy interpersonal relationships. Establishing a relationship of trust with a buddy can help victims in their recovery and reintegration. In this context, five civil society organizations from Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Spain developed mentoring programs for victims of human trafficking within the project LIBES – Life Beyond the Shelter.
During the conclusion of the project, On the Road Cooperative organized an online final conference on Zoom, on 16 September 2021, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. From the story of the project LIfe BEyond the Shelter (LIBES): long-term support for victims of trafficking transitioning from shelter life to independence and its results, the conference means to be an opportunity for discussing about life beyond the shelter and future perspectives on integration for victims of trafficking.
We met Blessing along the Bonifica del Tronto area.
She was prostituting herself, along with many other girls we meet every day during our fieldwork. It’s also thanks to your help that girls like Blessing can escape the exploitation networks, regaining their confidence and taking back their lives.
On 6th April 2020, within the EU-funded project Life Beyond the Shelter, in which we are partner with Fundació Surt, CAW Antwerpen, SOLWODI International and Payoke Vzw, the report “a world I can trust” was published. This report is about about the needs of third-country national victims of human trafficking transitioning from shelter to independent.
As a last event before the end of her six-year tenure and in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Palermo Protocol, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Ms. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in cooperation with On the Road and the Municipality of Palermo, would like to convene a webinar, 29 and 30 June 2020, to promote an open and frank debate involving Civil Society Organisations and Academia on the implementation of the Palermo protocol.
To give anyone the opportunity to view and review the international conference, on our youtube channel we have made available the registrations of the opening session of the international conference and the other four-session.
We are partners of the EU-funded project “Life Beyond the..