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KFF Joins President's Invitation to Take Initiative in UN Sustainable Development Goals
03/22/2016

On September 29, 2015, Members of the Kazickas Family Foundation participated at United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 where seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2015-2030 were introduced. KFF program “The Power of Basketball” is an initiative working on U.N. SDG Goal # 3: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages."


The President encouraged "to help and support rather than write declarations which do not reflect the realities of life and remain on paper".

 

At the invitation of the UN Secretary-General, the President of Lithuania together with the presidents of Chile, Liberia and South Korea as well as with UN goodwill ambassadors joined the promotion of the sustainable development agenda. In a promotional clip, Dalia Grybauskaitė introduces one of the priorities – sustainable growth. UN goodwill ambassadors – Nobel Prize winner Malala, actors Daniel Craig and Charlize Theron, musician Stevie Wonder, and scientist Stephen Hawking – also appear in it.

 

This SDG #8, mentioned by the President, includes point #7 that incourages "to take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour...".


U.S. Department of State - 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report
U.S. Department of State - 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report
15 Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking in U.S
15 Ways You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking in U.S
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

ADSTRINGO - Guidelines to prevent abusive recruitment, exploitative employment and trafficking of migrant workers in the Baltic Sea region
ADSTRINGO - Guidelines to prevent abusive recruitment, exploitative employment and trafficking of migrant workers in the Baltic Sea region
PROTECT Children on the Move
PROTECT Children on the Move
Human Trafficking Agreement - Santa Marta Commitment
Human Trafficking Agreement - Santa Marta Commitment

Compendium of Good Practices on the Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings
Compendium of Good Practices on the Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings
European Union Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment
European Union Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment
Human Rights Report on Trafficking in Persons - Lithuania
Human Rights Report on Trafficking in Persons - Lithuania

Programs and Situation in the United States:

Sex Trafficking Info and Resources

- Facts for Policymakers, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth

- The Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force Report 2014

- Children at Risk: Resources and data specific to sex trafficking

- Demand Abolition aim to eliminate sex trafficking in the US and the World

- Demand Abolition Ally Organizations

- JUST Response State Mapping Report: A Review of Current Statutes, Systems and Services Responses to Juvenile Sex Trafficking

- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

 

Programs That Demonstrate Success in Reaching At-Risk Kids:

- 'Better options for troubled teens' article

- APA article on school and family-based diversion initiatives (including the Growing up FAST program, which has also demonstrated significant reductions in recidivism)

- Adolescent Diversion Program (includes info on development, evidence base, cost and implementation--they have demonstrated a significant reduction in recidivism rates)

- Youth Villages - Program uses their Evidentiary Family Restoration approach on their residential campuses to dramatically improve outcomes for troubled kids and families 

- Phoenix House - A substance abuse treatment program for kids and families that demonstrates success rates higher than the national average

- Big Brothers Big Sisters - Program aims to connect kids with mentors who spend time with them and help them learn how to avoid engaging in risky behaviors in the future

- Youth Engaged 4 Change - Offers former at-risk kids and adolescents a platform for engaging with others about various issues

 

Other Organizations and Resources for At-Risk Kids

- MRSC Local Government Success

- National Child Traumatic Stress Network

- Continuing education credits for topics related to at-risk kids or kids with a history of trauma

- Preventing Future Crime with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

- Reducing trauma in sexually exploited and trafficked girls through Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT): World Vision and Hagar Cambodia


Programs and Situation in Europe:

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