About the Fund’s Projects

Over the years the Trust Fund has provided financial grants to over 350 NGOs and grassroots communities in 90 countries around the world.

Financial grants have been awarded to project proposals from organizations operating in Asia and Pacific; Africa; Europe, North America and Central Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; and the Middle East and North Africa.

In selecting project proposals the Trust Fund prioritizes projects which consider the importance of the victims’ need for security, education, independence, and reintegration.

Examples of projects undertaken with previous Trust Fund grants include medical aid, food, shelter, and vocational training to victims of trafficking for sexual and economic exploitation.

Here are some projects that demonstrate the success of the fund:

News and events

1991-2011 - 20th anniversary of the Fund

20th anniversary of the Fund

Panel discussion on young child domestic workers - 1 June 2011

Exhibition - 5-28 September 2011

Side Event on Child Slavery in the Artisanal Mining and Quarrying Sector- 16 September 2011

Annual Board of Trustees event- 2nd December 2011

The Fund

What the Fund is

Board of Trustees

Decision-making

List of project for the year 2012

List of grantees / Site of Operations

About the Fund's projects

Reporting on the activities of the Fund

How to apply to the Fund

Grant Cycle

Call for 2012 Applications
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Guidelines for the use of organizations
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Policies of the Board of Trustees
(Available soon)

Fellowship Programme of the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Reporting framework for NGOs funded by the Voluntary Fund

Upon receipt of the grant, beneficiaries are requested to fill in and sign the receipt form and the banking form

Acknowledge receipt form:
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Banking form
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Beneficiaries are requested to submit mid-year Narrative and Financial reports on the use of their grants 6 months after receipt of payment and final Narrative and Financial reports on the use of their grants one month after the project completion.

Financial and Narrative forms:
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UN observances

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2011

Statement of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, on the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2011
English

Message of the Secretary General on the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2011
English - French - Spanish

Publications

The UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

UN Voluntary Fund on Slavery